dashboard

FilamentPHP Dashboard Page Generation Skill

Overview

This skill generates FilamentPHP v4 dashboard pages that follow a consistent pattern:

• Extends Filament\Pages\Page
• Supports single-tab (no tabs UI) or multi-tab layouts
• Includes optional color-coded message callouts
• Renders widgets using the standard Filament widgets component
• Uses Livewire reactive tabs with $activeTab state

Documentation Reference

CRITICAL: Before generating dashboard pages, read:

• /home/mwguerra/projects/mwguerra/claude-code-plugins/filament-specialist/skills/docs/references/general/06-navigation/
• /home/mwguerra/projects/mwguerra/claude-code-plugins/filament-specialist/skills/docs/references/widgets/

Pattern Architecture

A dashboard page in this style has 3 pieces:

1. Filament Page class (PHP)

   • Extends Filament\Pages\Page
   • Sets $view
   • Declares navigation metadata (icon/label/group/sort)
   • Stores Livewire public state: $activeTab
   • Provides getTabs(): array and getActiveTabData(): ?array

2. Blade view (resources/views/filament/{panel}/pages/{slug}.blade.php)

   • Renders tabs navigation (optional, for multi-tab)
   • Renders optional message callout (color-coded)
   • Renders widgets using: <x-filament-widgets::widgets :widgets="$activeTabData['widgets']" />

3. Widgets (Filament Widgets)

   • Each tab is basically "a widget list"
   • Widgets are referenced as ::class strings

Tab Schema Contract

Each tab must follow this array schema:

[
    'key' => 'overview',                     // Required: unique identifier
    'title' => 'Overview',                   // Required: display title
    'icon' => 'heroicon-o-chart-bar',        // Optional: Heroicon name
    'message' => '<strong>Note:</strong> ...', // Optional: HTML message
    'messageColor' => 'blue',                // Optional: blue|green|purple|orange|indigo|gray
    'widgets' => [                           // Optional: widget class references
        \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\SomeWidget::class,
        \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\AnotherWidget::class,
    ],
],

Multi-Tab Dashboard Page Template

PHP Class Template

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Filament\__PANEL__\Pages;

use BackedEnum;
use Filament\Pages\Page;

class __PAGE_CLASS__ extends Page
{
    protected static string $view = 'filament.__PANEL_LOWER__.pages.__VIEW_SLUG__';

    protected static string|BackedEnum|null $navigationIcon = '__HEROICON__';
    protected static ?string $navigationLabel = '__NAV_LABEL__';
    protected static \UnitEnum|string|null $navigationGroup = '__NAV_GROUP__';
    protected static ?int $navigationSort = __NAV_SORT__;

    public string $activeTab = '__DEFAULT_TAB_KEY__';

    /**
     * Get the tabs configuration for this dashboard page.
     *
     * @return array<int, array{
     *   key: string,
     *   title: string,
     *   icon?: string,
     *   message?: string,
     *   messageColor?: string,
     *   widgets?: array<int, class-string>
     * }>
     */
    public function getTabs(): array
    {
        return [
            [
                'key' => '__TAB_KEY__',
                'icon' => '__TAB_ICON__',
                'title' => '__TAB_TITLE__',
                'message' => '__TAB_MESSAGE_HTML__',
                'messageColor' => '__TAB_COLOR__',
                'widgets' => [
                    // \App\Filament\__PANEL__\Widgets\ExampleWidget::class,
                ],
            ],
            // Additional tabs...
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Get the data for the currently active tab.
     */
    public function getActiveTabData(): ?array
    {
        return collect($this->getTabs())->firstWhere('key', $this->activeTab);
    }
}

Blade View Template (Multi-Tab)

<x-filament-panels::page>
    @php
        $tabs = $this->getTabs();
        $activeTabData = $this->getActiveTabData();

        // If activeTab is invalid, fall back to first tab to avoid empty page.
        if (! $activeTabData && count($tabs) > 0) {
            $this->activeTab = $tabs[0]['key'];
            $activeTabData = $tabs[0];
        }
    @endphp

    <div class="space-y-6">
        {{-- Tabs Navigation --}}
        <div class="border-b border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700">
            <nav class="-mb-px flex flex-wrap gap-x-8" aria-label="Tabs">
                @foreach($tabs as $tab)
                    <button
                        type="button"
                        wire:click="$set('activeTab', '{{ $tab['key'] }}')"
                        @class([
                            'flex items-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap border-b-2 py-4 px-1 text-sm font-medium',
                            'border-primary-500 text-primary-600 dark:border-primary-400 dark:text-primary-400' => $activeTab === $tab['key'],
                            'border-transparent text-gray-500 hover:border-gray-300 hover:text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:border-gray-600 dark:hover:text-gray-300' => $activeTab !== $tab['key'],
                        ])
                    >
                        @if(!empty($tab['icon']))
                            <x-filament::icon :icon="$tab['icon']" class="h-5 w-5" />
                        @endif

