Implement the following plan:

Plan: Meeting Activity Flow Visualizer

Context

With meetings now in typed TypeScript data files, the graph structure of activities — student groupings, partner rotation, information flow between stages — is directly accessible as data. We want to visualize this for two purposes:

1. Educators page — static diagram explaining how activities work to other educators
2. Activity dashboard — live monitoring during class with real-time completion/timing overlays

The visualizer shows two things: (a) how students flow through time (splitting into pairs, coming back together, rotating partners), and (b) how information flows (submissions in one stage feeding boards in a later stage).

Visual Design: The "River" Metaphor

Time flows left to right. A horizontal band represents the whole class. When students form groups, the band forks into parallel channels (like a river delta). When they reconvene, channels merge back.

  ┌─────────────┐   ╱──────────────╲   ┌─────────────┐   ╱──────────────╲   ┌──────────┐
  │  Round 1:   │  ╱  Round 1:     ╲   │  Round 1:   │  ╱  Round 2:     ╲   │ Round 2: │
  │  Discussion ├─╱   Report Out    ╲──┤  Share Out  ├─╱   Discussion    ╲──┤ Report   │...
  │  (pairs)    │ ╲   (individual)  ╱  │  (class)    │ ╲   (NEW pairs)  ╱  │ Out      │
  └─────────────┘  ╲──────────────╱   └─────────────┘  ╲──────────────╱   └──────────┘
        │                 │                   ▲                │               │
        │                 └───────────────────┘               │               │
        │              text-submission → board                │               │
        └─────────── partner rotation (shuffle) ──────────────┘

Key visual elements:

• Whole-class stages: Full-width band (neutral fill)
• Grouped stages: Band forks into narrower parallel channels (accent fill). Capped at 4-5 visual channels with a "..." indicator — we don't need to show every pair
• Split/merge transitions: Bezier curves between stage widths (~30px transition zones)
• Partner rotation: When consecutive grouped stages share the same groupKey, a brief crossing/shuffle indicator between them shows re-pairing
• Outer group (scavenger hunt pattern): A persistent bracket encloses all stages, indicating one group for the whole activity
• Role indicators: Badges (driver/observer) on grouped stages, rotation icon when rotateRoles: true
• Stage widths: Proportional to estimatedTime with a minimum width so short stages remain readable
• Data flow arrows: Curved arcs below the river connecting submission blocks to their corresponding boards, color-coded by type

Data flow arrow colors:

• Text (submission → board): blue
• Strategy (entry → board/results): green
• Question (entry → board/selected): purple
• Media (submission → gallery): orange

Live overlay (dashboard only):

• Current stage: highlighted border + "CURRENT" badge
• Past stages: completion checkmark, dimmed
• Future stages: dimmed
• Completion progress: ring or bar on each stage (X/Y students or groups)
• Timing indicator: bar along current stage showing elapsed vs. estimated
• Pause state: pulsing amber overlay
• Stop state: grayed out with "ENDED" watermark

Data Extraction

Extract a FlowGraph from ActivityDefinition — pure function, no API calls. Reuses the same block-walking pattern as meeting-validator.ts.

// apps/web/lib/activity-flow-graph.ts

interface FlowGraph {
  stages: FlowStage[];
  dataFlows: DataFlow[];
  outerGroup: { groupKey: string; size?: number; roles?: Record<string, number | "*"> } | null;
  totalEstimatedSeconds: number;
}

interface FlowStage {
  index: number;
  label: string;
  estimatedTimeSeconds: number;
  grouping:
    | { type: "whole-class" }
    | { type: "grouped"; groupKey: string; size: number; groupId: string };
  hasRoles: boolean;
  rotateRoles: boolean;
  roles?: Record<string, number | "*">;
  autoAdvance: boolean;
}

interface DataFlow {
  sourceId: string;
  sourceStageIndex: number;
  sourceType: string;  // "text-submission", "strategy-entry", etc.
  targetStageIndex: number;
  targetType: string;  // "text-submission-board", "strategy-results", etc.
  category: "text" | "strategy" | "question" | "media";
}

Partner rotation detection: consecutive stages with the same groupKey but different group id → rotation indicator between them.

Component Architecture

apps/web/lib/
  activity-flow-graph.ts              # ActivityDefinition → FlowGraph (pure function)

apps/web/components/activity-flow/
  activity-flow-types.ts              # Shared types (FlowGraph, FlowLayout, FlowOverlay)
  activity-flow-layout.ts             # FlowGraph → SVG coordinates (pure function)
  activity-flow-svg.tsx               # "use client" — shared SVG renderer with hover/tooltips
  activity-flow-static.tsx            # Server component wrapper (educators page)
  activity-flow-live.tsx              # Client component wrapper (dashboard, real-time)
  activity-flow-legend.tsx            # Color legend for data flow types

Rendering: Pure SVG, no new dependencies. Follow the digit-network.tsx pattern: <svg viewBox>, hardcoded layout math, Tailwind classes on SVG elements. ViewBox adapts to meeting complexity (500–900px wide).

