diff --git a/skills/create-dashboard/SKILL.md b/skills/create-dashboard/SKILL.md
index 94d3cd8..c3393ca 100644
--- a/skills/create-dashboard/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/create-dashboard/SKILL.md
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ description: Create observability dashboards from OTEL metrics, logs, and traces
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: kopai
-  version: "1.0.0"
+  version: "1.0.1"
 ---
 
 # Create Dashboard with Kopai
 
 ## Component Schema (auto-generated)
 
-!`npx @kopai/cli dashboards schema`
+!`npx @kopai/cli dashboards schema 2>/dev/null || echo "ERROR: Cannot connect to Kopai backend. If running locally, start it with: npx @kopai/app start — If using a remote backend, check the url in your .kopairc file."`
 
 ## Available Metrics
 
-!`npx @kopai/cli metrics discover --json`
+!`npx @kopai/cli metrics discover --json 2>/dev/null || echo "ERROR: Cannot connect to Kopai backend. If running locally, start it with: npx @kopai/app start — If using a remote backend, check the url in your .kopairc file."`
 
 ## Rules
 
diff --git a/skills/create-dashboard/tile.json b/skills/create-dashboard/tile.json
index 61c54e5..b57b18a 100644
--- a/skills/create-dashboard/tile.json
+++ b/skills/create-dashboard/tile.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kopai/create-dashboard",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "private": false,
   "summary": "Create observability dashboards from OTEL metrics, logs, and traces using Kopai. Use when building metric visualizations, monitoring views, KPI panels, or when the user wants to see their telemetry data in a dashboard — even if they don't say \"dashboard\" explicitly. Also use when other skills or workflows need to present telemetry data visually (e.g. after root cause analysis).",
   "skills": {