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name: data-race-chart-reel
description: "Animated bar-chart races and counters that make a dataset feel like a story. Use when the user asks for chart reel or similar."
---

# Data Race Chart Reel

Turns time-series data into bar-chart races, counters and small multiples with clear annotations and accessible palettes.

## When to use

- Social data stories
- Annual reports
- Keynotes

## Workflow

1. Validate the CSV and pick the time axis.
2. Select the chart type that fits the story.
3. Annotate key moments.
4. Render with accessible colours.
5. Add a sources slide.

## What you deliver

- Animated chart video
- Annotated milestones
- Source credits slide

## Not for

- Interactive dashboards
- Forecasts
- Non-time-series data

## Quality bar

- State assumptions you made and ask before overwriting existing files.
- Never invent facts, numbers, logos or quotes — use placeholders and say so.
- Follow `references/style-guide.md` for colour and type decisions.
- Finish with a short checklist of what the user should review or replace.