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add-report — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Guides adding analytics report cards to ClaudeBar with comparison deltas. Useful when building usage breakdowns and TDD metrics over daily logs.

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npx skills add tddworks/ClaudeBar --skill add-report -a claude-code
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What add-report does

This skill enforces the workflow for adding analytics cards to ClaudeBar. It handles metrics like token consumption or cost trends with period-over-period comparisons, such as today versus yesterday. Every report acts as a view over days fetched from account.usageHistory?.days(in:). You do not write file-reading routines.

Work proceeds through structured phases. The agent drafts a diagram and an interface mockup in design-concept/, requesting approval via AskUserQuestion. Next comes test-driven development: writing a pure struct inside Modules/Quotas alongside tests named with the should <outcome> [when <situation>] convention. The card view simply presents what the report computes.

Calculations never run in the background. The engine builds reports exclusively when the menu bar popover opens. Modifying UsageSnapshot or placing parsers inside Sources/Infrastructure violates the architecture rules. Any unsupported log format requires an isolated reader inside Modules/DataSources.

What it helps with

  • build a week-over-week cost comparison card for ClaudeBar
  • calculate token metrics across models from daily usage history
  • generate mockups and diagrams before writing Swift code
  • implement report calculation structs in the Quotas module using TDD

Example prompts for the agent

  • Add a weekly cost comparison card to ClaudeBar using the add-report workflow
  • Design a 30-day token breakdown report for the current login
  • Create the MonthlyReport struct in Quotas and write its unit tests

How to install add-report

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add tddworks/ClaudeBar --skill add-report -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/add-report/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/add-report/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about add-report

How to install add-report in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add tddworks/ClaudeBar --skill add-report -a claude-code in your terminal. The skill file will be installed to ~/.claude/skills/add-report/SKILL.md.

What does the add-report skill do?

It guides the agent through building usage cards for ClaudeBar, enforcing design mockups, isolated Quotas models, and strict TDD practices.

Where does the report get its raw metrics?

It receives closed days as [DailyUsageStat] from account.usageHistory. The report struct calculates deltas purely in memory without reading log files directly.

Source text

SKILL.md · Apache-2.0
---
name: add-report
description: >
  Guide for adding new report cards to ClaudeBar that analyze local data sources and display
  metrics with comparison deltas. Use this skill when:
  (1) Adding a new report/analytics card (e.g., weekly summary, model breakdown, session stats)
  (2) Showing usage history in a new way, or reading another tool's usage logs
  (3) Adding comparison cards that show "today vs previous" style deltas
  (4) Building any feature that follows the DailyUsage pattern (days → report value → card)
---

# Add Report Card to ClaudeBar

Add report cards that turn a login's usage history into metrics with comparison
deltas, shown in the existing card style, test first.

## When to Use

This skill covers **report-style features** — cards that:
- Aggregate a login's days of usage (cost, tokens, time, sessions)
- Compare periods (today vs yesterday, this week vs last week)
- Read another tool's usage logs (as data in its definition)
- Display results in cards matching the existing UI

## First, which kind of report is it?

Usage history is data now ([daily-usage design](../../../docs/features/usage-history/daily-usage/design.md)).
A report is almost always a new **view over days the login already reads**, not new
reading code. Place it before anything else:

| The person wants… | It is | You write |
|---|---|---|
| a new look at usage this app already reads — this week vs last, cost per model, a 30-day chart | a **report over days**: the page asks `account.usageHistory?.days(in: range)` and a value in `Quotas` turns the days into the report | a `Quotas` value + its tests, a card. **No reading code** |
| the same history for another tool (its own log files) | a **`usageHistory` block** in that provider's definition | JSON (paths, `where`, fields, `prices`), its golden tests — no Swift |
| history from a log format no reader understands yet | a **new reader**, named for the format, in `Modules/DataSources/Sources/Internal/Logs/` | the reader, test-first in `DataSourcesTests`, then the JSON; a row in ENGINE_DESIGN §1 |
| an answer to a different question than "how much did I use?" | a **capability** (CANONICAL §2.1): declared in the definition, a handle on `Account` that is `nil` when not declared | design first; a runner outside the modules is supplied by the `Engine` (TARGET_ARCHITECTURE §10) |

**Never:** a field on `UsageSnapshot` (the kernel is shrinking toward `Usage`,
[CANONICAL_MODEL §6](../../../docs/architecture/CANONICAL_MODEL.md#6--what-is-deliberately-not-in-the-tree)),
an `XxxAnalyzer` / `XxxAnalyzing` protocol, a parser in `Sources/Infrastructure`, or a
vendor-named type in a module.

> **Reference implementation:** `references/daily-usage-pattern.md` — *TODAY'S USAGE*:
> Claude's logs and prices as data, `UsageLog` in DataSources, `account.usageHistory`,
> `DailyUsageReport` in Quotas, `DailyUsageCardView`. The Leaderboard reads 30 days the
> same way (`login.history.days(in:)` → `DailyTokens.summed`).

