Artillery Load Testing

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Artillery Load Testing skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Artillery Load Testing is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: testing · Last updated: 2026-10-25

Write and run Artillery load tests with YAML phases and scenarios, CSV data payloads, the expect plugin for functional checks, and ensure thresholds that fail CI when latency or error budgets are breached.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

About this skill (catalog notes)

Artillery Load Testing includes a dedicated installation section; pricing or quota commentary; 7 code blocks for direct copy-paste. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,120 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

Source: qaskills.sh
License: MIT
Original author: thetestingacademy
Indexed lastmod: 2026-10-25
Catalog position: Engineering · testing
Indexed related skills: 10

How Artillery Load Testing fits the catalog

Artillery Load Testing sits in the Engineering category under the testing sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

Is Artillery Load Testing safe to install?

A free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10 found no risk patterns in Artillery Load Testing’s SKILL.md — no data-exfiltration, prompt-injection, or unexpected-execution signatures. The full security scan is below.

Installing & verifying

Installing Artillery Load Testing writes its SKILL.md to ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md; Claude Code discovers it automatically on the next session — no restart flag needed. It declares no allowed-tools restriction, so it inherits your session’s existing tool access rather than narrowing it. To confirm it loaded, ask Claude to list its available skills — artillery-load should appear by name.

What Artillery Load Testing needs to run

External services: The SKILL.md references pricing, quota, or rate limits — it likely calls a paid or rate-limited API. Check the source before wiring it into unattended automation.
Prerequisites: Ships its own installation / prerequisites section — it isn’t purely self-contained; read that first.
Worked code: 7 copy-paste code blocks in the body.
Depth: ~1,120 words, typical mid-range depth.

When to reach for it

There are 10 related skills in Engineering — a two-minute scan of the alternatives usually confirms whether Artillery Load Testing is the right pick.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

This skill makes an AI agent author Artillery 2.x load tests as declarative YAML: realistic traffic phases, multi-step scenarios with captured variables, CSV-driven virtual user data, functional expect checks inside load flows, and ensure thresholds that turn latency regressions into red CI builds. Trigger it when a project contains artillery.yml, artillery in package.json, or when the user asks for load, stress, soak, or spike testing of an HTTP API or website in a Node.js stack.

What this skill does

Artillery Load Testing is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the testing sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Artillery Load Testing Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\artillery-load\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Artillery Load Testing Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Artillery Load Testing skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Artillery Load Testing skill?

Use Artillery Load Testing when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the testing area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Artillery Load Testing" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Artillery Load Testing skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Artillery Load Testing is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/PramodDutta/qaskills/blob/HEAD/seed-skills/artillery-load/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: thetestingacademy
Website: https://qaskills.sh

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

thetestingacademy. (2026). Artillery Load Testing [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/artillery-load/

BibTeX

@misc{artillery-load-2026,
  author    = {thetestingacademy},
  title     = {Artillery Load Testing [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/artillery-load/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

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✓ Credentials
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