Guides

These are short, task-oriented guides — "how do I add a chart?", "how do I deploy?" Each one shows two ways to get there: the AI path (run a skill) and the by-hand path (the same edits, done yourself). Both produce the same plain, editable code.

If you're just starting, read Get started and the Quickstart first — these guides assume you already have a portal scaffolded with /new-portal.

The guides

GuideWhat you'll do
Add tabular dataAdd a CSV, TSV, or JSON dataset and render it as a sortable table.
Add a chartAdd a line, bar, area, pie, or scatter chart to a dataset page.
Render a mapPut a GeoJSON dataset on an interactive map.
Connect a CKAN backendWire the portal to a live CKAN instance — the decoupled path.
DeployPublish to Vercel or any static host.
ThemingBring your own branding with a DESIGN.md.

Where to go next

  • Skills reference — the full list of agentic commands behind these guides.
  • Core concepts — the ideas that make the by-hand path as first-class as the AI path.