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title: "Create checks with Synthetic Monitoring | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Create and manage Synthetic Monitoring checks, choose check types and probe locations, configure secrets and k6 versions, and organize related checks in folders."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Create checks with Synthetic Monitoring

This section includes the following topics:

- [Check types](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/checks/)  
  Compare Synthetic Monitoring check types, choose a test for your endpoint or user journey, and understand the check form, probe executions, options, and identifiers.
- [Public probes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/public-probes/)  
  Find Synthetic Monitoring public probe locations and cloud providers, review k6 compatibility and memory limits, and investigate checks blocked by endpoint security rules.
- [Create and manage secrets](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/manage-secrets/)  
  Create and manage secrets in Synthetic Monitoring, reference credentials in checks, understand redaction and access controls, and run k6 scripts locally with secrets.
- [Manage k6 versions](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/manage-k6-versions/)  
  Select k6 version channels for Synthetic Monitoring scripted and browser checks, review probe compatibility and deprecated channels, and identify the runtime version used.
- [Organize checks in folders](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/organize-checks-in-folders/)  
  Organize your Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring checks into folders to find them faster as you scale, manage related checks together, and control who can create, edit, and delete them.
- [Write resilient check scripts](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/testing/synthetic-monitoring/create-checks/write-resilient-check-scripts/)  
  Write reliable Synthetic Monitoring browser and scripted checks by waiting for expected content, choosing stable selectors, and validating responses before dependent steps.