What problem does it solve? Power BI reports often ship with generic layouts, wrong chart types, poor color choices, and accessibility failures. This Skill produces a concrete, validated design contract before any PBIR files are written, so reports have a deliberate visual identity instead of templated defaults. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Design Identity & Archetype Routing: Commits a tone and signature visual move, 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 & Theme Guidance: Applies an encoding-hierarchy chart selection matrix, 8-px grid layout rules, color/typography strategy, and a base theme JSON with per-visual-type safeguards. - Canonical Design Brief Handoff: Emits a structured YAML design contract with a mechanical layout_contract (regions, placements, space_audit) consumed by the powerbi-report-authoring skill for implementation. - Use Case: Ask to redesign an existing dashboard to match your brand. The Skill screenshots current pages, diagnoses anti-patterns, captures current and target tone, and emits a brownfield redesign brief ready for authoring. ## Quick Start Design a professional Power BI executive summary report from my semantic model and produce a design brief for implementation.
