# Spk Admin Dashboard

> Open or report the Spec Kitty dashboard. Use for dashboard URL, localhost daemon metadata in .kittify/.dashboard, --open, --kill, or status views.

- Skill: `spec-kitty/spk-admin-dashboard` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add spec-kitty/spk-admin-dashboard`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/spec-kitty/spk-admin-dashboard/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: spec-kitty (https://skillmd.com/u/spec-kitty)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/spec-kitty/spk-admin-dashboard

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# spk-admin-dashboard

Open the dashboard directly or show the user its URL. Do not treat the
dashboard as a generic status abstraction.

## Flow

1. Prefer `spec-kitty dashboard --open` so lifecycle validation checks project,
   token, health, and daemon state before showing a URL.
2. If `.kittify/.dashboard` exists, treat it as diagnostic metadata only; do
   not show the URL until validation succeeds.
3. Use `spec-kitty dashboard --json` only for machine-readable mission rows.
4. Use `spec-kitty dashboard --kill` only when the user asks to stop it.

## Reference

Read `references/dashboard-daemon.md` before diagnosing dashboard metadata,
ports, tokens, or stale PID behavior.

## Rule

The dashboard is a localhost daemon, not a cloud page. Prefer
`spec-kitty dashboard --open` over manually trusting recorded metadata.