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Run Cypress E2E tests, analyze failures including screenshots, and stress test for flakiness

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$ npx -y skills add metabase/metabase --skill e2e-test --agent claude-code

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Run Cypress E2E tests, analyze failures including screenshots, and stress test for flakiness

SKILL.md

e2e-test.SKILL.md
name: e2e-test
description: Run Cypress E2E tests, analyze failures including screenshots, and stress test for flakiness
disable-model-invocation: false

Run Cypress E2E test: $ARGUMENTS

Edition selection

**Default: `MB_EDITION=oss`** — runs without enterprise tokens, simpler and faster.

Only use `MB_EDITION=ee` when the user explicitly asks to write or run an enterprise test.

**For `MB_EDITION=ee`:** These tokens must be exported in the shell before starting Claude Code:

  • `CYPRESS_MB_ALL_FEATURES_TOKEN` — all features (most EE tests need this)
  • `CYPRESS_MB_PRO_SELF_HOSTED_TOKEN` — pro self-hosted (permissions, SSO, sandboxing)
  • `CYPRESS_MB_STARTER_CLOUD_TOKEN` — starter plan (rarely needed)
  • `CYPRESS_MB_PRO_CLOUD_TOKEN` — pro cloud (rarely needed)

**NEVER echo, print, or log token values. Only check if they are set:**

echo "ALL_FEATURES: ${CYPRESS_MB_ALL_FEATURES_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "PRO_SELF_HOSTED: ${CYPRESS_MB_PRO_SELF_HOSTED_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "STARTER: ${CYPRESS_MB_STARTER_CLOUD_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "PRO_CLOUD: ${CYPRESS_MB_PRO_CLOUD_TOKEN:+set}"

If tokens are missing, tell the user: "EE tokens are not set. Either export them and restart Claude Code, or add `MB_EDITION=oss` to run OSS-only tests."

Looking up duration without running

If the user asks "how long does this test take" / "what's the timing" — **do not run it**. Read `e2e/support/timings.json`, which holds the latest CI duration (in ms) per spec. Match on the spec path (entries are stored as `../test/scenarios/...`). Per-`it()` granularity is not recorded there; for that you'd need the Cypress JSON reporter, which requires running the spec.

Running

First check if snapshots exist:

ls e2e/snapshots/default.sql 2>/dev/null && echo "snapshots exist" || echo "snapshots missing"

If snapshots exist, skip regeneration for speed:

MB_EDITION=oss CYPRESS_VIDEO=false CYPRESS_RETRIES=0 CYPRESS_GUI=false GENERATE_SNAPSHOTS=false bun test-cypress $ARGUMENTS

If snapshots are missing (first run), let the runner generate them:

MB_EDITION=oss CYPRESS_VIDEO=false CYPRESS_RETRIES=0 CYPRESS_GUI=false bun test-cypress $ARGUMENTS

When running enterprise tests, replace `MB_EDITION=oss` with `MB_EDITION=ee` in the commands above.

If `$ARGUMENTS` is empty, ask the user which spec to run.

If the user provides a test name or fuzzy name instead of a spec path, find the spec file:

find e2e/test/scenarios -name "*FUZZY_NAME*.cy.spec.*" -type f

Then run with `--spec "path/to/matched.cy.spec.js"`.

To filter by test name, use the `GREP` env var (not `--env grep=`, which breaks on commas):

GREP="test name here" MB_EDITION=oss bun test-cypress --spec path/to/spec.js

Stress test (flaky detection)

When the user asks to verify a test is not flaky:

MB_EDITION=oss bin/e2e-stress-test $ARGUMENTS

Set `E2E_STRESS_RUNS=N` for more iterations (default: 5). Stops on first failure and prints screenshot paths. Read those screenshots to analyze the failure.

Analyzing failures

When tests fail:

1. Read the **screenshot** for each failure — paths are printed in Cypress output under `(Screenshots)`, typically at `cypress/screenshots/<spec-name>/<test-name> (failed).png` 2. Read the error message and code frame from the console output 3. Identify the root cause: is it a test bug, a product bug, or a timing issue? 4. Suggest a fix with specific code changes

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