Understand Dashboard

egonex-ai/understand-dashboard

Launch the interactive web dashboard to visualize a codebase's knowledge graph

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-dashboard

The instruction itself

3 sections, as written by the author

/understand-dashboard

Start the Understand Anything dashboard to visualize the knowledge graph for the current project.

Instructions

Determine the project directory and data directory:
If $ARGUMENTS contains a path, use that as the project directory
Otherwise, use the current working directory
Prefer the legacy .understand-anything/ data directory when it exists, otherwise use .ua/

Use the Bash tool to resolve:

   PROJECT_ARG="$ARGUMENTS"
   if [ -n "$PROJECT_ARG" ]; then
     PROJECT_DIR=$(cd "$PROJECT_ARG" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
   else
     PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd -P)
   fi

   if [ -z "$PROJECT_DIR" ] || [ ! -d "$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
     echo "Error: Project directory not found: ${PROJECT_ARG:-$PWD}"
     exit 1
   fi

   if [ -d "$PROJECT_DIR/.understand-anything" ]; then
     UA_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR/.understand-anything"
   else
     UA_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR/.ua"
   fi

Check that $UA_DIR/knowledge-graph.json exists in the project directory. If not, tell the user:

   No knowledge graph found. Run /understand first to analyze this project.

Use the Bash tool to check:

   if [ ! -f "$UA_DIR/knowledge-graph.json" ]; then
     echo "No knowledge graph found. Run /understand first to analyze this project."
     exit 1
   fi

Find the dashboard code. The dashboard is at packages/dashboard/ relative to this plugin's root directory. Check these paths in order and use the first that exists:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/packages/dashboard/ (Claude Code runtime root, highest priority)
~/.understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/ (universal symlink, all installs)
Two levels up from ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard real path (self-relative fallback)
Two levels up from ~/.copilot/skills/understand-dashboard real path (Copilot personal skills fallback)
Common clone-based install roots:
~/.codex/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/
~/.opencode/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/
~/.pi/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/
~/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/

Use the Bash tool to resolve:

   SKILL_REAL=$(realpath ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || readlink -f ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || echo "")
   SELF_RELATIVE=$([ -n "$SKILL_REAL" ] && cd "$SKILL_REAL/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "")
   COPILOT_SKILL_REAL=$(realpath ~/.copilot/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || readlink -f ~/.copilot/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || echo "")
   COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE=$([ -n "$COPILOT_SKILL_REAL" ] && cd "$COPILOT_SKILL_REAL/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "")

   PLUGIN_ROOT=""
   for candidate in \
     "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" \
     "$HOME/.understand-anything-plugin" \
     "$SELF_RELATIVE" \
     "$COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE" \
     "$HOME/.codex/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
     "$HOME/.opencode/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
     "$HOME/.pi/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
     "$HOME/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"; do
     if [ -n "$candidate" ] && [ -d "$candidate/packages/dashboard" ]; then
       PLUGIN_ROOT="$candidate"; break
     fi
   done

   if [ -z "$PLUGIN_ROOT" ]; then
     echo "Error: Cannot find the understand-anything plugin root."
     echo "Checked:"
     echo "  - ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-<unset CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT>}"
     echo "  - $HOME/.understand-anything-plugin"
     echo "  - ${SELF_RELATIVE:-<unresolved path derived from ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard>}"
     echo "  - ${COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE:-<unresolved path derived from ~/.copilot/skills/understand-dashboard>}"
     echo "  - $HOME/.codex/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
     echo "  - $HOME/.opencode/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
     echo "  - $HOME/.pi/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
     echo "  - $HOME/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
     echo "Make sure you followed the installation instructions for your platform."
     exit 1
   fi

   DASHBOARD_DIR="$PLUGIN_ROOT/packages/dashboard"

Fast path — try the prebuilt viewer first (no install, no build). Each release ships a self-contained viewer tarball; run it pinned to the installed plugin version:

   : "${PLUGIN_ROOT:?Run step 3 first so PLUGIN_ROOT is set}"
   : "${PROJECT_DIR:?Run step 1 first so PROJECT_DIR is set}"
   PLUGIN_VERSION=$(node -p "require('$PLUGIN_ROOT/package.json').version")
   VIEWER_URL="https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything/releases/download/v${PLUGIN_VERSION}/understand-anything-viewer.tgz"
   npx --yes "$VIEWER_URL" "$PROJECT_DIR"

Run this in the background. It prints the same 🔑 Dashboard URL line as the dev server:

If the line appears, skip steps 5-6 and continue at step 7.
If the process exits without printing it (no release asset for this version, or no network), fall back to steps 5-6.

Fallback: install dependencies and build if needed:

   : "${PLUGIN_ROOT:?Run step 3 first so PLUGIN_ROOT is set}"
   DASHBOARD_DIR="${DASHBOARD_DIR:-$PLUGIN_ROOT/packages/dashboard}"
   cd "$DASHBOARD_DIR" && (pnpm install --frozen-lockfile 2>/dev/null || pnpm install)

Then ensure the core package is built (the dashboard depends on it):

   : "${PLUGIN_ROOT:?Run step 3 first so PLUGIN_ROOT is set}"
   cd "$PLUGIN_ROOT" && pnpm --filter @understand-anything/core build

Fallback: start the Vite dev server pointing at the project's knowledge graph:

   : "${PROJECT_DIR:?Run step 1 first so PROJECT_DIR is set}"
   : "${DASHBOARD_DIR:?Run step 5 first so DASHBOARD_DIR is set}"
   cd "$DASHBOARD_DIR" && GRAPH_DIR="$PROJECT_DIR" npx vite --host 127.0.0.1

Run this in the background so the user can continue working.

Capture the access token URL from the server output. The server (viewer or Vite) prints a line like:

   🔑  Dashboard URL: http://127.0.0.1:<PORT>?token=<TOKEN>

Extract the full URL including the ?token= parameter. The token is required to access the knowledge graph data — without it the dashboard will show an "Access Token Required" gate.

Report to the user, including the full tokenized URL:

   Dashboard started at http://127.0.0.1:<PORT>?token=<TOKEN>
   Viewing: $UA_DIR/knowledge-graph.json

   The dashboard is running in the background. Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop it.

Important: Always include the ?token= parameter in the URL you share. If you omit it, the user will be blocked by the token gate and have to manually find the token in the terminal output.

Notes

The fast path (step 4) downloads a version-pinned, self-contained viewer from the GitHub release — nothing is installed into the plugin directory and no build runs
The dashboard auto-opens in the default browser (both the viewer and Vite's --open)
If port 5173 is already in use, the next available port is picked (both paths)
In the fallback, the GRAPH_DIR environment variable tells the dev server where to find the knowledge graph

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take egonex-ai/understand-dashboard from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference npm, npx. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.