> **Check the design first** — the docs are the source of truth ([AGENTS.md](../../../AGENTS.md#design-docs-are-the-source-of-truth)):
> USER_JOURNEYS, CANONICAL_MODEL, TARGET_ARCHITECTURE, then the feature's `design.md`.

## How a report over days flows

```text
 <id>.json "usageHistory"  ──►  UsageLog (DataSources)        one per login, built by
                                  reader · PriceList ·          ProviderFactory from the definition
                                  DayAggregator
                                       │
 popover opens (never in the background, #204)
        │                              ▼
 account.usageHistory?.days(in: .last(14))   ──►  [DailyUsageStat]   (closed days from the ledger)
        │
        ▼
 WeeklyReport(days:)            a rich value in Modules/Quotas: deltas, percentages, formatting
        │
        ▼
 WeeklyCardView                 renders what the report says — never compares or counts
```

## Workflow

```
Phase 0: Place it and design it (get user approval)
    ↓
Phase 1: The report value + tests (TDD Red→Green)
    ↓
Phase 2: Only if needed — the definition's usageHistory, a new reader, or a capability
    ↓
Phase 3: Mockup, card view, reading it on popover open
    ↓
Phase 4: Verify, screenshots on mock data, docs
```

---

## Phase 0: Place it and design it (MANDATORY)

### Step 1: Define the report

- **What does the person want to know?** In their words (USER_JOURNEYS).
- **Which kind is it?** The table above.
- **Which days?** `DateRange` (`.last(n)`, a week, today vs yesterday).
- **Which logins?** A report is per login — two logins are two reports, never summed.
- **How many cards?** One per metric, or one combined card.

### Step 2: Diagram it

```
Example: this week vs last week, per login

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Providers (module)           Quotas (module)        App           │
│                                                                    │
│  account.usageHistory   ─►  WeeklyReport(days:)  ─►  WeeklyCardView │
│   .days(in: .last(14))       thisWeek / lastWeek      × 3 metrics   │
│   → [DailyUsageStat]         deltas, %, formatted                   │
│                                                                    │
│  No reading code: claude.json's usageHistory already reads the logs│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

### Step 3: The pieces

| Piece | Module | One job | Test |
|---|---|---|---|
| `WeeklyReport` | `Quotas` | turns days into the comparison the card shows | `Tests/DomainTests/<Feature>/` |
| `WeeklyCardView` | `App` | renders it | AppTests / screenshots |
| *(only if needed)* `usageHistory` block, a reader, a capability | definition / `DataSources` / `Providers` | — | golden tests / `DataSourcesTests` / `ProvidersTests` |

### Step 4: Mockup and approval

A UI change gets a mockup in `design-concept/<feature>/` on mock data first
(AGENTS.md). Present the doc change, the diagram, the pieces and the mockup;
use `AskUserQuestion` and wait for approval.

---

## Phase 1: The report value (TDD)

Name each test `should <outcome> [when <situation>]`, in the person's words, never a method, type or mechanism verb → [Naming tests](../implement-feature/references/tdd-patterns.md#naming-tests).

**Location:** `Modules/Quotas/Sources/{Name}Report.swift` (beside `DailyUsageReport`),
tests in `Tests/DomainTests/{Feature}/{Name}ReportTests.swift` (beside `DailyUsageReportTests`).
It is built **from days** — `[DailyUsageStat]` — so it never reads a file:

```swift
public struct {Name}Report: Sendable, Equatable {
    public let current: [DailyUsageStat]    // e.g. this week
    public let previous: [DailyUsageStat]   // e.g. last week

    /// The days split at `boundary`, as the page asks for them.
    public init(days: [DailyUsageStat], splitAt boundary: Date) { … }

