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Olares Dashboard via olares-cli dashboard — CPU, memory, disk, network, pods, fan, GPU, ranking, applications; JSON envelope and --watch. Use for Olares Dashboard, overview, resource usage, Olares One fan.

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dashboard (overview + applications, AI-agent first)

CRITICAL — before doing anything, load the olares-shared skill first (profile selection, login, token refresh, auth-error recovery). Flag reference: olares-cli dashboard --help.

Source of truth for flags is always olares-cli dashboard --help (global flags) and olares-cli dashboard <verb> --help (per-leaf flags). This file only carries what --help cannot give: the dual-shape JSON envelope contract, three-state empty-data semantics, capability gates, watch / window rules, and the verb index.

When to use

This subtree is an AI-agent-first JSON mirror of the Olares Dashboard SPA's Overview and Applications routes. Use it when:

  • The user asks for runtime metrics: CPU / memory / disk / pods / network / fan / GPU.
  • The user wants the workload-grain or application-grain resource ranking.
  • The user wants the JSON form of what the SPA Overview / Applications pages show.
  • The user wants --watch for live-tailing one of the above.
  • Errors: fan is only available on Olares One devices, gpu data temporarily unavailable
  • Empty-data reasons: no_<feature>_integration, no_<feature>_detected, vgpu_unavailable; windows: --since vs --start/--end

Anything outside this scope -> see the Skill suite map in ../olares-shared/SKILL.md (already loaded as the suite prerequisite).

Mental model: dashboard answers "what's the resource usage and health". For inventory and lifecycle, route elsewhere. When the metrics reveal a problem (resource pressure, an app that's running but slow/unreachable), hand off to ../olares-doctor/SKILL.md for root-cause diagnosis.

JSON envelope and empty data

Every command emits a stable JSON envelope. Agents should pin on kind, raw, and meta.empty_reason; never pin on table/display strings. Empty hardware/integration states are predictable exit 0 envelopes, not failures.

For the exact Shape A / Shape B wire forms, fan/GPU gate semantics, and the decision tree, read references/olares-dashboard-envelope.md.

Verb index

For flags & examples, always start with olares-cli dashboard <verb> --help.

VerbPurpose--help first, then...
applications (alias apps)Workload-grain application table (mirrors SPA Applications page)olares-cli dashboard applications --help
overview (no subverb)Default sections envelope (physical + user + ranking)references/olares-dashboard-overview.md + references/olares-dashboard-envelope.md
overview <section>Per-section snapshot (10 sub-verbs: cpu / memory / disk / pods / network / fan / gpu / physical / user / ranking)references/olares-dashboard-overview.md + references/olares-dashboard-envelope.md
schemaIntrospect the JSON Schemas served by olares-cli dashboardolares-cli dashboard schema --help

For --watch, --since / --start/--end, --user, --timezone, and the NDJSON contract, see references/olares-dashboard-watch.md.

Global flags (cross-cutting)

Root flags are inherited by every leaf; trust olares-cli dashboard --help for the complete list. Defaults are sensible — don't pass --head, pagination, time-window, temp-unit, timezone, user, or watch knobs unless the user asks. For watch/window semantics, read references/olares-dashboard-watch.md.

Exit codes & error semantics

  • Exit 0 for every gated / advisory / empty path — these are predictable states, not failures.
  • Exit non-zero only on:
    • Auth-class errors (ErrTokenInvalidated / ErrNotLoggedIn) — propagated immediately
    • 3 consecutive iteration failures inside a --watch loop
    • A real upstream meta.error on a one-shot invocation
  • Stderr carries one human-readable line in non-JSON modes. JSON / NDJSON modes stay silent on stderr — agents read stdout exclusively.

Common errors

SymptomCauseFix
fan is only available on Olares One devices (current: <device_name>) (stderr)Hard gate; meta.empty_reason=not_olares_oneStop probing fan on this device
(advisory) GPU sidebar entry is hidden for non-admin profiles ... (stderr)Soft gate; data still returnedSurface to user as a note; don't treat as error
gpu data temporarily unavailable: HAMI returned HTTP 500vgpu_unavailable; transientRetry; if persistent, file a server-side issue
--user requires platform-admin roleNon-admin profile passing --userUse the active profile, or switch with olares-cli profile use
--watch-iterations requires --watch (or --watch-interval / --watch-timeout similarly)Polling knob without gate flagAdd --watch or drop the knob
--since and --start/--end are mutually exclusiveBoth window forms setPick one
401/403 from any dashboard verbToken rotation / invalidationSee ../olares-shared/SKILL.md

For the full auth-error matrix see ../olares-shared/SKILL.md.