Usage & Features
Dashboard
On this page
The Chain Hub dashboard (chain hub) is a local web app for managing your hub without editing YAML by hand. It binds to 127.0.0.1 by default (use --host 0.0.0.0 only on trusted networks).
Launch
chain hub
chain hub --port 2342 --no-open
During development, apps/hub can run bun run dev with /api proxied to the CLI hub server.
Navigation
chain hub opens #dashboard by default. An empty URL hash normalizes to the dashboard — not your last visited route.
| Route | Purpose |
|---|---|
#dashboard | Overview — library stats, Pro pack install CTA, Library Health summary, quick links. |
#skills | Your installed library by bucket — edit, validate, and manage packs. |
#discover | Browse the public skill catalog and install skills (tabs: Browse, All skills, New to install). Legacy #marketplace and #registry redirect here. |
#rules | Edit hub rules (global.md, project rules). |
#agents | Agent definitions under agents/. |
#workflows | Workflow markdown with required sections for chain validate. |
| Pro section | Sidebar label for Pro routes below — no per-item Pro badges. |
#brain | Memory rules and the Learn pipeline (reflect, improve, apply). Requires active Pro license — lock icon when inactive. Legacy #learn / #memory redirect here. |
#design-system | Project design tokens, typography, presets, and export to your repo. Free tier includes presets and editor; Pro unlocks AI/random generators and Pro presets. |
#settings | Hub path (~/chain-hub and optional overrides), UI preferences, Pro license (legacy #config redirects here). |
#system | Symlink health, setup/fix actions, CLI update banner. |
#docs | Read the full, offline-compatible Chain Hub documentation directly in the local dashboard. |
Highlights
- Documentation Integration: The dashboard embeds the exact same MDX-based documentation files as the live website, rendered natively and offline-first inside the local app.
- Deactivated Skills Tracking: Easily track and manage inactive or shadowed skills directly from the dashboard panel. Toggling a skill off temporarily moves it into a deactivated state, skipping it during symlinking without deleting the content.
- Detailed Upstream Updates: The update banner displays a detailed per-item breakdown (CLI, skills, packs, workflows, rules) with semantic updates, warning you before applying changes.
- Protected Core: 14 operations skills from
core/skills/; user-side copies of the same slug appear under Protected Core until removed. - Learn pipeline: Human-gated improvements from
chain captureevents — proposals are applied only after approval, with automatic rollback prompts when validation fails. - Catalog stats (Discover): See how many installed skills match the public catalog versus local-only installs.
- Chain Hub Pro: With an active license, a Pro badge appears next to the product name in the hub chrome. Settings → Pro and the Dashboard show Install Chain Hub Pro pack until the pack is on disk. Same as
chain pro install-packin the CLI — requires activation first; purchase alone does not install skills. See Chain Hub Pro. - Private packs: Install GitHub packs with
chain add github:owner/repo --pack; private repos needGITHUB_TOKEN,GH_TOKEN, orgh auth token.