HTML Dashboards [Preview] — Some Answers Are Better Explored Than Read

May 30, 2026

Some answers are better explored than read. The new HTML Dashboard tool turns your data into a live, interactive dashboard you can hover and scroll — not a flat slide or a frozen PDF. Almost anything can become one: a set of metrics, a research finding, a portfolio, a project status. Ask for it and it shows up live in a new Dashboards panel on the right. Make it a living dashboard and it keeps itself current — on a schedule, or in real time while you're watching it. Grab a PDF, PNG, or the HTML whenever you want a copy.

What you can do

• Ask for an interactive dashboard — KPI walls, operating dashboards, research readouts, head-to-head comparisons, or roadmaps. Charts have hover tooltips and the page is a single, self-contained web canvas.
• Start from one of six prebaked templates — executive_summary (hero KPIs + trend + narrative), kpi_grid (metric cards with sparklines), research_report (sidebar contents + sections + tables), comparison (option columns + verdict), timeline (milestone roadmap), and blank (full control).
• Watch it render live — the dashboard appears in the Dashboards panel and the panel auto-widens to give it room. Open any dashboard fullscreen.
• Refresh in place — re-run the research or ask for an update and Alfrada edits the same dashboard rather than spawning a new one, so it behaves like a living artifact.
• Make it a living dashboard — set an auto-refresh cadence so it keeps itself current: Twice a day, a Specific time, or Real-time (live updates while the panel is open, twice-daily when it's closed). Each refresh runs in an isolated background worker that updates the same canvas in place — it never opens a new conversation, never remakes the canvas, and can never send email or messages. Change the cadence or hit Refresh anytime from the Dashboards panel.
• Export on demand — one click for a PDF (rendered with headless Chromium from the exact live view), a full-page PNG, or the editable HTML file.
• On-brand by default — Alfrada's teal/sage/gold palette and automatic dark mode are baked into every template.

Where this shows up

• You asked for "a live dashboard of our Q2 numbers." Instead of a slide, you get an interactive KPI wall you can hover, and a PDF when you need to forward it.
• You're iterating on a market analysis. Each time you add data, the same dashboard updates in place — no pile of near-duplicate files.
• You want a vendor comparison for a decision. You get a side-by-side table, a grouped bar chart, and a verdict banner, exportable to PDF for the deck appendix.
• You need a roadmap readout for a stakeholder. The timeline template shows milestones, status, and a progress bar.

Try it

• "Build an interactive executive dashboard of these Q2 metrics — revenue, churn, NPS — with a trend chart."
• "Make a KPI dashboard for our ops numbers and let me export it as a PDF."
• "Compare these two vendors as an interactive dashboard with a recommendation."
• "Turn this research into a live dashboard, then refresh it when I paste the new figures."

Heads up

• Dashboards are self-contained. They render inside a sandboxed iframe and export with headless Chromium, so they inline all styling, data, and chart libraries (Chart.js by default). For .pptx slide decks use Presentation; for static PDF/DOCX prose use Report Generator.
• Free on every plan — the tool and PDF/PNG export carry no per-call charge. Auto-refresh runs do consume a small amount of usage (a cheap background worker model plus any data-tool calls), so Real-time only streams while you're actually looking at the dashboard, then drops back to the twice-a-day schedule.
• Living dashboards can read but never send. Auto-refresh workers are restricted to data/compute tools — they cannot send email, post, or message — so a dashboard that updates itself can never take an action on your behalf.
• Export from the panel, not from links — use the PDF / PNG / HTML buttons in the Dashboards panel rather than asking for a download link.
• This is a Preview. Dashboards are brand new and we're iterating fast — expect rough edges, and tell us what you'd want it to do next.