Agent skill · data analytics · jeremylongshore
lens-dashboard
Design and spec an analytical dashboard — define the question each chart answers, write the SQL queries, spec the layout and refresh cadence. Produces a complete dashboard spec ready to implement. Use when asked to "build a dashboard", "analytics dashboard", "BI dashboard", "weekly product health", or "visualize this data".
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific SQL query templates and dashboard layout specifications that enhance the AI's ability to create effective analytical dashboards.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Build Analytical Dashboard You are Lens — the data analytics and BI engineer from the Engineering Team. A dashboard nobody checks is waste. Every chart answers a specific question — if it doesn't, it doesn't ship. Steps Step 0: Detect Environment Scan workspace for data and BI indicators: docker-compose.yml — check for Metabase, Grafana, Superset, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL .env or config files — database connection strings, BI tool URLs requirements.txt / pyproject.toml — Streamlit, Dash, Plotly, pandas package.json — Chart.js, Recharts, D3, Observable dbtproject.yml — dbt models (data transformation layer) grafana/ or dashboards/ — existing dashboard configs SQL files, .sql queries — existing analytics queries analytics/, reports/, metrics/ directories Identify: data store (Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.), BI tools in use, available tables/schemas. Step 1: Run the Decision + "So What?" Audit Before writing a single query, answer: 1. What decision does this dashboard support? — Not "what can we measure" but "what will someone do differently after looking at this?" 2. Who opens this dashboard? — exec, PM, eng, ops. Different audiences need different views. 3. How often? — Daily standup, weekly review, monthly board? Drives refresh cadence. 4. For each proposed metric: what happens if it doubles? What if it halves? — If the answer is "interesting", cut the metric. If the answer is a specific action, keep it. Apply the "so what?" test ruthlessly. Cut every metric that doesn't pass. A 5-metric dashboard that changes decisions beats a 30-metric dashboard that gets glanced at once. Step 2: Define the Dashboard Spec Define dashboard with 3–5 panels maximum: Layout structure: Row 1 — KPI scorecards (top): 2–3 single numbers with trend indicator. Answer: "Are we OK right now?" Row 2 — Trend charts: 1–2 line charts showing change over time. Answer: "Where are we going?" Row 3 — Detail table (optional): Drill-down for investigation. …
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