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building-a-dashboard

Build a new dashboard, or update an existing one, from a set of insights — the same job the in-app assistant does with its upsert-dashboard tool, but over MCP. Use when a user asks to create a dashboard, put several metrics/charts together on one page, assemble a dashboard for a topic (product analytics, retention, revenue, activation, etc.), or add/remove/replace insights on a dashboard they already have. Covers deciding create vs update, reusing existing insights vs creating new ones, and using PostHog's vetted dashboard templates as reference for what a strong dashboard on a topic looks like.

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93%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a lean, highly actionable instruction skill with concrete tool names, parameters, and a clear sequenced workflow including a verification step. The only gap is the absence of an explicit retry-on-failure feedback loop in the verification step.

Suggestions

Add an explicit feedback loop after the dashboard-insights-run verification step (e.g., 'if a tile returns no data, adjust its query or remove it before finalizing').

Clarify the dashboard-insights-run verification as a checkpoint with a pass/fail branch rather than a one-line confirm-and-summarize.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient; assumes Claude knows PostHog/MCP, names concrete tools and params without padding, with only one mildly editorial line ('a good bespoke dashboard beats a mismatched template every time').

5 / 5

Actionability

Fully actionable: names every relevant MCP tool with key params (search, scope, tiles, layouts.sm, x/y/w/h) and gives concrete layout rules (12-column grid, widths 1-12, 8+4/6+6) covering the common create/update cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Clear sequenced sections (create vs update → templates → select insights → assemble → verify) with a verification checkpoint via dashboard-insights-run and an explicit guardrail for the destructive update behavior, but lacks an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized single-purpose skill with clear section headers, a 'When not to use this' boundary, and one-level 'Related skills' pointers; no bundle files are needed and none are missing.

5 / 5

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Description

100%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific, complete, and uses natural trigger language with a clear 'Use when' clause. It is well-distinguished from adjacent skills and uses third-person voice throughout.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — build/update a dashboard, put metrics/charts on one page, add/remove/replace insights, decide create vs update, reuse vs create insights, consult vetted templates — covering the task comprehensively.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly states both what it does (build/update dashboards from insights, create-vs-update, reuse-vs-create, templates) and when to use it via a concrete 'Use when...' clause with multiple trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural phrases users would say ('create a dashboard', 'put several metrics/charts together on one page', 'assemble a dashboard for a topic', 'add/remove/replace insights') plus topic synonyms (product analytics, retention, revenue, activation).

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche — PostHog dashboards over MCP, anchored to the upsert-dashboard tool and vetted templates — with distinct triggers that separate it from single-insight and widget skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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