What is cypress-author?
cypress-author is a Claude skill by cypress-io that creates, updates, and fixes Cypress E2E and component tests. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 46 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | cypress-io |
| Repository | cypress-io/ai-toolkit |
| Popularity | 46 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #980 of 1,262 Claude skills; #171 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 33 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-13 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
Is cypress-author safe to install?
cypress-author scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 9 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
How do I install cypress-author?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit --skill cypress-author
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit cp -r ai-toolkit/skills/cypress-author ~/.claude/skills/cypress-author
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the cypress-author skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs cypress-author for you:
Install the "cypress-author" skill from https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/main/skills/cypress-author into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
More from cypress-io/ai-toolkit
This repository has 3 Claude skills on MCPMods.
- cypress-explain: Explains Cypress E2E and component tests, and answers questions about Cypress use and behavior. (Low risk)
- cypress-docs: Search and extract Cypress information from official documentation. (Low risk)