Graphic Output

Graphic Output Skill

Generate interactive HTML dashboards and visualizations from structured LimaCharlie data. This skill transforms JSON report data into professional, self-contained HTML documents with D3.js charts and interactive elements.

Core Philosophy: Visualize ONLY what exists. This skill has strict guardrails that make data fabrication impossible. Every chart, number, and label must come directly from the input data.

LimaCharlie Integration

Prerequisites: Run /init-lc to initialize LimaCharlie context.

Critical Rules

Data Accuracy Guardrails

CRITICAL: These Rules Are Absolute

Principle 1: NEVER Fabricate Data

Absolute Rules:

• NEVER generate, estimate, infer, or extrapolate data not in the input
• NEVER fill in missing values with assumptions
• NEVER create "example" or "placeholder" data
• NEVER calculate derived metrics not explicitly provided
• NEVER guess at trends, patterns, or projections

Always:

• Show "N/A" or "Data unavailable" for missing fields
• Display empty chart states with clear messaging
• Document what data is missing in the output
• Pass through data exactly as received

Principle 2: Represent Data As-Is

Absolute Rules:

• Display values EXACTLY as provided in input
• Do NOT round, truncate, or modify numeric values (except for display formatting)
• Do NOT reorder, filter, or exclude data without explicit instruction
• Do NOT combine or aggregate data that wasn't pre-aggregated
• Do NOT rename categories or labels

Display Formatting Allowed:

• Adding thousand separators (1234567 → 1,234,567)
• Converting bytes to human-readable (1073741824 → 1 GB) with original shown
• Date formatting (Unix timestamp → readable date)
• Percentage formatting (0.945 → 94.5%)

NOT Allowed:

• Changing "unknown" to a guessed value
• Interpolating missing data points in time series
• Creating trend lines from insufficient data
• Smoothing or averaging values

Principle 3: Explicit Data Provenance

Every visualization MUST indicate:

• Source of the data (which skill/API provided it)
• Timestamp when data was collected
• Time window the data covers
• Any known limitations or caveats

Example:

Data Source: reporting skill (org-reporter agents)
Collected: 2025-11-27 14:32:45 UTC
Time Window: Nov 1-30, 2025 (30 days)
Note: 4 organizations hit detection limit - actual counts higher

Principle 4: Handle Missing Data Explicitly

When data is missing or unavailable:

For Charts:

• Show empty chart with message: "No data available"
• Do NOT show chart with zero values (unless zero is the actual value)
• Do NOT substitute placeholder data

For Metrics/Cards:

• Display "N/A" or "—" for missing values
• Include note explaining why data is unavailable
• Do NOT show "0" unless zero is the actual value

For Tables:

• Show empty rows with "N/A" in cells
• Include row even if partial data available
• Mark incomplete rows visually

Principle 5: Warning Propagation

All warnings from source data MUST be displayed:

• Detection limit warnings
• Partial data warnings
• Permission errors
• Failed organization notices

Warnings must be:

• Prominently displayed (not hidden in footnotes)
• Associated with affected visualizations
• Actionable (explain what user can do)

Principle 6: No Calculations

Do NOT perform:

• Cost calculations from usage metrics
• Growth rate calculations
• Percentage changes between periods
• Statistical analysis (mean, median, std dev)
• Trend predictions

Exception: The following display-only calculations are permitted:

• Percentage of total (for pie charts) when total is provided
• Health percentage when online/total counts provided
• These must use ONLY values from input data

Validation Checklist

Before rendering any visualization, verify:

[ ] Every value traces to input data
[ ] No fields contain fabricated content
[ ] Missing data shows as "N/A" not zero
[ ] All warnings from input are displayed
[ ] Data source and timestamp shown
[ ] Time window clearly indicated
[ ] Detection limits flagged if present
[ ] Failed organizations documented

Error Messages for Violations

If the skill detects a guardrail violation:

ERROR: Data Accuracy Violation

Attempted to render chart with fabricated data.
Field 'detection_trend' was not provided in input.

Resolution: Either provide the required data from a source skill,
or use a template that doesn't require this field.

