Agent skill

Visual Dashboard

by danielvm-git in danielvm-git/bigpowers

Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Visual Dashboard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill visual-dashboard -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install danielvm-git/bigpowers visual-dashboard --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/visual-dashboard .claude/skills/visual-dashboard && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
visual-dashboard
GitHub stars
257
Token cost
~478 tokens
SKILL.md length
142 words
Files
8 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
39
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status.

  • Tasks that involve User stories
  • SKILL.md covers HTTP cockpit (YAML SoT), Opencode Progress Panel and Agent screens (optional)
  • Runs JavaScript and Shell scripts from its folder; calls bash, curl and jq
  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness

What it does

Visual Dashboard is an agent skill from danielvm-git/bigpowers. Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status. Persists artifacts in .bigpowers/dashboard/. Reads specs/state.yaml, release-plan.yaml, epics, and planning-status via HTTP API or opencode panel.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/helper.js`, `scripts/start-server.sh` and `scripts/stop-server.sh`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories, Feature launches and release readiness and Planning. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills synthesizing years of software engineering discipline into a prescriptive methodology for solo developers. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve User stories
  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness
  • Tasks that involve Planning

Example prompts

  • “/visual-dashboard”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 812d57a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 7 files in scripts/ (JavaScript and Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash
    • curl
    • jq

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Visual Dashboard loads about 478 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 142 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~478

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from danielvm-git/bigpowers at commit 812d57a, republished under its MIT licence (© danielvm-git). 142 words, ~478 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/visual-dashboard/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
visual-dashboard
description
Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status. Persists artifacts in .bigpowers/dashboard/. Reads specs/state.yaml, release-plan.yaml, epics, and planning-status via HTTP API or opencode panel.
model
sonnet
effort
standard

Visual Dashboard

HARD GATE — HARD GATE — Dashboards are read-only. Do NOT use visualization to make decisions without consulting the source data. 'The chart looks better' is not a decision.

Browser-based visual companion for bigpowers. Visualizes architecture, plans, and status.

HTTP cockpit (YAML SoT)

Start the server:

bash
bash visual-dashboard/scripts/start-server.sh

Endpoints:

RoutePurpose
GET /api/status?projectDir=<abs>JSON: state, release, epics[], planning_status, active_epic
GET /cockpit.html?projectDir=<abs>Read-only PM view (planning left, epics right)
GET /Agent-pushed HTML screens (legacy, unchanged)

Example:

bash
curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:PORT/api/status?projectDir=$PWD" | jq .release.version

Implementation: visual-dashboard/scripts/read-specs-status.cjs + server.cjs.

Opencode Progress Panel

Projects using bigpowers in opencode can read specs/state.yaml, specs/release-plan.yaml, and active specs/epics/*.yaml directly (no checkbox ### WS1 markdown).

Required YAML keys:

  • state.yaml — active_flow, active_epic_id, git, handoff, epic_cycle
  • release-plan.yaml — release.version, epics[] with id, title, wsjf, file
  • execution-status.yaml — development_status map (story/epic → done | pending)
  • planning-status.yaml — discover workflows and status: done|pending

Agent screens (optional)

Push HTML to the dashboard session dir for rich diagrams. See start-server.sh for CONTENT_DIR.

© danielvm-git, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (scripts) in skills/visual-dashboard of danielvm-git/bigpowers.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/cockpit.html
  • scripts/frame-template.html
  • scripts/helper.js
  • scripts/read-specs-status.cjs
  • scripts/server.cjs
  • scripts/start-server.sh
  • scripts/stop-server.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 812d57a

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Questions about Visual Dashboard

What does Visual Dashboard do?

Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status. Visual Dashboard is an agent skill from danielvm-git/bigpowers. Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation plans, and project status.

When should I use Visual Dashboard?

Visual Dashboard fits situations like: tasks that involve User stories; tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness; tasks that involve Planning.

How do I install Visual Dashboard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill visual-dashboard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/visual-dashboard in danielvm-git/bigpowers) into .claude/skills/visual-dashboard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Visual Dashboard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill visual-dashboard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/visual-dashboard in danielvm-git/bigpowers) into .agents/skills/visual-dashboard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Visual Dashboard in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill visual-dashboard -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/visual-dashboard, .gemini/skills/visual-dashboard, .github/skills/visual-dashboard and .opencode/skills/visual-dashboard in your project.

What does Visual Dashboard need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Visual Dashboard needs JavaScript and a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (bash, curl and jq). Our summary lists: Node.js; A Bash shell.

Does Visual Dashboard access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Visual Dashboard safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Visual Dashboard use?

Visual Dashboard is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Visual Dashboard use?

About 478 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Visual Dashboard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Visual Dashboard: Refactor Design Report (penwyp/ClaudePreference, 136 stars), Spec Workflow (TencentCloudBase/CloudBase-AI-Toolkit, 1.1k stars), Gen Plan (alibaba/atrex-kernel-agent, 161 stars) and Code Task Generator (mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Visual Dashboard?

danielvm-git (a GitHub user) maintains it in danielvm-git/bigpowers, which has 257 GitHub stars. The repository holds 39 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: danielvm-git/bigpowers on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.