Recent Activity

A Rally Custom View widget that shows the latest discussion posts from your team across all artifacts in the current project, ported from the Broadcom Endorsed Widgets collection.

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What it does

Displays an activity feed of ConversationPost records — the discussion comments your team leaves on User Stories, Defects, Tasks, Features, and other Rally artifacts. Each post shows:

• Author avatar (initials), name, and relative timestamp
• Artifact type badge and clickable artifact link (ID + name)
• Full post body (rich-text preserved)

Posts are sorted newest-first, scoped to the current project context.

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Features

• Activity stream with author initials, relative timestamps ("2h ago", "3d ago")
• Clickable artifact links (FormattedID + name) linking to the artifact's Rally detail page
• Colorblind-safe artifact type badges (text abbreviations, not color alone)
• Configurable: max items (5–100), artifact type filter, show/hide artifact detail
• EditMode settings panel with per-field dirty indicators
• Graceful empty state with helpful message
• Mock mode: 18 realistic entries spanning Stories, Defects, Tasks, Test Cases, Features across 5 team members

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Setup

For end-to-end setup — Rally API key, auth configuration, dev harness, and deployment — see docs/setup-guide.md.

Quick start once auth is configured:

npm install
npm run dev         # Dev server (mock data) at http://localhost:5173
npm run build       # Production IIFE bundle (live Rally data)
npm run build:mock  # Mock bundle (no Rally credentials needed)
npm run typecheck   # TypeScript check
npx widget-ai deploy  # Build + deploy to Rally as a Custom View

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Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Max Items	20	Number of posts to show (5–100)
Artifact Types	All	Filter to specific artifact types
Show Artifact Detail	On	Show FormattedID + name header above each post

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Source

• src/App.tsx — Main widget component (EditMode + activity feed)
• src/types.ts — ActivityEntry, RecentActivityDataProvider, RecentActivitySettings
• src/data-provider.ts — Live Rally ConversationPost WSAPI provider
• src/mock-data.ts — 18 mock posts for dev/demo
• src/main.tsx — Entry point, mock/live branching

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Reference

• Broadcom spec: endorsed-widgets/recent-activity
• Legacy source: reference/rally-app-catalog/src/apps/recentactivity/ — uses rallydiscussionrichtextstreamview (ExtJS)
• Rally WSAPI: GET /slm/webservice/v2.0/conversationpost