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Official agent skill

Building A Dashboard

by PostHog in PostHog/posthog

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.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Building A Dashboard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-a-dashboard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog building-a-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/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/dashboards/skills/building-a-dashboard .claude/skills/building-a-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
building-a-dashboard
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,223 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
252
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

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.

  • Works in 2 steps: dashboard-templates-list — browse… → dashboard-templates-retrieve — open the…
  • A user asks to create a dashboard
  • SKILL.md covers Create vs update, Use templates as reference, Select the insights and Use Data Catalog for reusable…, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Building A Dashboard is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. 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…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Product analytics. It works with PostHog and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: :hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error…

When your agent uses it

  • A user asks to create a dashboard
  • Put several metrics/charts together on one page
  • Assemble a dashboard for a topic (product analytics
  • Add/remove/replace insights on a dashboard they already have

Example prompts

  • “/building-a-dashboard”

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. dashboard-templates-list — browse templates (use search for a topic, scope to narrow to global / team /
  2. dashboard-templates-retrieve — open the closest template to see its tiles: which insights it groups together and

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 812e5c6. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Building A Dashboard loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 156 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,223 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~156
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,223 words (~2,256 tokens).

“A dashboard is a collection of insight tiles on one page. Your job is to figure out which insights belong on it, reuse what already exists, create what's missing, and lay them out sensibly — not to blindly generate charts.”

— opening of SKILL.md by PostHog, Custom licence
name
building-a-dashboard

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in products/dashboards/skills/building-a-dashboard of PostHog/posthog.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 812e5c6

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in PostHog/posthog, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Retentioneering Product Analyticsretentioneering/retentioneering-tools925—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
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Questions about Building A Dashboard

What does Building A Dashboard do?

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. Building A Dashboard is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. 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.

When should I use Building A Dashboard?

Building A Dashboard fits situations like: A user asks to create a dashboard; put several metrics/charts together on one page; assemble a dashboard for a topic (product analytics; add/remove/replace insights on a dashboard they already have.

How do I install Building A Dashboard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-a-dashboard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (products/dashboards/skills/building-a-dashboard in PostHog/posthog) into .claude/skills/building-a-dashboard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Building A Dashboard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-a-dashboard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (products/dashboards/skills/building-a-dashboard in PostHog/posthog) into .agents/skills/building-a-dashboard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Building A 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 PostHog/posthog --skill building-a-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/building-a-dashboard, .gemini/skills/building-a-dashboard, .github/skills/building-a-dashboard and .opencode/skills/building-a-dashboard in your project.

What does Building A Dashboard need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Building A Dashboard is instructions for the agent only.

Does Building A Dashboard access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Building A 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Building A Dashboard use?

Building A Dashboard has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Building A Dashboard use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 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 Building A Dashboard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Building A Dashboard: Prod Telemetry (UsefulSoftwareCo/executor, 4.1k stars), Posthog Product Health Audit (boardsesh/boardsesh, 164 stars), Retentioneering Contributing (retentioneering/retentioneering-tools, 925 stars) and Retentioneering Product Analytics (retentioneering/retentioneering-tools, 925 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Building A Dashboard?

PostHog (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in PostHog/posthog, which has 40,200 GitHub stars. The repository holds 252 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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