    public var cost: Decimal { current.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.totalCost } }
    public var costChangePercent: Double? {
        let before = previous.reduce(Decimal(0)) { $0 + $1.totalCost }
        guard before > 0 else { return nil }          // nil when there was nothing before
        …
    }
    public var formattedCostDelta: String { … }       // "+$5.00", "-$1.20": the sign always shown
    public var costProgress: Double { … }             // current / (current + previous), 0…1
}
```

**Rules:**
- `Decimal` for money, `TimeInterval` for durations; `Locale(identifier: "en_US")` for currency.
- Every comparison, and every amount the value owns written one way (`formattedCostDelta`, through `MoneyFormat`), lives in the value — the view only reads them. The card's sentences and labels are the App's words, not the value's ([question 7](../implement-feature/references/domain-shape.md#seven-questions)).
- A change percent is `nil` when the previous period is zero; deltas always carry a sign.
- `isEmpty` means all zero (`&&`, not `||`).

Write the tests first (state and return values, Chicago school), then the value.

---

## Phase 2: Only if the report needs reading it doesn't have

### 2a. Another tool's history → its definition

Add a `usageHistory` block to `<id>.json` — `files`, `format`, `where`, fields,
`prices`, `sessionGap` — the shape is in the [daily-usage design §2](../../../docs/features/usage-history/daily-usage/design.md#2--the-definition-usagehistory-beside-datasources).
Golden tests in `Modules/Providers/Tests/` over fixture logs (see `ClaudeUsageHistoryTests`).
No Swift.

### 2b. A log format no reader knows → one reader in DataSources

A reader named for the **format** (`JSONLinesReader`, never `AcmeLogReader`) in
`Modules/DataSources/Sources/Internal/Logs/`, test-first in
`Modules/DataSources/Tests/Logs/` with neutral fixtures, yielding the one
`LogRecord` every reader yields. Then the JSON uses it. Add its row to
ENGINE_DESIGN §1. Only scan files changed within the range (`LogFileFinder`).

### 2c. A different question → a capability

Design it in the docs first (CANONICAL §2.1, TARGET_ARCHITECTURE): declared in
the definition, its own types in `Modules/Providers`, an `@Observable` handle on
`Account` that is `nil` when not declared — like `usageHistory` and
`guestPasses`. `ProviderFactory.make` builds it from the definition; a runner
that lives outside the modules (a CLI the App runs, the Keychain) is supplied by
the `Engine` the App builds once. The App never passes anything per provider.

---

## Phase 3: The card, read on popover open

### 3a. The card view

**Location:** `Sources/App/UsageHistory/{Name}CardView.swift`. Match the existing
cards; `DailyUsageCardView` is the reference:

```swift
struct {Name}CardView: View {
    let metric: {Name}Metric   // one case per card
    let report: {Name}Report
    let delay: Double          // cascading entrance

    @Environment(\.appTheme) private var theme

    var body: some View {
        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
            // header: icon + LABEL · the large value · the progress bar · the delta line
        }
        .padding(12)
        .background(/* theme.cardGradient fill + theme.glassBorder stroke */)
    }
}
```

**Card styling checklist:** `.padding(12)` · `theme.cardGradient` + `theme.glassBorder` (1pt) ·
`theme.cardCornerRadius` · `theme.fontDesign` on text · `theme.textPrimary/Secondary/Tertiary` ·
`theme.progressTrack` · hover scale 1.015 · progress bar animated with `delay`.

### 3b. Read the days when the popover opens

Usage history is read when the popover opens, never in the background (#204),
and per login — the page asks the selected login, as `MenuContentView` does:

```swift
.task(id: login.id) {
    guard let history = login.usageHistory else { return }   // nil: this login offers none
    let days = await history.days(in: .last(14))
    report = {Name}Report(days: days, splitAt: weekStart)
}
```

The view renders `report`; it never compares, counts or decides from the days itself.

### 3c. Nothing to register

`ProviderFactory.make` builds `usageHistory` from the definition, and every
provider is found by `ProviderCatalog.detect()` (TARGET_ARCHITECTURE §10). The
App passes nothing per provider.

---

## Phase 4: Verify

1. `tuist generate`
2. `xcodebuild test -workspace ClaudeBar.xcworkspace -scheme ClaudeBar-Workspace -destination 'platform=macOS,arch=arm64'` — the full run; `tuist test` skips cached targets
3. Run the real popover on mock data (`scripts/demo-screenshots.sh`) — screenshots, never real names, emails or usage
4. Docs in the same change: the feature's `README.md` / `design.md`, one CHANGELOG line (≤300 chars), `python3 scripts/gen-docs.py && python3 scripts/check-docs.py --strict`

---

## Checklist

### Phase 0
- [ ] Placed: report over days · definition `usageHistory` · new reader · capability
- [ ] Design in the docs, diagram, pieces table, mockup in `design-concept/<feature>/`
- [ ] User approved

### Phase 1
- [ ] `{Name}ReportTests` written first (deltas, nil percent, signs, progress, empty)
- [ ] `{Name}Report` in `Modules/Quotas`, built from `[DailyUsageStat]` — green

### Phase 2 (only if needed)
- [ ] `usageHistory` block + golden tests, or a format-named reader in `DataSources` + its ENGINE_DESIGN row, or a declared capability
- [ ] No `UsageSnapshot` field, no analyzer protocol, no vendor-named Swift

### Phase 3
- [ ] `{Name}CardView` matching the card style
- [ ] Days read on popover open, per login; nothing passed in `ClaudeBarApp`

### Phase 4
- [ ] Full `xcodebuild test` green
- [ ] Screenshots on mock data
- [ ] Docs and CHANGELOG line; docs check passes

© tddworks · Apache-2.0 · tddworks/ClaudeBar

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