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This skill helps plan and automate load test scenarios by providing step-by-step guidance, production-ready configurations, and best-practice validation for

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---
name: "load-test-scenario-planner"
description: |
  Plan load test scenario planner operations. Auto-activating skill for Performance Testing.
  Triggers on: load test scenario planner, load test scenario planner
  Part of the Performance Testing skill category. Use when writing or running tests. Trigger with phrases like "load test scenario planner", "load planner", "load".
allowed-tools: "Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)"
version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
author: "Jeremy Longshore <[email protected]>"
---

# Load Test Scenario Planner

## Overview

This skill provides automated assistance for load test scenario planner tasks within the Performance Testing domain.

## When to Use

This skill activates automatically when you:
- Mention "load test scenario planner" in your request
- Ask about load test scenario planner patterns or best practices
- Need help with performance testing skills covering load testing, stress testing, benchmarking, and performance monitoring.

## Instructions

1. Provides step-by-step guidance for load test scenario planner
2. Follows industry best practices and patterns
3. Generates production-ready code and configurations
4. Validates outputs against common standards

## Examples

**Example: Basic Usage**
Request: "Help me with load test scenario planner"
Result: Provides step-by-step guidance and generates appropriate configurations


## Prerequisites

- Relevant development environment configured
- Access to necessary tools and services
- Basic understanding of performance testing concepts


## Output

- Generated configurations and code
- Best practice recommendations
- Validation results


## Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Solution |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Configuration invalid | Missing required fields | Check documentation for required parameters |
| Tool not found | Dependency not installed | Install required tools per prerequisites |
| Permission denied | Insufficient access | Verify credentials and permissions |


## Resources

- Official documentation for related tools
- Best practices guides
- Community examples and tutorials

## Related Skills

Part of the **Performance Testing** skill category.
Tags: performance, load-testing, k6, jmeter, benchmarking

Overview

This skill helps plan and produce load test scenarios for performance testing. It guides scenario design, produces runnable configurations and scripts, and validates outputs against common standards. Use it to create repeatable, production-ready load test plans for tools like k6 or JMeter.

How this skill works

The skill inspects requirements you provide—target endpoints, user journeys, traffic profiles, and performance goals—and translates them into scenario steps, virtual user (VU) profiles, and ramp patterns. It can generate test scripts or configuration files, suggest resource sizing, and run validation checks for missing fields or incompatible settings. It also recommends metrics to collect and assertions to include for meaningful pass/fail criteria.

When to use it

Designing load, stress, or soak test scenarios for web or API services
Translating business traffic patterns into executable test scripts
Generating k6, JMeter, or similar load test configurations
Reviewing or validating an existing test plan for gaps or unrealistic assumptions
Preparing tests before deployments or capacity planning exercises

Best practices

Start with clear performance goals (SLA, P95, error budget) and map them to measurable metrics
Model real user journeys rather than synthetic single-endpoint spikes
Use gradual ramps and multiple stages: ramp-up, steady-state, ramp-down to reveal different failure modes
Include assertions and thresholds for latency, error rate, and throughput to enable automated pass/fail checks
Parameterize data and isolate environment variables to avoid caching and state pollution

Example use cases

Create a k6 script simulating 10k concurrent users with staged ramping and response time thresholds
Convert business peak-hour traffic into a JMeter test plan with multiple user groups and think-times
Validate an existing scenario for missing authentication, unrealistic pacing, or insufficient data variety
Produce test configurations and a checklist for a pre-deployment performance validation run

FAQ

What inputs do I need to provide?

Provide target endpoints, expected concurrent users or throughput, typical user journeys, desired test duration and acceptance criteria (latency/error thresholds).

Which tools does it support?

It produces patterns and configs for common tools like k6 and JMeter and gives generic guidance applicable to other load test frameworks.