                        {{ $tab['title'] }}
                    </button>
                @endforeach
            </nav>
        </div>

        {{-- Tab Content --}}
        @if($activeTabData)
            <div class="space-y-6">
                @if(!empty($activeTabData['message']))
                    @php
                        $color = $activeTabData['messageColor'] ?? 'gray';
                    @endphp

                    <div @class([
                        'rounded-lg p-4 border',
                        'bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-900/20 border-blue-200 dark:border-blue-800' => $color === 'blue',
                        'bg-green-50 dark:bg-green-900/20 border-green-200 dark:border-green-800' => $color === 'green',
                        'bg-purple-50 dark:bg-purple-900/20 border-purple-200 dark:border-purple-800' => $color === 'purple',
                        'bg-orange-50 dark:bg-orange-900/20 border-orange-200 dark:border-orange-800' => $color === 'orange',
                        'bg-indigo-50 dark:bg-indigo-900/20 border-indigo-200 dark:border-indigo-800' => $color === 'indigo',
                        'bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-900/20 border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-800' => $color === 'gray',
                    ])>
                        <p @class([
                            'text-sm',
                            'text-blue-700 dark:text-blue-300' => $color === 'blue',
                            'text-green-700 dark:text-green-300' => $color === 'green',
                            'text-purple-700 dark:text-purple-300' => $color === 'purple',
                            'text-orange-700 dark:text-orange-300' => $color === 'orange',
                            'text-indigo-700 dark:text-indigo-300' => $color === 'indigo',
                            'text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300' => $color === 'gray',
                        ])>
                            {!! $activeTabData['message'] !!}
                        </p>
                    </div>
                @endif

                @if(!empty($activeTabData['widgets']))
                    <x-filament-widgets::widgets :widgets="$activeTabData['widgets']" />
                @endif
            </div>
        @endif
    </div>
</x-filament-panels::page>

Single-Tab Dashboard Page Template

Use this when you want a page that behaves like "one tab" without showing navigation.

PHP Class Template (Single-Tab)

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Filament\__PANEL__\Pages;

use BackedEnum;
use Filament\Pages\Page;

class __PAGE_CLASS__ extends Page
{
    protected static string $view = 'filament.__PANEL_LOWER__.pages.__VIEW_SLUG__';

    protected static string|BackedEnum|null $navigationIcon = '__HEROICON__';
    protected static ?string $navigationLabel = '__NAV_LABEL__';
    protected static \UnitEnum|string|null $navigationGroup = '__NAV_GROUP__';
    protected static ?int $navigationSort = __NAV_SORT__;

    public string $activeTab = 'main';

    /**
     * Get the tabs configuration (single tab for this page).
     *
     * @return array<int, array{
     *   key: string,
     *   title: string,
     *   message?: string,
     *   messageColor?: string,
     *   widgets?: array<int, class-string>
     * }>
     */
    public function getTabs(): array
    {
        return [
            [
                'key' => 'main',
                'title' => '__PAGE_TITLE__',
                'message' => '__MESSAGE_HTML__',
                'messageColor' => '__COLOR__',
                'widgets' => [
                    // \App\Filament\__PANEL__\Widgets\ExampleWidget::class,
                ],
            ],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Get the data for the active tab (always the single main tab).
     */
    public function getActiveTabData(): ?array
    {
        return $this->getTabs()[0] ?? null;
    }
}

Blade View Template (Single-Tab)

<x-filament-panels::page>
    @php
        $activeTabData = $this->getActiveTabData();
    @endphp

    <div class="space-y-6">
        @if($activeTabData)
            @if(!empty($activeTabData['message']))
                @php $color = $activeTabData['messageColor'] ?? 'gray'; @endphp

                <div @class([
                    'rounded-lg p-4 border',
                    'bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-900/20 border-blue-200 dark:border-blue-800' => $color === 'blue',
                    'bg-green-50 dark:bg-green-900/20 border-green-200 dark:border-green-800' => $color === 'green',
                    'bg-purple-50 dark:bg-purple-900/20 border-purple-200 dark:border-purple-800' => $color === 'purple',
                    'bg-orange-50 dark:bg-orange-900/20 border-orange-200 dark:border-orange-800' => $color === 'orange',
                    'bg-indigo-50 dark:bg-indigo-900/20 border-indigo-200 dark:border-indigo-800' => $color === 'indigo',
                    'bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-900/20 border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-800' => $color === 'gray',
                ])>
                    <p @class([
                        'text-sm',
                        'text-blue-700 dark:text-blue-300' => $color === 'blue',
                        'text-green-700 dark:text-green-300' => $color === 'green',
                        'text-purple-700 dark:text-purple-300' => $color === 'purple',
                        'text-orange-700 dark:text-orange-300' => $color === 'orange',
                        'text-indigo-700 dark:text-indigo-300' => $color === 'indigo',
                        'text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300' => $color === 'gray',
                    ])>
                        {!! $activeTabData['message'] !!}
                    </p>
                </div>
            @endif

