# grafana-scenes

A skill for building Grafana plugin pages with the @grafana/scenes framework: panels, variables, drilldown navigation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4200 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-plugins/grafana-scenes/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/grafana-scenes

## What it does

This skill covers `@grafana/scenes`, the declarative framework for Grafana plugin pages. A scene is a tree of objects: `SceneApp` → `SceneAppPage` → `EmbeddedScene` → layouts → panels. Each node can own data (`$data`), variables (`$variables`), a time range (`$timeRange`) and behaviors (`$behaviors`) that propagate down the tree.

Inside are working snippets: a scene file with `SceneQueryRunner` and `QueryVariable`, page registration through `SceneAppPage`, click-through drilldowns, tabs inside a detail view, transforms via `SceneDataTransformer`, custom objects on `SceneObjectBase`, and table column overrides. Panels come from chained builders — `PanelBuilders.table()`, `.timeseries()`, `.stat()`, `.gauge()`, `.barchart()` — with `.setData()`, `.setTitle()`, `.setUnit()` and `.build()`.

A pitfalls section is included too. Pages with drilldowns or tabs need a wildcard in `routePath`, or navigation breaks. URL params go through `encodeURIComponent`/`decodeURIComponent` because K8s names contain `/`. A `$varName` in a query must exist in a `SceneVariableSet` higher up the tree. For instant queries, set both `instant: true` and `format: 'table'`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-scenes -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-scenes -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-scenes -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills grafana-scenes
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-scenes -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-plugins/grafana-scenes
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-scenes -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/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-plugins/grafana-scenes/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a Grafana plugin page with @grafana/scenes
- add a table, timeseries or stat panel to a scene
- wire a drilldown that opens on row click
- define a cluster variable and use it in a query
- extend SceneObjectBase with a custom interactive widget

## Example prompts
- Create a scene file for the plugin page with a table over the up metric
- Add a drilldown from the table to a detail page per cluster
- Define a multi-select QueryVariable cluster and use it in the query

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

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---
name: grafana-scenes
license: Apache-2.0
description: Build Grafana plugin pages using the @grafana/scenes framework. Use when creating new scene pages, adding panels/visualizations, setting up drilldown navigation, defining variables, configuring query runners, building table/timeseries/stat panels, or extending SceneObjectBase for custom scene objects. Triggers on any work involving SceneApp, SceneAppPage, EmbeddedScene, SceneQueryRunner, SceneDataTransformer, PanelBuilders, SceneFlexLayout, QueryVariable, or drilldown/tab configuration in Grafana plugins.
---

# @grafana/scenes Framework

Build reactive, data-driven Grafana plugin pages with declarative scene objects.

## Core Concepts

Scenes composes a tree of objects: `SceneApp` → `SceneAppPage` → `EmbeddedScene` → layouts → panels. Each node can own data (`$data`), variables (`$variables`), time ranges (`$timeRange`), and behaviors (`$behaviors`) that propagate down the tree.

## Quick Start: New Scene Page

### 1. Create the scene file

```typescript
// src/components/scenes/MyFeature/scene.tsx
import {
  EmbeddedScene, SceneFlexLayout, SceneFlexItem,
  SceneQueryRunner, SceneVariableSet, QueryVariable,
  PanelBuilders, VariableValueSelectors, SceneControlsSpacer,
} from '@grafana/scenes';

export function getMyFeatureScene(params: { datasource: DataSourceRef }) {
  const queryRunner = new SceneQueryRunner({
    datasource: params.datasource,
    queries: [{ refId: 'A', expr: 'up{cluster=~"$cluster"}', instant: true, format: 'table' }],
  });

  const panel = PanelBuilders.table()
    .setData(queryRunner)
    .setTitle('My Table')
    .build();

  return new EmbeddedScene({
    $variables: new SceneVariableSet({
      variables: [
        new QueryVariable({
          name: 'cluster',
          query: 'label_values(up, cluster)',
          datasource: params.datasource,
          isMulti: true, includeAll: true, defaultToAll: true,
        }),
      ],
    }),
    controls: [new VariableValueSelectors({}), new SceneControlsSpacer()],
    body: new SceneFlexLayout({
      direction: 'column',
      children: [new SceneFlexItem({ body: panel })],
    }),
  });
}
```

### 2. Create the page

```typescript
// src/components/scenes/MyFeature/MyFeature.tsx
import { SceneAppPage, SceneTimeRange } from '@grafana/scenes';

export function getMyFeaturePage(params) {
  return new SceneAppPage({
    title: 'My Feature',
    url: '/a/my-plugin-id/my-feature',
    routePath: 'my-feature/*',
    $timeRange: new SceneTimeRange({ from: 'now-1h', to: 'now' }),
````
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