undash

undash

Stop defaulting to dashboards.
1 skill. 8 UI patterns. 9 AI coding tools.

Installation · The Problem · The 8 Patterns · Supported Tools · How It Works · License

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The Problem

Every AI coding tool defaults to dashboards. Ask for an "analytics view" — you get a dashboard. Ask for an "admin panel" — dashboard. "Monitoring page" — dashboard with gauges.

Dashboards dominate training data. They're correct about 20% of the time. The other 80%, there's a better pattern.

undash forces pattern selection before any design happens.

The 8 Patterns

Pattern	When To Use	Instead Of
Ephemeral / Generative	Ad-hoc reports, data exploration	Dashboard + charts
Conversational	Support tools, multi-intent queries	Dashboard + chat sidebar
Task-Based / Wizard	Onboarding, CRUD admin, configuration	Dashboard + tables
Decision Engine	Ops tools, approve/reject workflows	Dashboard + action buttons
Narrative / Storytelling	Briefings, analytics, executive views	Dashboard + metric cards
Launchpad / Debugging	Monitoring, incident response, QA	Dashboard + gauges
Agentic	Complex automation, delegated workflows	Dashboard + AI panel
Invisible / Ambient	Contextual info in existing tools	Dashboard in a new tab

How It Works

undash has three entry paths depending on how it's invoked:

No Input (bare invocation)

When invoked without a specific request, undash scans your existing project and offers two options:

• Option 1: Dashboard Cleanup — keep your dashboard structure, fix the AI slop (visual hierarchy, inline actions, meaningful colors)
• Option 2: Full Pattern Replacement — run a deep diagnostic to determine if a dashboard is even the right pattern

UI Design Request

When given a design request (e.g., "build me a monitoring dashboard"), undash runs the full 7-step diagnostic:

1. Pause — don't start designing
2. Diagnose — run a 7-question diagnostic to identify the user's actual need
3. Select — choose the pattern with the highest signal
4. Declare — tell the user what pattern and why, before any design work
5. Generate — build the interface using the selected pattern

Explicit Pattern

When a specific pattern is named (e.g., "use narrative pattern"), undash skips straight to generation.

The diagnostic asks questions like:

• What does the user DO after seeing this information?
• Is the layout the same every time?
• How many distinct things need to be shown simultaneously?
• Would a well-written Slack message make this unnecessary?

Installation

Windows users: Use xcopy or copy instead of cp, or run the commands in Git Bash / WSL.

Claude Code (Recommended)

# Add the marketplace, then install
/plugin marketplace add xnnnc/undash
/plugin install undash

Or install directly by cloning:

git clone https://github.com/xnnnc/undash.git
claude --plugin-dir ./undash

Or copy manually:

# macOS / Linux
cp -r .claude/skills/undash your-project/.claude/skills/

# Windows (CMD)
xcopy .claude\skills\undash your-project\.claude\skills\undash /E /I

Codex CLI

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/codex-cli/AGENTS.md your-project/AGENTS.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\codex-cli\AGENTS.md your-project\AGENTS.md

Gemini CLI

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/gemini-cli/GEMINI.md your-project/GEMINI.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\gemini-cli\GEMINI.md your-project\GEMINI.md

Cursor

# macOS / Linux
cp -r integrations/cursor/.cursor your-project/

# Windows (CMD)
xcopy integrations\cursor\.cursor your-project\.cursor /E /I

Google Antigravity

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/antigravity/AGENTS.md your-project/AGENTS.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\antigravity\AGENTS.md your-project\AGENTS.md

Pi Coding Agent

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/pi/undash.md your-project/.pi/skills/undash.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\pi\undash.md your-project\.pi\skills\undash.md

OpenCode / Crush

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/opencode/AGENTS.md your-project/AGENTS.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\opencode\AGENTS.md your-project\AGENTS.md

Augment (Auggie CLI)

# macOS / Linux
cp integrations/augment/AGENTS.md your-project/AGENTS.md

# Windows (CMD)
copy integrations\augment\AGENTS.md your-project\AGENTS.md

T3 Code