# cx-dashboards

Builds a Coralogix dashboard for a service from its logs, spans and metrics, verifies every query through the cx CLI, then deploys it to a folder.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3300 installs · ★ 124
- Author: coralogix
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/coralogix/cx-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/cx-dashboards/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill walks the agent through nine phases. It starts by reading `README.md` and the entrypoint to work out what the service does, then hunts for metrics with `cx metrics search`, discovers log fields and span attributes with `cx search-fields`, and greps for Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS or Pub/Sub clients to find queue and DLQ names.

Next it asks you up to six questions: who the dashboard is for, the default time window, slicing dimensions like `tenant_id` or `region`, which environments to include. JSON generation waits until you approve the plan of sections and widgets. Every PromQL and DataPrime query is checked with a live `cx` call, the structure goes through server-side `cx dashboards check`, and only then does the dashboard get created. The agent is required to hand you a link at the end.

Metric names, log fields and span attributes come only from code, config or a query that returned a result. Invented names do not survive, because the live `cx` check rejects them before deployment. You need a configured `cx` CLI with access to your Coralogix tenant. To update an existing dashboard, the flow is `cx dashboards get`, edit the file, then `cx dashboards replace`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-dashboards -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-dashboards -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-dashboards -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install coralogix/cx-cli cx-dashboards
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cx-dashboards/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-dashboards -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/coralogix/cx-cli --path skills/cx-dashboards
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-dashboards -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/coralogix/cx-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/cx-dashboards/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a monitoring dashboard for a service that has none
- validate PromQL and DataPrime queries before publishing
- find real metric names and log fields instead of guessing
- update an existing dashboard from a JSON file
- duplicate someone else's dashboard as a starting point

## Example prompts
- Build a Coralogix dashboard for the payments service: logs, spans and metrics, prod and staging only
- Verify every query in my dashboard.json through cx and replace the dashboard
- Make it a logs-only dashboard, the service has no metrics

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: cx-dashboards
description: >
  Build and deploy a Coralogix dashboard for a given service from its logs,
  spans, metrics, and service specs. Discovers telemetry via cx CLI commands,
  emits importable Coralogix JSON, verifies every PromQL and DataPrime query live
  through the `cx` CLI, and creates or updates dashboards via `cx dashboards create`
  and `cx dashboards replace`. Use whenever the user asks to create, build, generate,
  deploy, update, replace, or modify a Coralogix dashboard, monitoring dashboard,
  or observability dashboard for a service, app, or pipeline.
metadata:
  version: "0.2.1"
---

# Create Coralogix Dashboard

Produces a Coralogix dashboard for a target service and deploys it via the `cx` CLI. Workflow: discover the service's telemetry, align on intent with the user, draft a plan, emit the JSON, live-verify every query through `cx`, then create the dashboard in a chosen folder.

Only use metric names, log fields, and span attributes you can cite from the service's code, README, configuration, or a live query that returned a result. Do not invent them.

---

## Reference files

Load these files for domain-specific guidance:

| Task | Reference |
|---|---|
| DataPrime query syntax | [`references/dataprime-reference.md`](references/dataprime-reference.md) |
| PromQL query syntax, counters vs gauges, histograms | [`references/promql-guidelines.md`](references/promql-guidelines.md) |
| Log field discovery, query patterns, wildfind policy | [`references/logs-querying.md`](references/logs-querying.md) |
| Span field discovery, latency analysis, trace queries | [`references/spans-querying.md`](references/spans-querying.md) |
| Dashboard-specific query gotchas (`${__range}`, `promqlQueryType`) | [`references/query-syntax.md`](references/query-syntax.md) |
| Widget JSON templates | [`references/widget-templates.md`](references/widget-templates.md) |

For choosing the right signal (metrics / logs / traces), use `cx-telemetry-querying`.

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## Dashboard Management

Beyond creating dashboards, use these commands to manage existing ones:

| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `cx dashboards catalog -o json` | List all dashboards in the catalog |
| `cx dashboards get <id> -o json` | Get a dashboard definition (useful as a template) |
| `cx dashboards folders list -o json` | List dashboard folders |
| `cx dashboards folders create --name "Name"` | Create a dashboard folder |
| `cx dashboards folders create --name "Sub" --parent-id <id>` | Create a nested folder |
```
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