What problem does it solve? Power BI reports often end up with generic layouts, wrong chart types, poor color choices, and accessibility failures because design decisions are made ad hoc during file authoring. This Skill separates design from implementation by producing a concrete, validated design contract before any PBIR files are written. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Design Identity & Archetype Routing: Commits a tone and signature for the report, then routes each page to one of five archetypes (Executive Summary, Operational Monitor, Analytical Canvas, Narrative Story, Comparative Benchmark) with layout variants selected from data signals. - Chart, Layout, Color, and Theme Guidance: Applies an encoding-accuracy hierarchy for chart selection, an 8px grid layout system, CVD-safe palettes, WCAG contrast rules, and a base theme JSON with per-visual-type safeguards. - Canonical Design Brief Contract: Emits a structured YAML design contract with grid regions, placements, space audits, and color maps that hands off cleanly to the powerbi-report-authoring skill for PBIR implementation. - Use Case: Ask to redesign an existing sales dashboard to match your brand. The Skill screenshots current pages, diagnoses anti-patterns, defines current and target tones, and produces a brownfield redesign brief ready for authoring. ## Quick Start Use the powerbi-report-design skill to design a professional executive summary report from my semantic model and produce a design brief.
