Dashboard Manager

What This Skill Does

The Dashboard Manager skill, developed by philippeh5, serves as the central synchronization engine for the Jarvis AI ecosystem. By acting as a bridge between the AI agent and a local JSON-based dashboard, it enables real-time monitoring of system states, token usage, and pending task management. The skill maintains a persistent connection to a local data file, allowing the agent to read, write, and update operational metadata without manual intervention. Key features include the management of 'pending' notes, automated heartbeat signals, logging of agent activity, and detailed statistical tracking of cost and performance metrics. It is designed to function as an invisible backbone, ensuring that the visual dashboard always reflects the true status of the AI sub-agents and active processes.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, ensure you have the appropriate file system permissions to access the specified JSON storage location. Run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/philippeh5/dashboard-manager. Once installed, navigate to the skill directory to verify the DATA_FILE_PATH constant matches your specific environment path (e.g., D:\Projets\ClaudBot\Jarvis_Dashboard\data.json). Finally, activate the skill in your main configuration file. The system will auto-initialize the connection upon the next restart, confirming with a successful log entry in your console.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for power users and developers who require a persistent, visual interface to track complex agent behaviors. Common use cases include: 1) Real-time monitoring of token consumption to manage operational costs, 2) Centralized task management where pending notes are offloaded to the dashboard for later resolution, 3) System health tracking through heartbeat signals and status updates (idle/active), and 4) Orchestrating multi-agent environments by registering and removing sub-agents dynamically via the dashboard interface.

Example Prompts

1. "Check for any pending notes in the dashboard and process them immediately."
2. "Update the system status to 'busy' while I run this long-form analysis, and record the starting token count."
3. "Register a new sub-agent named 'data-miner' in the dashboard manager and log the initiation action."

Tips & Limitations

When configuring the Dashboard Manager, ensure the file path is accessible by the user account running the OpenClaw process to avoid write-access errors. Because the skill relies on a static JSON file, it is best suited for single-instance installations; concurrent access from multiple processes could lead to race conditions. Periodically back up your data.json file, as the skill performs frequent read-write cycles. The skill operates in a silent mode, meaning it will not provide conversational feedback for its internal synchronizations, keeping your chat history clean and focused on productive output.