Static wrapper (activity-flow-static.tsx): Server component. Takes a MeetingDefinition or { meetingSlug, semester } props. Extracts FlowGraph, computes layout, renders SVG.

Live wrapper (activity-flow-live.tsx): Client component. Consumes useActivityStages() context for current stage, completions, timing. Passes a FlowOverlay to the shared SVG renderer:

interface FlowOverlay {
  currentStageIndex: number;
  stageCompletions: Map<number, { completed: number; total: number }>;
  stageTimings: Map<number, { elapsedSeconds: number; estimatedSeconds: number }>;
  isPaused: boolean;
  isStopped: boolean;
}

When overlay is null → static mode. When provided → live indicators rendered on top.

Integration Points

Educators page: Add <ActivityFlowStatic> to content/educators.mdx or apps/web/app/educators/page.tsx showing the "Does AI Understand?" meeting (best example: 3 discussion rounds with partner rotation + report-out → share-out information flow with text-submission-board cross-references).

Activity dashboard: Add <ActivityFlowLive> above the existing stage list in activity-stage-instructor.tsx. Provides visual overview alongside the detailed controls the instructor already has.

Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Core extraction + static diagram

1. Create activity-flow-types.ts with shared interfaces
2. Create activity-flow-graph.ts — extract FlowGraph from ActivityDefinition (walk content blocks, collect submissions/boards, detect grouping/rotation patterns)
3. Create activity-flow-layout.ts — compute SVG coordinates from FlowGraph (stage rects, river paths, data flow arcs, rotation markers)
4. Create activity-flow-svg.tsx — render SVG (river bands, stage labels, data flow arrows, role/rotation indicators, hover interactions)
5. Create activity-flow-static.tsx — server component wrapper
6. Create activity-flow-legend.tsx — color legend
7. Add to educators page with the "Does AI Understand?" activity

Phase 2: Live overlay

8. Create activity-flow-live.tsx — wire up activity stage context
9. Overlay current stage highlighting, completion counts, timing bars
10. Integrate into instructor controls (above existing stage rows)

Phase 3: Polish

11. Interactive hover: highlight connected data flows when hovering a stage
12. Handle edge cases: no-activity meetings, single-stage, outerGroup pattern
13. Responsive behavior at different viewport widths

Key Files

Verification

1. Render the static visualizer for 3-4 different meeting types:
   • "Does AI Understand?" — 3 rounds, partner rotation, text-submission → board flows
   • "AlphaGo Discussion" — 4 rounds, partner rotation, no board cross-refs
   • "AI Scavenger Hunt" — outerGroup, driver/observer roles, rotateRoles
   • "Welcome" — no activity (should render nothing or a "no activity" placeholder)
2. Verify the educators page renders correctly with the embedded visualizer
3. Verify SVG scales responsively at different viewport widths
4. Run bun run check (lint + tsc + format)
5. Run relevant E2E tests to ensure no regressions

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Is there a way to see this in action? Should we add it to the /educators page? It would be neat if you could select between different activities, or show a gallery of how they look side by side? This probably deserves its own dedicated page somewhere as well as being integrated into a component.

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This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of context. The summary below covers the earlier portion of the conversation.

Summary:

1. Primary Request and Intent: The user asked to implement a "Meeting Activity Flow Visualizer" following a detailed plan. The visualizer shows how students flow through activity stages using a "river" metaphor — time flows left-to-right, the band forks into parallel channels when students form groups, and merges back when they reconvene. It visualizes grouping, partner rotation, data flows (submissions → boards), roles, and timing.

   After Phase 1 was implemented and integrated into the educators page, the user asked: "Is there a way to see this in action? Should we add it to the /educators page? It would be neat if you could select between different activities, or show a gallery of how they look side by side? This probably deserves its own dedicated page somewhere as well as being integrated into a component."

   In response, a dedicated /design/activities gallery page was created with filterable pill selectors, metadata badges, and expandable stage details. The educators page was updated with a link to the gallery.

