grafana-dashboards

version: 4.1.0-fractal name: grafana-dashboards description: Create and manage production Grafana dashboards for real-time visualization of system and application metrics. Use when building monitoring dashboards, visualizing metrics, or creating operational observability interfaces.

Grafana Dashboards

Create and manage production-ready Grafana dashboards for comprehensive system observability.

Do not use this skill when

• The task is unrelated to grafana dashboards
• You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

• Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
• Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
• Provide actionable steps and verification.
• If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

Purpose

Design effective Grafana dashboards for monitoring applications, infrastructure, and business metrics.

Use this skill when

• Visualize Prometheus metrics
• Create custom dashboards
• Implement SLO dashboards
• Monitor infrastructure
• Track business KPIs

Dashboard Design Principles

🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

1. 1. Hierarchy of Information

2. 2. RED Method (Services)

3. 3. USE Method (Resources)

4. API Monitoring Dashboard

5. 1. Stat Panel (Single Value)

6. 2. Time Series Graph

7. 3. Table Panel

8. 4. Heatmap

9. Query Variables

10. Use Variables in Queries

11. Infrastructure Dashboard

12. Database Dashboard

13. Application Dashboard

14. Terraform Provisioning

15. Ansible Provisioning