How to ignore or skip a test method using RSpec?

You can use pending() or change it to xit or wrap assert in pending block for wait implementation:

describe 'Automation System' do

  # some code here

  it 'Test01' do
     pending("is implemented but waiting")
  end

  it 'Test02' do
     # or without message
     pending
  end

  pending do
    "string".reverse.should == "gnirts"
  end

  xit 'Test03' do
     true.should be(true)
  end    
end

Another way to skip tests:

# feature test
scenario 'having js driver enabled', skip: true do
  expect(page).to have_content 'a very slow test'
end

# controller spec
it 'renders a view very slow', skip: true do
  expect(response).to be_very_slow
end

source: rspec 3.4 documentation