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Api Load Tester

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OneWave-AI
api-load-tester

Load tests API endpoints with progressive concurrency. Measures response times, error rates, throughput, and identifies breaking points. Generates a detailed report with latency percentiles, throughput curves, bottleneck analysis, and optimization recommendations.

Overview

PublisherOneWave-AI
Repositoryclaude-skills
Skill nameapi-load-tester
Stars
293
Forks
49
Bundled files
4
LicenseMIT
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • 4 bundled files

    Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.

  • Open source

    Published by OneWave-AI on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Api Load Tester AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OneWave-AI/claude-skills.git /tmp/claude-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/api-load-tester .claude/skills/api-load-tester
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Api Load Tester in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Api Load Tester on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Api Load Tester is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

API Load Tester

Stress-test HTTP endpoints under increasing load, identify breaking points, and produce a report with actionable recommendations.

Contents

  • references/tool-commands.md -- tool invocations (hey/wrk/ab/curl), default concurrency stages, per-stage data to capture.
  • references/metrics-interpretation.md -- latency, throughput, error, breaking-point, and bottleneck classification.
  • references/output-template.md -- exact structure for api-load-report.md, including ASCII charts and scaling table.
  • references/rules-and-examples.md -- safety rules, error handling, and example invocations.

Inputs

Collect from the user. Ask before proceeding if a required input is missing.

Required: endpoint URL(s) (with method, headers, body as needed); expected latency thresholds. Default thresholds if unspecified: p50 < 100ms, p95 < 300ms, p99 < 1000ms.

Optional: concurrent users or range (default ramp 1 to 100); authentication; request payloads; custom headers; test duration (default 10s per stage); ramp pattern (default step ramp, doubling each stage); success criteria (default 2xx); known rate limits; environment label (prod/staging/dev).

Workflow

Follow these steps in order.

  1. Select a tool. Check in priority order: which hey, which wrk, which ab, which curl. If none of hey/wrk/ab exist, install hey (brew install hey on macOS, go install github.com/rakyll/hey@latest on Linux with Go) or fall back to curl with bash background processes and wait. Verify with a single trivial request against a provided endpoint; diagnose connectivity or auth before continuing.

  2. Validate endpoints. Send one request per endpoint with the specified method, headers, auth, and body. Confirm the status matches the success criteria and record baseline single-request latency. On failure, surface the error and ask whether to skip or fix.

  3. Design the test plan. Build progressive concurrency stages (see references/tool-commands.md for the default progression), trimming or extending to the user's concurrency range. Define per-endpoint method, URL, headers, body, success codes, and timeout (default 30s). Print the plan for review before executing.

  4. Execute stages. For each endpoint, run every concurrency stage sequentially with the selected tool, waiting 2 seconds between stages. Capture and store the per-stage metrics. See references/tool-commands.md for commands, request-count formula, and the metrics list.

  5. Interpret metrics. Compute latency percentiles and profile, throughput curve and ceiling, error rates and onset, the breaking point, and the bottleneck classification. See references/metrics-interpretation.md.

  6. Generate the report. Write api-load-report.md to the current working directory following references/output-template.md exactly, including ASCII throughput and latency charts.

  7. Post-report actions. Print a 3-5 line summary to the console, state the report path, explicitly highlight any critical issues, and offer to re-run specific stages with different parameters.

Rules

Apply the safety rules, error handling, and example invocations in references/rules-and-examples.md. Key constraints: never load-test production without explicit confirmation, only test GET by default, mask auth tokens, respect 429 rate limits, count timeouts as failures, and never extrapolate beyond tested ranges.

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Api Load Tester AI skill do?

Load tests API endpoints with progressive concurrency. Measures response times, error rates, throughput, and identifies breaking points. Generates a detailed report with latency percentiles, throughput curves, bottleneck analysis, and optimization recommendations.

Why use Api Load Tester on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Api Load Tester is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Api Load Tester in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/OneWave-AI/claude-skills/tree/main/api-load-tester. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Api Load Tester?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Api Load Tester?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Api Load Tester with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Api Load Tester AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by OneWave-AI under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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