Generate Grafana dashboards from "I want to monitor my API" instead of writing PromQL by hand
Describe what you want to monitor and get a complete Grafana dashboard with proper PromQL queries, sensible thresholds, and standard layout. Also audits existing dashboards for accuracy and unused panels.
Create a skill called "Dashboard Forge". Generate and manage Grafana dashboards: Mode 1 — Generate: When I describe what I want to monitor, create a complete Grafana dashboard JSON with: - Proper PromQL queries with correct functions (rate, histogram_quantile, etc.) - Standard panels: time series, stat, gauge, table as appropriate - Template variables for namespace, environment, pod selection - Sensible refresh rate and time range defaults - RED metrics (Rate, Errors, Duration) for services - USE metrics (Utilization, Saturation, Errors) for infrastructure Mode 2 — Audit: Given existing dashboard JSON or a Grafana URL I can access, review for: - Broken queries (referencing metrics that don't exist or labels that don't match) - Missing metrics (standard metrics not being graphed) - Layout and usability improvements - Alert rule suggestions for key panels Output as importable JSON and optionally as Grafonnet/Terraform code.
Creating a good Grafana dashboard requires PromQL fluency, knowledge of
what metrics your services expose, and an eye for layout. This skill
handles all three — you just describe what you want to see.
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Real sources, named experts, actual quotes
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