map-hierarchy-charts
Query shapes and settings for Better Stack map_chart (geographic map) and hierarchy_chart (host map hexagons). MUST load before creating either chart type — on dashboards or in Explore.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "betterstackhq/claude-plugin:skills/map-hierarchy-charts" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/BetterStackHQ/claude-plugin /tmp/claude-plugin && ln -s /tmp/claude-plugin/skills/map-hierarchy-charts ~/.claude/skills/map-hierarchy-chartsFrom README
Map & Hierarchy Charts Both are not time-series: the query returns one row per location/entity — no time column, no GROUP BY time, no series. AS value is fine for both — neither renders a legend, so the value alias is never displayed. Load the query skill for the data type first (metrics-query / logs-query). Map Charts (mapchart) Plot a numeric value at geographic points on a world map. Select exactly two things — a numeric value and a location — and group by the location. Metrics: Raw events (logs / web events, e.g. in Explore): location(...) resolves a string to coordinates: an IP ('1.1.1.1'), airport code ('JFK'), city ('San Francisco, CA'), or country ('US', 'UK') — typically a metric label (location(label('colo'))) or a raw event field. Explicit coordinates work too: tuple(lat, lng, 'customlabel'). The location expression must be aliased AS location and the value AS value (or set locationcolumn / valuecolumns to match your aliases).
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