grafana-dashboards

Build Grafana monitoring dashboards with panels, queries, variables, and alerting.

3|1|Updated Feb 2, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/HouseGarofalo/claude-code-base --skill grafana-dashboards-housegarofalo
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Skill: grafana-dashboards
Source: https://github.com/HouseGarofalo/claude-code-base/tree/main/.claude/skills/grafana-dashboards
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/HouseGarofalo/claude-code-base --skill grafana-dashboards-housegarofalo

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps you create effective monitoring and observability dashboards in Grafana, transforming raw metrics into actionable insights for your infrastructure and applications.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Dashboard Creation: Design dashboards with various panel types (Time Series, Stat, Gauge).
  • Data Querying: Write efficient PromQL queries for Prometheus and understand common metrics.
  • Alerting Setup: Configure alerts for critical thresholds to proactively address issues.
  • Use Case: You need to visualize the CPU and memory usage of your production servers, set up alerts for high utilization, and create a dashboard that can be filtered by environment.

Quick Start

Use the grafana-dashboards skill to create a new dashboard for monitoring service request rates and error percentages.

Frequently Asked Questions about grafana-dashboards

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I build a Grafana dashboard to visualize Prometheus metrics?

Grafana dashboards support data sources like Prometheus and InfluxDB, allowing you to query metrics using PromQL, visualize them across various panel types, and configure alerts to monitor infrastructure health.

How do I set up alerting in Grafana for high CPU utilization?

You set up Grafana alerting by defining threshold rules within your dashboard panels, which proactively trigger notifications when your infrastructure metrics reach critical levels like high server CPU utilization.

Do I need to know PromQL and dashboard JSON to use Grafana for observability?

Yes, effective infrastructure monitoring requires understanding PromQL for querying data sources, dashboard JSON structure for provisioning, and panel configurations to transform raw metrics into actionable observability insights.

What is the best way to monitor service request rates and error percentages in Grafana?

Create a Grafana dashboard using Time Series panels and PromQL queries against your Prometheus data source to visualize service request rates and error percentages, setting alerts for threshold breaches.

Can I use Grafana dashboards with InfluxDB for infrastructure monitoring?

Yes, Grafana supports InfluxDB as a data source for infrastructure monitoring, enabling you to query time-series metrics, visualize them across panel types like Gauge and Stat, and configure alerting thresholds.