# understanding-pigment-modeling

> Claude/Codex skill by [@gopigment](https://omgskills.com/library/gopigment/index.md) · 23 stars · Updated 2026-10-23

Foundational skill. Read this skill first, for planning or doing any action in Pigment (creating an app, modifying an app, writing a formula or designing a view). It's a full tour of the platform and its features, the mental model you need to understand it and an explanation of the principle of Pigment modeling.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/gopigment/ai-plugins /tmp/ai-plugins && ln -s /tmp/ai-plugins/skills/understanding-pigment-modeling ~/.claude/skills/understanding-pigment-modeling
```

## From README

The Pigment tour What is Pigment Pigment is a multi dimensional modeling engine used by customers to analyze and plan their business. The flexibility of the platform allows us to cover all business use cases: financial planning, workforce planning, financial consolidation, supply chain, sales performance & any number of ad hoc operational use cases. The engine The Pigment engine is called Graphite. It’s a multi-dimensional sparse real time calculation engine with a smart dependency orchestrator. When a user inputs a value or takes an action, the engine re-calculates the relevant blocks to display the results to the end users as fast as possible in the collaborative end user experience. The blocks and primitive objects Dimension: the main structuring block of Pigment, the analytical axis (master data): Employee, Month, Cost Center, Product. Dimensions have items (rows, records) and properties (field/attribute in other systems).

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/gopigment/ai-plugins/skills/understanding-pigment-modeling/
- GitHub: https://github.com/gopigment/ai-plugins
- Author: [@gopigment](https://omgskills.com/library/gopigment/index.md)

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