FFT Dashboard Ops

Use this skill for generating, staging, applying, and validating farm dashboards.

When to use this skill

• Use when creating or revising Home Assistant Lovelace dashboards.
• Use when applying dashboard changes through staged files and screenshot checks.
• Use when adapting dashboard layout to live farm-state context.

When not to use this skill

• Do not use for direct live YAML edits in Home Assistant config.
• Do not use for non-dashboard automation or device control requests.
• Do not use outside main/admin chat for dashboard apply operations.
• Do not use for runtime multi-card canvas composition; hand off to fft-canvas-dynamic-ops.

Guardrails

• Never run destructive git commands unless explicitly requested.
• Preserve unrelated worktree changes.
• Dashboard apply operations are main/admin chat only.
• Always use the staging file flow; never modify live YAML directly.

Template Sources

• View/card/theme templates: /workspace/dashboard-templates/
• Writable dashboard config mount: /workspace/dashboard/

Use templates as a baseline, then adapt entity references using live discovery from /workspace/farm-state/devices.json.

Lovelace Structure Rules

• Top-level structure should include title and views.
• Each view should define title, optional path, and cards.
• Use supported custom cards when available:
  • custom:mushroom-*
  • custom:apexcharts-card
• Prefer robust layouts (grid, vertical-stack, horizontal-stack) with clear labels.

Workflow

1. Read /workspace/farm-state/current.json and /workspace/farm-state/calendar.json for context.
2. Draft dashboard YAML to /workspace/dashboard/ui-lovelace-staging.yaml.
3. Use ha_dashboard_validate before apply.
4. Request apply via ha_apply_dashboard with stagingFile set to the staging path.
5. Request screenshot via ha_capture_screenshot for the relevant view.
6. Verify screenshot and iterate until readable and operational.

Skill Routing

• If the user asks for runtime canvas cards, card-level canvas edits, or spec-driven layout updates, use fft-canvas-dynamic-ops.
• If the user asks for full view composition, theme/view structure changes, or staged apply lifecycle management, stay in fft-dashboard-ops.

Context-Reactive Theming

Use current.json.context.suggestedTheme to choose theme variants (for example: dawn, midday, dusk, night, storm, frost, harvest).

• High alert level: emphasize warnings/errors and simplify visual noise.
• Normal operations: prioritize trend visibility and quick actions.
• Calendar-heavy periods: feature timeline/task cards in primary views.

Safety Expectations

• Never bypass staging-to-live apply flow.
• Never execute shell-level infrastructure changes from dashboard tasks.
• Keep entity IDs explicit and avoid wildcard assumptions.