This skill will NOT generate placeholder, example, or estimated data.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user needs to:

Visual Reports

• "Generate a visual report for all my organizations" - Multi-tenant dashboard
• "Create an HTML dashboard from the report" - Convert text report to visual
• "Make an interactive chart of detections" - Detection analytics visualization
• "Export as HTML with graphs" - Visual export format

Dashboard Generation

• "Show me a dashboard of sensor health" - Fleet health gauges and charts
• "Create a visual overview of my MSSP clients" - Multi-org summary
• "Generate billing dashboard" - Usage metrics visualization

Integration with Other Skills

• After running the reporting skill - visualize the collected data
• After running sensor-health skill - create health dashboard
• After detection-engineering testing - visualize test results

What This Skill Does

This skill:

1. Accepts structured JSON data from source skills (reporting, sensor-health, etc.)
2. Validates data completeness - checks all required fields exist
3. Selects the appropriate visualization template
4. Spawns the html-renderer subagent to generate HTML
5. Enforces data accuracy guardrails throughout rendering
6. Returns the path to the self-contained HTML file

Output Characteristics:

• Self-contained HTML (no external dependencies)
• Embedded D3.js visualizations
• Interactive charts (hover, click, tooltips)
• Responsive layout (works on any screen size)
• Print-friendly styles
• Sortable data tables
• Data provenance clearly shown
• All warnings prominently displayed

Available Templates

Note: Use custom-report when none of the predefined templates fit your needs. It supports composable components that can be arranged in any order.

Custom Report Components

The custom-report template supports these component types:

Example custom report request:

"Create a report with 3 summary cards showing sensors, detections, and rules, then a pie chart of platform distribution, and a table of my top 5 detection categories"

Required Information

Before using this skill, you need:

From Source Skill (e.g., reporting)

• Structured JSON data matching the template's expected schema
• Metadata including generation timestamp, time window, org counts
• All warnings and errors from data collection

Data Requirements by Template

Each template has required and optional fields. The skill will:

• Render visualizations for fields that are present
• Show "Data unavailable" for missing optional fields
• Refuse to render if required fields are missing (no fabrication)

How to Use

Step 1: Ensure Data is Available

The graphic-output skill requires structured JSON data. This typically comes from:

1. Reporting skill output - Multi-tenant report data
2. Sensor-health skill output - Fleet health data
3. Manually structured data - Following the schema

IMPORTANT: The skill will ONLY visualize data that exists. It will NOT:

• Create sample data
• Fill in missing values
• Generate placeholder content

If integrating with the reporting skill, the data structure should include:

{
  "metadata": {
    "generated_at": "2025-11-27T14:32:45Z",
    "time_window": {
      "start": 1730419200,
      "end": 1733011199,
      "start_display": "2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC",
      "end_display": "2025-11-30 23:59:59 UTC",
      "days": 30
    },
    "organizations": {
      "total": 14,
      "successful": 12,
      "failed": 2,
      "success_rate": 85.7
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "aggregate": { ... },
    "organizations": [ ... ]
  },
  "warnings": [ "4 organizations hit detection limit" ],
  "errors": [ { "org": "...", "error": "..." } ]
}

Step 2: Select Template

Choose the appropriate template based on data type:

• Multi-org data → mssp-dashboard
• Single org data → org-detail
• Health-focused → sensor-health
• Detection-focused → detection-summary
• Billing/usage → billing-summary

Step 3: Spawn HTML Renderer

Use the Task tool to spawn the html-renderer subagent:

Task(
  subagent_type="lc-essentials:html-renderer",
  model="sonnet",
  prompt="Render HTML dashboard with the following parameters:

    Template: mssp-dashboard

    Output Path: /tmp/lc-mssp-report-2025-11-27.html

    Data:
    {
      \"metadata\": { ... },
      \"data\": { ... },
      \"warnings\": [ ... ],
      \"errors\": [ ... ]
    }

    IMPORTANT: Apply strict data accuracy guardrails.
    - Visualize ONLY data provided in the input
    - Show 'N/A' for any missing fields
    - Display all warnings prominently
    - Do NOT fabricate any data

    Return the file path and rendering summary when complete."
)

Step 4: Launch in Browser (Default Completion)

IMPORTANT: When generating any HTML report, always open it in the user's browser as the default completion action.

# On ChromeOS/Linux with garcon:
garcon-url-handler "http://localhost:8080/report.html"

# Alternative for other systems:
xdg-open "/tmp/report.html"
# or
open "/tmp/report.html"  # macOS

Before opening, ensure an HTTP server is running to serve the file:

# Start server if not already running
cd /tmp && python3 -m http.server 8080 --bind 0.0.0.0 &

This ensures the user immediately sees their report without manual steps.

