# kpi-dashboard-design

Walks an agent through picking metrics and building a dashboard that shows goal progress. Useful for leadership reporting or process monitoring.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 520 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aj-geddes-kpi-dashboard-design

## What it does

The skill drives the agent through dashboard design in order: map business goals, select metrics, visualize, then communicate findings to stakeholders. It ships KPI criteria — relevant, measurable, actionable, timely, bounded, simple. Goals get broken into concrete numbers: revenue growth maps to MRR, ARR, CLV and ARPU, customer acquisition to CAC, conversion rate and traffic-to-lead rate.

Most of the material lives in `references/`: a KPI selection framework, dashboard design, implementation, and monitoring with governance. `SKILL.md` holds a short Python starter with a KPI selection class and a table linking those guides. The DO and DON'T sections set the boundaries: start from goals rather than data, keep 5–7 core metrics, add context and benchmarks, document metric definitions.

The skill advises capping a dashboard at 5–7 metrics and not changing them often, because teams stop trusting a board that keeps shifting. If your dashboard already has dozens of tiles, that is a reason to check which ones anyone can actually move.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kpi-dashboard-design -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kpi-dashboard-design -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kpi-dashboard-design -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts kpi-dashboard-design
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kpi-dashboard-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/kpi-dashboard-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kpi-dashboard-design -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/kpi-dashboard-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick metrics that match a business goal
- build a dashboard for leadership reporting
- set up operational monitoring
- track project progress with measurable indicators
- assign an owner to every metric

## Example prompts
- Design a KPI dashboard for the sales team: start from goals, then pick metrics
- Review my metric list against the skill's criteria and cut the extras
- Lay out a dashboard with leading and lagging indicators plus drill-down

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: kpi-dashboard-design
description: >
  Design and build dashboards that track key performance indicators. Select
  relevant metrics, visualize data effectively, and communicate insights to
  stakeholders.
---

# KPI Dashboard Design

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Effective KPI dashboards make performance visible, enable data-driven decisions, and help teams align around shared goals.

## When to Use

- Creating performance measurement systems
- Leadership reporting and visibility
- Operational monitoring
- Project progress tracking
- Team performance management
- Customer health monitoring
- Financial reporting

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```python
# Select relevant, measurable KPIs

class KPISelection:
    KPI_CRITERIA = {
        'Relevant': 'Directly aligned with business strategy',
        'Measurable': 'Can be quantified and tracked',
        'Actionable': 'Team can influence the metric',
        'Timely': 'Measured frequently (daily/weekly)',
        'Bounded': 'Has clear target/threshold',
        'Simple': 'Easy to understand'
    }

    def identify_business_goals(self):
        """Map goals to KPIs"""
        return {
            'Revenue Growth': [
                'Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)',
                'Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)',
                'Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)',
                'Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)'
            ],
            'Customer Acquisition': [
                'Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)',
                'Conversion Rate',
                'Traffic to Lead Rate',
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [KPI Selection Framework](references/kpi-selection-framework.md) | KPI Selection Framework |
| [Dashboard Design](references/dashboard-design.md) | Dashboard Design |
| [Dashboard Implementation](references/dashboard-implementation.md) | Dashboard Implementation |
| [KPI Monitoring & Governance](references/kpi-monitoring-governance.md) | KPI Monitoring & Governance |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Start with business goals, not data
- Limit dashboards to 5-7 core metrics
- Include both leading and lagging indicators
- Assign clear metric ownership
- Update dashboards regularly
- Make drill-down available
- Use visual hierarchy effectively
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