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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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Content

100%

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

A well-structured, actionable guide that names the exact tools and parameters for each step and includes a verification checkpoint plus a destructive-operation caveat. It is concise, assumes Claude's intelligence, and is appropriately organized as a single self-contained file.

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Conciseness

Lean and assumes Claude's competence — it does not over-explain what a dashboard is, and every line earns its place with a named tool, parameter, or concrete rule. Not level 2 because there is no unnecessary explanation to tighten.

3 / 3

Actionability

Gives concrete, executable guidance — named MCP tools (dashboards-get-all, dashboard-templates-retrieve, dashboard-update, dashboard-insights-run, etc.) with specific params (search, scope) and precise instructions such as "3–7 word name" and "insights you omit are removed". As an instruction-only skill, the absence of code is not penalized.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced flow (create vs update → templates → select insights → assemble → verify) with an explicit validation checkpoint ("Verify with dashboard-insights-run to confirm the tiles return data") and a destructive-op warning, so it is not capped at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ absent) and the body is self-contained and well-sectioned with only single-level pointers to other skills; per the simple-skills note, well-organized sections earn a 3 without external file references.

3 / 3

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Description

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

A strong, third-person description that states concrete capabilities, gives natural trigger phrasing, and explicitly separates what from when. It is somewhat long but the extra clauses (e.g. the upsert-dashboard MCP framing) serve distinctiveness rather than padding.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions — "Build a new dashboard, or update an existing one", "put several metrics/charts together on one page", "add/remove/replace insights on a dashboard" — beyond the level-2 bar of naming domain plus only some actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (build/update a dashboard from a set of insights) and when ("Use when a user asks to create a dashboard..."); the explicit Use-when clause clears the level-2 cap.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural phrasings a user would actually say — "create a dashboard", "assemble a dashboard for a topic (product analytics, retention, revenue, activation, etc.)", "add/remove/replace insights" — with good variation coverage rather than jargon.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (PostHog dashboards over MCP) with distinct triggers and explicit scoping away from single insights and widget tiles, making conflict with other skills unlikely.

3 / 3

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Validation

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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