/understand-dashboard

Start the Understand Anything dashboard to visualize the knowledge graph for the current project.

Instructions

1. Determine the project directory:

   • If $ARGUMENTS contains a path, use that as the project directory
   • Otherwise, use the current working directory

2. Check that .understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json exists in the project directory. If not, tell the user:

   No knowledge graph found. Run /understand first to analyze this project.
   

3. Find the dashboard code. The dashboard is at packages/dashboard/ relative to this plugin's root directory. Check these paths in order and use the first that exists:

   • ~/.understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/ (universal symlink, all installs)
   • ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/packages/dashboard/ (Claude Code plugin)
   • Two levels up from this skill file's real path: ../../packages/dashboard/ (self-relative fallback)

   Use the Bash tool to resolve:

   SKILL_REAL=$(realpath ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || readlink -f ~/.agents/skills/understand-dashboard 2>/dev/null || echo "")
   SELF_RELATIVE=$([ -n "$SKILL_REAL" ] && cd "$SKILL_REAL/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "")
   
   PLUGIN_ROOT=""
   for candidate in \
     "$HOME/.understand-anything-plugin" \
     "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" \
     "$SELF_RELATIVE"; do
     if [ -n "$candidate" ] && [ -d "$candidate/packages/dashboard" ]; then
       PLUGIN_ROOT="$candidate"; break
     fi
   done
   
   if [ -z "$PLUGIN_ROOT" ]; then
     echo "Error: Cannot find the understand-anything plugin root. Make sure you followed the installation instructions and that ~/.understand-anything-plugin exists."
     exit 1
   fi
   

4. Install dependencies and build if needed:

   cd <dashboard-dir> && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile 2>/dev/null || pnpm install
   

   Then ensure the core package is built (the dashboard depends on it):

   cd <plugin-root> && pnpm --filter @understand-anything/core build
   

5. Start the Vite dev server pointing at the project's knowledge graph:

   cd <dashboard-dir> && GRAPH_DIR=<project-dir> npx vite --open
   

   Run this in the background so the user can continue working.

6. Report to the user:

   Dashboard started at http://localhost:5173
   Viewing: <project-dir>/.understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json
   
   The dashboard is running in the background. Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop it.
   

Notes

• The dashboard auto-opens in the default browser via --open
• If port 5173 is already in use, Vite will pick the next available port
• The GRAPH_DIR environment variable tells the dashboard where to find the knowledge graph