Use this skill to build a deterministic Dash dashboard scaffold from toy measurements and inspect the resulting layout, callback, and preview artifacts.
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# Dash Scientific Dashboard Starter
Use this skill to build a deterministic Dash dashboard scaffold from toy measurements and inspect the resulting layout, callback, and preview artifacts.
## What This Skill Does
- loads a small tabular measurement set
- defines a Dash app with a metric selector, summary cards, and a trend graph
- writes both a Dash HTML shell and a standalone preview figure plus a machine-readable summary
## When To Use It
- when you need a runnable `dashboards` starter
- when you want a local Dash scaffold before wiring in live scientific data sources
- when you need deterministic layout and callback metadata for repository tests
## Run
```bash
./slurm/envs/reporting/bin/python skills/visualization-and-reporting/dash-scientific-dashboard-starter/scripts/build_dash_scientific_dashboard.py \
--input skills/visualization-and-reporting/dash-scientific-dashboard-starter/examples/toy_measurements.tsv \
--html-out scratch/dash/dashboard_preview.html \
--summary-out scratch/dash/dashboard_summary.json
```
## Notes
- The Dash app is not served in tests; instead the skill validates the app structure, registered callback map, and offline preview outputs.
- The preview HTML is self-contained so it remains viewable without a running Dash server.
