Problem & Approach.
As I built more AI-native tools at NACDS — AI Policy site, Glossary, weekly state-board reports, member-state sheet pipeline — they each lived in different shells with different control surfaces. The Command Center consolidates them into one Next.js 16 dashboard running on PM2 (port 3000), with a sidebar of all tools, status indicators (health dots), inline run buttons for the longer-running ones, and per-tool detail pages. The State Sheets page has KPI cards, download/view, search, bulk regenerate, and a map API. The brand follows the locked NACDS style guide (color tokens, typography, shadows).
Outcome.
Six pages live, all integrated. Used internally to operate the AI-native tooling fleet. The pattern — one console, every tool, status at a glance — has become my template for fleet operation; the same shape shows up in SD-Bot and Stratomation Bot dashboards.