understand-dashboard

name	understand-dashboard
description	Launch the interactive web dashboard to visualize a codebase's knowledge graph
argument-hint	["project-path"]

/understand-dashboard

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

Instructions

1. Determine the project directory:

   • If $ARGUMENTS contains a path, use that as the project directory
   • Otherwise, use the current working directory

2. Check that .understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json exists in the project directory. If not, tell the user:

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

3. Find the dashboard code. The dashboard is at packages/dashboard/ relative to this plugin's root directory. Use the Bash tool to resolve the path:

   PLUGIN_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
   

   Or locate it by checking these paths in order:

   • ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/packages/dashboard/
   • The parent directory of this skill file, then ../../packages/dashboard/

4. Install dependencies and build if needed:

   cd <dashboard-dir> && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile 2>/dev/null || pnpm install
   

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

   cd <plugin-root> && pnpm --filter @understand-anything/core build
   

5. Start the Vite dev server pointing at the project's knowledge graph:

   cd <dashboard-dir> && GRAPH_DIR=<project-dir> npx vite --open
   

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

6. Report to the user:

   Dashboard started at http://localhost:5173
   Viewing: <project-dir>/.understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json
   
   The dashboard is running in the background. Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop it.
   

Notes

• The dashboard auto-opens in the default browser via --open
• If port 5173 is already in use, Vite will pick the next available port
• The GRAPH_DIR environment variable tells the dashboard where to find the knowledge graph