Step 5: Return Results to User

After the renderer completes and browser is opened, inform the user:

Interactive HTML dashboard generated successfully!

File: /tmp/lc-mssp-report-2025-11-27.html
Size: 245 KB

Data Provenance:
- Source: reporting skill
- Collected: 2025-11-27 14:32:45 UTC
- Time Window: Nov 1-30, 2025 (30 days)
- Organizations: 12 of 14 successful

Contents:
- Executive summary with 4 metric cards
- Platform distribution pie chart
- Organization health bar chart
- Detection category breakdown
- Daily detection trend line chart
- Sortable organization details table
- 2 warnings displayed (detection limits)
- 2 failed organizations documented

Data Accuracy:
- All visualizations show actual data from source
- No values were estimated or fabricated
- Missing data marked as "N/A"

Open this file in any web browser to view the interactive dashboard.

Template Details

MSSP Dashboard (mssp-dashboard)

Purpose: Multi-tenant overview for MSSPs managing multiple organizations

Visualizations:

• Summary cards (sensors, detections, rules, orgs)
• Platform distribution donut chart
• Organization health horizontal bar chart
• Top detection categories bar chart
• Detection volume trend line chart (if daily_trend provided)
• Per-organization sortable table
• Warnings and errors section

Required Data Fields:

metadata.generated_at                    # When data was collected
metadata.time_window.start_display       # Time range start
metadata.time_window.end_display         # Time range end
metadata.organizations.total             # Total org count
metadata.organizations.successful        # Successful org count

data.aggregate.sensors.total             # Total sensor count
data.aggregate.sensors.online            # Online sensor count
data.aggregate.sensors.platforms         # Platform breakdown object
data.aggregate.detections.retrieved      # Detection count
data.aggregate.detections.top_categories # Array of {label, value}
data.aggregate.rules.total               # Total rules
data.aggregate.rules.enabled             # Enabled rules

data.organizations                       # Array of org objects

Optional Data Fields (shown if present, "N/A" if missing):

data.aggregate.detections.daily_trend    # For trend chart
data.aggregate.detections.limit_reached  # Limit warning flag
data.aggregate.detections.orgs_at_limit  # Count of orgs at limit
data.aggregate.usage.*                   # Usage metrics

warnings                                 # Array of warning strings
errors                                   # Array of error objects

Guardrail Behavior:

• If daily_trend missing: Shows "Trend data not available" instead of chart
• If platforms empty: Shows "Platform data not available"
• If org has missing fields: Shows "N/A" in table cell
• All warnings displayed in dedicated section
• All errors displayed with remediation steps

Security Overview (security-overview)

Purpose: Comprehensive single-organization security report with platform breakdown, MITRE coverage, detection timeline, and rules inventory.

Visualizations:

• Active threat alert banners (if threats present)
• Summary cards (sensors, detections, rules, MITRE coverage)
• Platform breakdown table with sensor and detection counts
• Detection timeline chart (24h or custom window)
• MITRE ATT&CK technique tags
• D&R rule inventory breakdown
• Attack pattern analysis (if data available)
• Top detections table

Required Data Fields:

metadata.generated_at                    # When data was collected
metadata.time_window.start_display       # Time range start
metadata.time_window.end_display         # Time range end
metadata.org_name                        # Organization name
metadata.oid                             # Organization ID

data.summary.sensors_total               # Total sensor count
data.summary.detections_total            # Detection count
data.summary.rules_total                 # Total rules

Optional Data Fields (shown if present, "N/A" if missing):

data.summary.sensors_online              # Online sensor count
data.summary.detections_24h              # 24h detection count
data.summary.rules_enabled               # Enabled rules
data.summary.mitre_coverage              # MITRE coverage percentage

data.active_threats[]                    # Active threat alerts
data.platforms[]                         # Platform breakdown
data.hourly_detections[]                 # Detection timeline
data.top_detections[]                    # Top detection categories
data.mitre_techniques[]                  # MITRE technique coverage
data.rules.*                             # Rule inventory breakdown
data.attack_analysis.*                   # Attack pattern analysis

warnings                                 # Array of warning strings
errors                                   # Array of error objects

Guardrail Behavior:

• If hourly_detections missing: Shows "Timeline data not available"
• If platforms empty: Shows "Platform data not available"
• If mitre_techniques missing: MITRE section hidden
• All warnings displayed prominently
• No data fabrication under any circumstances

