A familiar dashboard can consume attention and time without helping anyone make a better decision.
The practical check
Name the decision each section supports and defer work that does not serve the immediate task.
Where AI fits
AI can map dashboard sections to their reader, decision, evidence, and acceptable delay.
The human decision
People decide what deserves immediate attention and what can wait.
The lesson
A dashboard improves when its visible work matches the decision people came to make.
The dashboard’s Build Log companion lists the sections, reader decisions, evidence, and acceptable delays used to assess its job.
AI Skills
Use this lesson with the AI assistant you already use
Use this to prepare a reviewable next step without changing any system.
Paste the prompt, share only the context needed to answer it, and treat the result as a draft for your review. Do not include confidential information or let an AI assistant make changes without your approval.
Optional: for a visual report and saved memory, run /dxdev first.
Don’t have it? Get it at dxdev.com/skills/dxdev. The prompt works without it.
dxdev LESSON · paste into your AI agent
LESSON: Map a dashboard to decisions
WHAT TO SHARE:
A de-identified description of the work, current evidence, and the decision you are considering.
ASK YOUR AGENT TO:
1. Separate confirmed facts from assumptions and unanswered questions.
2. Name the decision each section supports and defer work that does not serve the immediate task.
3. Identify the narrowest useful next review step.
RETURN:
A short table with the evidence, uncertainty, human-owned decision, and next action.
BOUNDARY: Do not change records, contact anyone, route work, publish content, or act in an external system. A person must review the evidence and approve every consequential step.