2. Key Technical Concepts:

   • River metaphor SVG visualization: Whole-class stages = full-height rects, grouped stages = 3 parallel channel rects, bezier transition paths between different grouping types
   • FlowGraph extraction: Pure function walking ActivityDefinition content blocks (same pattern as meeting-validator.ts) collecting submissions, boards, grouping, and rotation
   • Layout computation: Stage widths proportional to estimatedTime with minimum width, transitions between grouping changes, data flow arcs as quadratic bezier curves below the river
   • Partner rotation detection: Consecutive grouped stages with same groupKey but different groupId
   • Outer group bracket: Dashed border when ActivityDefinition has outerGroup (scavenger hunt pattern)
   • Server/Client component split: Static wrapper (server) loads meeting + computes layout, SVG renderer (client) handles hover interactions
   • Data flow arcs: Color-coded by type (text=blue, strategy=green, question=purple, media=orange)
   • Live overlay: FlowOverlay interface for current stage highlighting, completion counts, timing bars (Phase 2)
   • Meeting registry: Static meetingRegistry in apps/web/lib/meeting-registry.ts maps semester → slug → MeetingDefinition
   • CSS custom properties: var(--foreground), var(--accent), var(--foreground-muted) used directly in SVG fill/stroke for theme adaptation

3. Files and Code Sections:

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-types.ts (CREATED)

     • All shared TypeScript interfaces for the flow visualizer
     • Key types: FlowGraph, FlowStage, DataFlow, FlowLayout, StageLayout, ChannelRect, TransitionLayout, DataFlowArc, RotationMarker, OuterGroupBracket, FlowOverlay

     export interface FlowGraph {
       stages: FlowStage[];
       dataFlows: DataFlow[];
       outerGroup: { groupKey: string; size?: number; roles?: Record<string, number | "*"> } | null;
       totalEstimatedSeconds: number;
     }
     export interface FlowStage {
       index: number;
       label: string;
       estimatedTimeSeconds: number;
       grouping: | { type: "whole-class" } | { type: "grouped"; groupKey: string; size: number; groupId: string };
       hasRoles: boolean;
       rotateRoles: boolean;
       roles?: Record<string, number | "*">;
       autoAdvance: boolean;
     }
     

   • apps/web/lib/activity-flow-graph.ts (CREATED)

     • Pure function extractFlowGraph(activity: ActivityDefinition): FlowGraph
     • Walks content blocks collecting submissions (text-submission, media-submission, strategy-entry, question-entry) and references (text-submission-board, media-gallery, etc.)
     • Handles outerGroup inheritance: stages without own group inherit outerGroup's grouping
     • Builds data flows by matching references to their source submissions
     • Pattern follows meeting-validator.ts block-walking approach

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-layout.ts (CREATED)

     • Pure function computeFlowLayout(graph: FlowGraph): FlowLayout
     • Layout constants: RIVER_TOP=24, RIVER_HEIGHT=56, CHANNEL_COUNT=3, CHANNEL_GAP=3, TRANSITION_WIDTH=20, MIN_STAGE_WIDTH=44
     • Computes stage widths proportional to time, x positions with transitions
     • Generates bezier transition paths (split/merge) between different grouping types
     • Computes data flow arc paths as quadratic beziers below the river
     • Detects partner rotation markers (same groupKey, different groupId)
     • Computes outer group bracket dimensions

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-svg.tsx (CREATED)

     • Client component ("use client") rendering the SVG
     • Hover state highlighting connected data flows
     • Renders: channel rects, transition paths, stage labels/duration, grouping indicators (×2), role rotation (⇄), data flow arcs with dots, rotation markers (↻), outer bracket
     • Native SVG <title> tooltips on stages
     • Live overlay support: current stage highlight, past checkmarks, future dimming, completion counts, timing bars, pause/stop indicators
     • Uses CSS variables: var(--foreground), var(--accent), var(--foreground-muted) for theme adaptation

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-static.tsx (CREATED)

     • Server component wrapper for MDX integration
     • Loads meeting via getMeetingDefinition, extracts FlowGraph, computes layout, renders ActivityFlowSVG + ActivityFlowLegend

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-legend.tsx (CREATED)

     • Client component showing color-coded legend for data flow categories
     • Only shows categories present in the data

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-live.tsx (CREATED)

     • Client component using useActivityStages() context for real-time overlay
     • Builds FlowOverlay from session state (currentStageIndex, completions, timing, pause/stop)

   • apps/web/components/activity-flow/activity-flow-gallery.tsx (CREATED)

     • Client component with pill selector buttons to filter by meeting
     • Shows metadata badges (stage count, duration, persistent group, partner rotation, data flows)
     • Expandable <details> section with stage table (label, duration, type, features)
     • Meeting titles link to actual meeting pages

     export interface ActivityFlowEntry {
       slug: string;
       title: string;
       date: string;
       rawDate: string;
       stageCount: number;
       totalMinutes: number;
       hasOuterGroup: boolean;
       hasDataFlows: boolean;
       hasRotation: boolean;
       graph: FlowGraph;
       layout: FlowLayout;
     }
     

   • apps/web/app/design/activities/page.tsx (CREATED)

