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creating-apm-dashboards
Execute this skill enables AI assistant to create application performance
Why this skill is useful
Generates specific dashboard configurations for Grafana, Datadog, and New Relic that the AI wouldn't reliably create on its own.
What it needs
Requires datadog, grafana account access. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Apm Dashboard Creator Generate Application Performance Monitoring dashboards for Grafana, Datadog, and New Relic with golden signals, request metrics, and resource utilization panels. Overview This skill automates the creation of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) dashboards, providing a structured approach to visualizing critical application metrics. By defining key performance indicators and generating dashboard configurations, this skill simplifies the process of monitoring application health and performance. How It Works 1. Identify Requirements: Determine the specific metrics and visualizations needed for the APM dashboard based on the user's request. 2. Define Dashboard Components: Select relevant components such as golden signals (latency, traffic, errors, saturation), request metrics, resource utilization, database metrics, cache metrics, business metrics, and error tracking. 3. Generate Configuration: Create the dashboard configuration file based on the selected components and user preferences. 4. Deploy Dashboard: Deploy the generated configuration to the target monitoring platform (e.g., Grafana, Datadog). When to Use This Skill This skill activates when you need to: Create a new APM dashboard for an application. Define key metrics and visualizations for monitoring application performance. Generate dashboard configurations for Grafana, Datadog, or other monitoring platforms. Examples Example 1: Creating a Grafana Dashboard User request: "Create a Grafana dashboard for monitoring my web application's performance." The skill will: 1. Identify the need for a Grafana dashboard focused on web application performance. 2. Define dashboard components including request rate, response times, error rates, and resource utilization (CPU, memory). 3. Generate a Grafana dashboard configuration file with pre-defined visualizations for these metrics. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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