Chart Behavior with Missing Data

Pie Chart

• All data present: Normal pie chart with legend
• Empty data array: "No data available for this chart"
• Some categories zero: Shows non-zero slices only with note

Bar Chart

• All data present: Normal bar chart
• Empty data array: "No data available for this chart"
• Missing values: Bar not shown, "N/A" in axis label

Line Chart

• Complete time series: Normal line with points
• Gaps in data: Line breaks at gaps (no interpolation)
• No data: "Time series data not available"
• Single point: Shows point with note "Insufficient data for trend"

Gauge

• Value provided: Normal gauge display
• Value missing: Gauge at 0 with "N/A" label
• Value out of range: Clamped with warning

Data Table

• Complete rows: Normal display
• Missing cells: "N/A" in cell
• Empty table: "No data available"

Warning Display Requirements

All warnings MUST be displayed. The skill will:

1. Aggregate warnings in a dedicated section
2. Associate warnings with affected charts
3. Style warnings prominently (amber background, icon)

Warning Types:

• Detection limit warnings → Shown above detection charts
• Permission errors → Shown in errors section
• Partial data warnings → Shown inline with affected metrics
• Failed organizations → Listed with details

Example Warning Display:

⚠️ Data Limitations

• 4 organizations hit the 5,000 detection limit
  Actual detection counts are higher than shown.
  Affected: Acme Corp, GlobalTech, Nexus, Pinnacle

• 2 organizations failed completely
  See Errors section for details.

• Billing data unavailable for 3 organizations
  Required permission: billing:read

Error Handling

Missing Required Fields

The skill will NOT render if required fields are missing:

Error: Cannot render mssp-dashboard

Missing required fields:
- data.aggregate.sensors.total
- data.aggregate.detections.top_categories

Resolution:
1. Ensure the source skill collected this data
2. Check for API errors in the source skill output
3. Use a different template that doesn't require these fields

Invalid Data Types

Error: Invalid data type

Field: data.aggregate.sensors.total
Expected: number
Received: string ("unknown")

Resolution:
The source data contains invalid types. Check the source skill output.

Partial Data

When some data is available but not all:

Warning: Partial data available

Rendering with available data. The following are unavailable:
- Detection trend chart (daily_trend not provided)
- Billing status (billing data missing for 5 orgs)

These sections will show "Data unavailable" messages.

Output File Details

Generated HTML files are:

1. Self-contained - All CSS, JavaScript, and data embedded
2. No external dependencies - Works offline
3. Responsive - Adapts to screen size
4. Print-ready - Optimized print stylesheet
5. Interactive - Hover tooltips, clickable elements
6. Accessible - ARIA labels, keyboard navigation

Data Provenance Section (Always Included):

<footer class="data-provenance">
  <h3>Data Provenance</h3>
  <dl>
    <dt>Generated</dt>
    <dd>2025-11-27 14:32:45 UTC</dd>
    <dt>Time Window</dt>
    <dd>Nov 1-30, 2025 (30 days)</dd>
    <dt>Organizations</dt>
    <dd>12 of 14 (85.7% success rate)</dd>
    <dt>Data Source</dt>
    <dd>LimaCharlie API via reporting skill</dd>
  </dl>
  <p class="accuracy-note">
    All values shown are from actual API responses.
    No data has been estimated, interpolated, or fabricated.
  </p>
</footer>

Related Skills

• reporting - Source of MSSP report data
• sensor-health - Source of health monitoring data
• detection-engineering - Source of rule test results
• limacharlie CLI - Direct API access for custom data

Files in This Skill

skills/graphic-output/
├── SKILL.md                           # This file
├── IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md             # Detailed implementation plan
├── templates/
│   ├── base.html.j2                   # Base template with CSS, Chart.js utilities
│   └── reports/
│       ├── mssp-dashboard.html.j2     # Multi-tenant MSSP dashboard
│       ├── security-overview.html.j2  # Single-org security report
│       ├── billing-summary.html.j2    # Multi-tenant billing report
│       └── custom-report.html.j2      # Component-based flexible reports
├── static/
│   └── js/
│       └── lc-charts.js               # Chart.js utility functions
└── schemas/
    ├── mssp-report.json               # Schema for mssp-dashboard data
    ├── security-overview.json         # Schema for security-overview data
    ├── billing-summary.json           # Schema for billing-summary data
    └── custom-report.json             # Schema for custom-report components