     • Dedicated gallery page at /design/activities
     • Server component that loads all meetings from meetingRegistry, filters to those with activities, extracts FlowGraphs, computes layouts
     • Sorts entries chronologically by rawDate
     • Renders Prose header + ActivityFlowGallery

   • apps/web/mdx-components.tsx (MODIFIED)

     • Added import: import { ActivityFlowStatic } from "./components/activity-flow/activity-flow-static";
     • Added to component map: ActivityFlowStatic,

   • content/educators.mdx (MODIFIED)

     • Changed "MDX content files" to "typed TypeScript data files"
     • Added two inline ActivityFlowStatic examples (Does AI Understand? and AI Scavenger Hunt)
     • Added link to gallery page: "The activity flow gallery shows visualizations for every meeting..."

   • Key reference files read (not modified):

     • packages/types/src/meeting.ts — MeetingDefinition, ActivityDefinition, StageDefinition, GroupDefinition, ContentBlock types
     • apps/web/lib/meeting-validator.ts — Pattern for walking content blocks, parseTimeToSeconds
     • apps/web/lib/meetings.ts — getMeetingDefinition function
     • apps/web/lib/meeting-registry.ts — Static registry mapping semester → slug → MeetingDefinition
     • apps/web/components/mdx/activity-stage-context.tsx — useActivityStages hook for live overlay
     • apps/web/components/mdx/activity-stage-instructor.tsx — Where live version would integrate
     • apps/web/styles/globals.css — CSS custom properties (--foreground, --accent, etc.)
     • content/spring2026/meetings/2026-03-05-does-ai-understand.ts — 11 stages, 3 rounds partner rotation, text-submission → text-submission-board data flows
     • content/spring2026/meetings/2026-01-27-ai-scavenger-hunt.ts — outerGroup pattern, driver/observer roles, rotateRoles
     • content/spring2026/meetings/2026-02-17-alphago-discussion.ts — 4 rounds partner rotation, no board cross-refs
     • content/spring2026/meetings/2026-01-22-welcome.ts — No activity (activity: undefined)

4. Errors and fixes:

   • Sort order bug: The gallery entries were sorting by formatted date string (e.g., "Jan 27") which sorts alphabetically by month name, not chronologically. Fixed by adding rawDate field (YYYY-MM-DD string) to ActivityFlowEntry and sorting by that instead.
   • Dev server port: Initially tried port 3000, but the dev server runs on port 2000. Adjusted subsequent curl commands accordingly.
   • E2E test failure: Smoke test failed because tests use [local-hostname] hostname, not localhost. This is a pre-existing test infrastructure issue unrelated to the changes.
   • No TypeScript or lint errors were encountered during the implementation.

5. Problem Solving:

   • All Phase 1 components implemented and verified working
   • Gallery page with 10 activity visualizations rendering correctly
   • Both educators page inline examples and dedicated gallery page verified via curl + HTML parsing
   • SVG content verified: correct number of stages, transitions, rotation markers, data flow circles, and outer brackets for each meeting type

6. All user messages:

   • Message 1: "Implement the following plan: # Plan: Meeting Activity Flow Visualizer [detailed plan with context, visual design, data extraction, component architecture, implementation phases, key files, verification steps]"
   • Message 2: "Is there a way to see this in action? Should we add it to the /educators page? It would be neat if you could select between different activities, or show a gallery of how they look side by side? This probably deserves its own dedicated page somewhere as well as being integrated into a component."

7. Pending Tasks:

   • Phase 2 (from original plan): Wire up live overlay in activity-stage-instructor.tsx — the activity-flow-live.tsx component exists but isn't integrated into the instructor dashboard yet
   • Phase 3 (from original plan): Polish — responsive behavior, edge case handling, further interactive hover improvements
   • The user hasn't explicitly asked for Phases 2-3 yet; they were part of the original plan

8. Current Work: The most recent work was creating the dedicated /design/activities gallery page and the ActivityFlowGallery client component in response to the user's request for a way to "see this in action" with a dedicated page where you can "select between different activities, or show a gallery of how they look side by side." This work is complete:

   • Gallery page at /design/activities shows all 10 meetings with activities, sorted chronologically
   • Pill selectors allow filtering to individual meetings
   • Each entry has metadata badges and expandable stage details
   • Educators page links to the gallery
   • TypeScript and lint pass clean

9. Optional Next Step: No explicit next step — the user's most recent request (dedicated gallery page with selectable activities) has been fully implemented. The user may want to:

   • Review the visual output and provide design feedback
   • Proceed with Phase 2 (integrating live overlay into instructor dashboard)
   • Adjust the gallery layout or styling

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It strikes me that it may be best to orient these with time flowing from top to bottom rather than left to right as in your previous diagram. Is that how it's done? And how would I view one so that we can iterate?

Yes.