dashboard-review

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Use when reviewing dashboard JSON changes in a PR or branch. Extracts structured descriptions with kbdash, compares before/after, and checks guideline compliance.

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Sourceelastic/integration-skills

Added on2026-06-03

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add elastic/integration-skills dashboard-review

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dashboard-review

When to use

Use this skill when tasks include:

reviewing a PR that modifies Kibana dashboard JSON files
comparing dashboard changes between branches
summarizing what changed in dashboard exports
checking dashboard changes against the official dashboard guidelines

When not to use

Do not use this skill as the primary guide for:

creating new dashboards or exporting them from Kibana (
```
dashboard-guidelines
```
)

dashboard naming conventions and file layout (

dashboard-guidelines

→

references/kibana-assets-layout.md

)

package-wide command orchestration (
```
elastic-package-cli
```
)
test suite selection (
```
integration-testing
```
)

Prerequisites

kbdash

must be installed:

bash

go install github.com/efd6/kbdash@latest

Lines prefixed with

[!]

in the output are warnings about potential issues in the dashboard JSON (consistency mismatches, incomplete extraction, parse errors). Run

kbdash -h

for a description of each warning type.

Review procedure

Read

references/review-procedure.md

for the full step-by-step workflow. The high-level flow is:

Identify changed dashboard files (added, removed, modified).
Extract before/after descriptions with
```
kbdash
```
.
Compare descriptions and classify changes as meaningful or cosmetic.
Verify suspected issues against the raw JSON before reporting.
Format output as one section per dashboard with bullet-pointed changes.
Check guideline compliance on added or modified dashboards.

Guideline compliance checks

After summarizing changes, check the final state of every added or modified dashboard against the official dashboard guidelines. Report violations in a "Guideline notes" subsection after the change summary for each dashboard.

Check for these issues:

TSVB panels: Flag any
```
visualization
```
panel using TSVB. The guidelines require Lens for all new visualizations. Migrating existing TSVB to Lens is encouraged.
Missing dataset filter: Each visualization should filter on
```
data_stream.dataset
```
or an equivalently specific scope. Flag panels that query broad index patterns (
```
metrics-*
```
,
```
logs-*
```
) without scoping.
By-reference panels: Panels should be embedded by value. In the raw JSON,
```
references
```
entries with a
```
panelRefName
```
indicate by-reference panels. Flag these.
Deprecated input controls: The
```
input-control-vis
```
type is deprecated. Dashboard-native controls should be used instead.
Package-name title prefix: Panel titles matching
```
[<Package Name> ...]
```
create unnecessary repetition. Flag these.
Broad wildcard filters: Filters using unscoped
```
-*
```
patterns without further qualification are a performance concern.
High panel count: If a dashboard has more than roughly 20 panels, note it. The guidelines recommend splitting across dashboards and linking with drilldowns.

Only report issues that actually exist — skip passing checks. For pre-existing violations in unchanged panels, mention them once briefly ("N existing panels also use TSVB") rather than listing each one. Focus review attention on newly added or modified panels.

Handoff to other skills

After the review is complete:

```
dashboard-guidelines
```
for creation or export guidance if the review surfaces structural issues
```
package-spec
```
when dashboard changes require a release note entry
```
elastic-package-cli
```
for validation commands

References

```
references/review-procedure.md
```
— full extraction, comparison, and output formatting workflow

dashboard-review

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When to use

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Prerequisites

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Guideline compliance checks

Handoff to other skills

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