Cypress Documentation

Purpose

Enable the agent to retrieve accurate, up-to-date, and verifiable information about the Cypress testing framework by prioritizing official documentation and structured sources.

When to use

Apply this skill whenever the task depends on finding, reading, or quoting Cypress documentation rather than general testing intuition:

• Look up facts: commands, APIs, assertions, lifecycle hooks, configuration options, environment variables, CLI flags, plugins, or TypeScript types as documented by Cypress.
• Confirm behavior: how something works in a given Cypress version, E2E vs component testing differences, browser support, or networking/cy.intercept semantics.
• Before asserting “Cypress can/cannot…”: search docs first; do not rely on memory for exact signatures, defaults, or deprecated APIs.
• Extract structured content: follow the LLM-optimized docs strategy below (llms.txt, /llm/*) when fetching or summarizing doc pages.
• Ground answers for others: when explaining Cypress to a user, writing examples, or reviewing code where correctness must match official docs.

If the user only needs writing or fixing tests without a documentation lookup, prefer cypress-author; if they only need test explanation without fetching docs, prefer cypress-explain. Use this skill when official documentation is the source of truth.

Source Prioritization

Primary Sources (ALWAYS search first)

• https://docs.cypress.io
• https://www.cypress.io

🤖 LLM-Optimized Docs Strategy

When accessing docs.cypress.io:

1. Fetch /llms.txt
2. Parse it to discover:
   • LLM-friendly documentation paths
   • Structured content endpoints
3. Prefer content under /llm/*. Every path on the site has an optimized version hosted under /llm - for example, https://docs.cypress.io/app/faq is available at https://docs.cypress.io/llm/markdown/app/faq.md.
4. Why:
   • Markdown / JSON format
   • Cleaner structure
   • Less noise than HTML
5. Fallback:
   • If /llm/* is incomplete, use standard docs pages

Critical Rules

Never Assume Missing Features

• NEVER assume Cypress does not support a feature
• ALWAYS search before concluding
• Retry with alternate terminology if needed

Anti-Hallucination Guard

If documentation cannot verify a claim:

• Say: "I could not verify this in Cypress docs"
• Provide closest supported alternative (if available)
• DO NOT invent APIs or behavior

Search Strategy

1. Classify the Query

2. Search Flow

1. /llm/* (via /llms.txt)
2. Standard docs pages
3. /changelog/
4. cypress.io (blog, updates)

3. Error-Aware Routing

If the query includes:

• Error messages
• Stack traces

Then:

1. Search /references/error-messages
2. Expand to guides and API docs

Structured Extraction Rules

Commands

• Syntax
• Required arguments
• Optional options
• Return behavior
• Example usage

Concepts

• Definition
• Key rules
• Common pitfalls
• Example

Configuration

• Option name
• Type
• Default value
• Example

Version Awareness

• Detect Cypress version if provided
• If NOT provided: assume latest stable version
• If behavior differs by version:
  • Explicitly call it out

Response Style Guidelines

• Prefer official examples
• Provide working code snippets
• Keep answers concise but complete
• Avoid speculation

Caching Strategy (Optional)

Cache frequently used topics:

• cy.visit
• cy.get
• cy.intercept
• authentication patterns
• common configuration

Confidence Annotation

Internally assess confidence:

• High → Direct match in official docs
• Medium → Inferred from multiple sources
• Low → Unclear or edge case

If LOW:

• Clearly communicate uncertainty

LLM Path Auto-Discovery

• Always parse /llms.txt
• Dynamically adapt to:
  • New /llm/* paths
  • Updated documentation formats

Safety Rules

• NEVER invent Cypress APIs
• NEVER guess syntax
• ALWAYS verify behavior
• Prefer "unknown" over incorrect

Example Behavior

User: "How do I mock API requests in Cypress?"

Agent should:

1. Classify → API / network
2. Search /llm/markdown/api/ and /llm/markdown/guides/
3. Identify cy.intercept
4. Extract structured details
5. Return:
   • Explanation
   • Syntax
   • Example
   • Notes

Summary

This skill ensures:

• Accurate answers from official sources
• Reduced hallucination
• Structured, high-quality outputs
• Adaptability to evolving Cypress docs