Foundations
Activity
Activity is the human-readable view of the Event Stream. It's your trail of work: what was created, edited, run, and produced — so progress feels tangible. You can see the shape of your day, your week, or a single project.
Where you see Activity#
Activity surfaces in three places:
- The Activity tab in any Space — what's been happening across this Space
- The Activity tab on any entity — the full history of just that one thing
- The Activity feed in the sidebar — your personal recent actions across all Spaces
Each entry shows who acted, what they did, when, and links to the entity involved. Agent runs appear alongside human edits, with the Agent name and a one-line summary.
What Activity is good for#
- Catching up. Open a Space after a few days off and the Activity tab shows you what changed and who changed it.
- Auditing autonomous work. Every Agent run, scheduled job, and AI tool call is recorded — you can see exactly what happened and undo if needed.
- Sharing progress. Hand a teammate the Activity view of a project and they have the whole timeline.
- Pattern recognition. Notice that you spend the first 20 minutes of every morning re-reading the same docs? That's a hint to build an Agent.
Filtering the feed#
Filter by:
- Actor — only my actions, only the AI's, only a specific Agent
- Type — only edits, only completions, only new entities
- Entity type — only Tasks, only Docs
- Time — today, this week, custom range
Activity vs. Search vs. Notifications#
These three are easy to confuse. Quick guide:
| Surface | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Search | Everything that exists, by query |
| Activity | Everything that happened, by time |
| Notifications | Things River decided you should know about |
Use Activity when you want a chronological view. Use Search when you want a specific thing. Use Notifications when you want to triage what's new.
Tips#
- Filter Activity by Agent name to see exactly what your autonomous workforce did today.
- Right-click any Activity entry to undo, open the related entity, or jump to its Job record.