            @if(!empty($activeTabData['widgets']))
                <x-filament-widgets::widgets :widgets="$activeTabData['widgets']" />
            @endif
        @endif
    </div>
</x-filament-panels::page>

Inputs Required for Generation

When creating a dashboard page, collect or assume defaults for:

Input	Description	Example
Page class name	PascalCase class name	BillingDashboard
Panel	Panel name (Admin, Support, etc.)	Admin
View slug	Kebab-case slug for blade file	billing-dashboard
Navigation label	Display text in sidebar	Billing
Navigation group	Group in sidebar	Analytics
Navigation icon	Heroicon name	heroicon-o-chart-bar
Navigation sort	Numeric sort order	10
Mode	single or multi tab	multi
Tabs	Array of tab definitions	See schema above
Default tab key	First active tab	overview

Generation Workflow

1. Parse Requirements

• Identify page name and panel
• Determine single-tab vs multi-tab mode
• List tabs with their widgets

2. Generate PHP Class

• Use appropriate template (single or multi)
• Replace all placeholders
• Add widget class references

3. Generate Blade View

• Use appropriate template (single or multi)
• Match view path to class $view property

4. Verify Output

• $view matches the Blade path
• activeTab key exists in getTabs()
• Each tab has key and title
• Widgets are valid class strings
• Blade falls back if activeTab invalid
• Message uses {!! !!} only with trusted HTML

Complete Example: Analytics Dashboard

PHP Class

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Filament\Admin\Pages;

use BackedEnum;
use Filament\Pages\Page;

class Analytics extends Page
{
    protected static string $view = 'filament.admin.pages.analytics';

    protected static string|BackedEnum|null $navigationIcon = 'heroicon-o-chart-bar';
    protected static ?string $navigationLabel = 'Analytics';
    protected static \UnitEnum|string|null $navigationGroup = 'Reports';
    protected static ?int $navigationSort = 10;

    public string $activeTab = 'overview';

    /**
     * @return array<int, array{
     *   key: string,
     *   title: string,
     *   icon?: string,
     *   message?: string,
     *   messageColor?: string,
     *   widgets?: array<int, class-string>
     * }>
     */
    public function getTabs(): array
    {
        return [
            [
                'key' => 'overview',
                'icon' => 'heroicon-o-home',
                'title' => 'Overview',
                'message' => '<strong>Overview:</strong> Key metrics and performance indicators at a glance.',
                'messageColor' => 'blue',
                'widgets' => [
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\StatsOverview::class,
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\RevenueChart::class,
                ],
            ],
            [
                'key' => 'users',
                'icon' => 'heroicon-o-users',
                'title' => 'Users',
                'message' => '<strong>User Analytics:</strong> Track user growth, engagement, and retention metrics.',
                'messageColor' => 'green',
                'widgets' => [
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\UserGrowthChart::class,
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\ActiveUsersWidget::class,
                ],
            ],
            [
                'key' => 'revenue',
                'icon' => 'heroicon-o-currency-dollar',
                'title' => 'Revenue',
                'message' => '<strong>Revenue Analytics:</strong> Monitor income streams and financial performance.',
                'messageColor' => 'purple',
                'widgets' => [
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\RevenueBreakdown::class,
                    \App\Filament\Admin\Widgets\TopProducts::class,
                ],
            ],
        ];
    }

    public function getActiveTabData(): ?array
    {
        return collect($this->getTabs())->firstWhere('key', $this->activeTab);
    }
}

Conventions

• Tab keys should use snake_case or kebab-case (be consistent)
• $activeTab must match a key from getTabs()
• message is rendered with {!! !!} — only use trusted HTML
• Widgets are referenced as ::class strings
• Navigation icons use Heroicon names (e.g., heroicon-o-chart-bar)
• Available message colors: blue, green, purple, orange, indigo, gray

Output

Generated dashboard pages include:

1. Complete PHP Page class
2. Complete Blade view file
3. Proper namespace and imports
4. Navigation configuration
5. Tab definitions with widgets
6. Color-coded message callouts
7. Fallback handling for invalid tabs