Dashboard Migration Guide

Activity Timeline → Context Intelligence Platform Integration

Migration Date: November 26, 2025 Status: ✅ Complete

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Overview

The Activity Dashboard has been successfully migrated from /MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/ in the parent repository to /frontend/ in the coditect-dev-context submodule.

Why We Moved It

Before:

• Dashboard lived in parent repo (coditect-rollout-master/MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/)
• Not version-controlled separately
• Poor semantic grouping (dashboard not with context management backend)
• Difficult to deploy independently

After:

• Dashboard now in submodule (coditect-dev-context/frontend/)
• Independent version control
• Semantic correctness (frontend + backend together)
• Can deploy separately
• Clear ownership

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What Was Moved

Files Migrated (42 files, 22,201 lines)

frontend/
├── public/
│   ├── index.html                        # Main dashboard page
│   ├── css/
│   │   ├── main.css                      # Global styles
│   │   ├── layout.css                    # Grid layout
│   │   ├── components.css                # Component styles
│   │   └── print.css                     # PDF export
│   ├── js/
│   │   ├── navigation.js                 # URL routing (3,153 lines)
│   │   ├── data-loader.js                # JSON loading (500 lines)
│   │   ├── timeline-enhanced.js          # Timeline view (2,420 lines)
│   │   ├── db-search-v2.js               # Search functionality (714 lines)
│   │   ├── config.js                     # Configuration (NEW)
│   │   └── lib/
│   │       └── sql-wasm.min.js           # SQLite WASM
│   ├── assets/
│   │   ├── favicon/                      # Favicons (7 files)
│   │   └── logo/                         # Brand assets (4 files)
│   └── data -> ../../../../../MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/data  # Symlink
│
├── scripts/
│   ├── build-search-database.py          # Data generator
│   ├── build-search-database-v2.py
│   ├── build-search-database-v3.py
│   └── build-search-database-v4.py
│
├── config.json                            # Dashboard configuration (NEW)
├── README.md                              # Dashboard documentation
└── *.md                                   # Additional docs (5 files)

Data Access Strategy

Symlink: frontend/public/data -> ../../../../../MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/data

This symlink allows the dashboard to access data from the parent repository while being in the submodule. The data remains in the parent repo because:

• Data changes frequently (every session)
• Submodule should contain code, not data
• Multiple projects may access same data

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New Locations

Old Location (DO NOT USE)

/Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/

Status: ⚠️ Backed up to dashboard-backup-20251126-131913.tar.gz (22MB)

New Location (USE THIS)

/Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/submodules/dev/coditect-dev-context/frontend/public/

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How to Access

Starting the Dashboard

New Method:

cd /Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/submodules/dev/coditect-dev-context/frontend/public
python3 -m http.server 9000

Then open: http://localhost:9000

Alternative Ports:

# If port 9000 is busy
python3 -m http.server 8080  # http://localhost:8080
python3 -m http.server 3000  # http://localhost:3000

Quick Access Script (Recommended)

Create an alias in your shell (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc):

# Add to ~/.zshrc
alias dashboard='cd /Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/submodules/dev/coditect-dev-context/frontend/public && python3 -m http.server 9000'

Then just run:

dashboard
# Opens at http://localhost:9000

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Features Verified

✅ All features tested and working from new location:

Feature	Status	Test URL
Overview	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#overview
Timeline	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#timeline
Topics	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#topics
Files	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#files
Sessions	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#checkpoints
Commands	✅ Working	http://localhost:9000#commands
Data Loading	✅ Working	135 JSON files accessible
Navigation	✅ Working	URL hash routing
Search	✅ Working	Keyword + semantic search

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Data Statistics

What the Dashboard Shows:

• 10,206 conversation messages
• 124 development sessions
• 4,060 file references
• 1,732 commands executed
• 14 topic clusters

Data Size:

• Total: 21 MB (135 files)
• Messages index: 5.2 MB
• Paginated content: 103 pages
• SQLite search DB: 8 MB

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Configuration

Config Files (NEW)

1. frontend/config.json

{
  "dataPath": "./data/",
  "apiEndpoint": "http://localhost:8000/api/v1",
  "version": "1.0.0"
}

2. frontend/public/js/config.js

const CONFIG = {
    dataPath: './data/',  // Symlink to parent repo
    apiEndpoint: 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1',
    version: '1.0.0'
};

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Git Workflow

Submodule Changes

Working in the submodule:

cd submodules/dev/coditect-dev-context
git checkout -b feature/dashboard-improvements
# Make changes to frontend/
git add frontend/
git commit -m "feat: Dashboard improvements"
git push origin feature/dashboard-improvements

Updating parent repo pointer:

cd /Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master
git add submodules/dev/coditect-dev-context
git commit -m "Update coditect-dev-context: Dashboard improvements"
git push

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Backup Information

Backup Location

/Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard-backup-20251126-131913.tar.gz

Size: 22 MB Contents: Complete dashboard as of November 26, 2025 13:19 UTC

Restore from Backup (if needed)

cd /Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/MEMORY-CONTEXT
tar -xzf dashboard-backup-20251126-131913.tar.gz
# This restores to dashboard/ directory

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Migration Checklist

Phase 1: Backup & Prepare ✅

• Backup created (dashboard-backup-20251126-131913.tar.gz)
• Migration branch created (feature/add-frontend-dashboard)
• Dashboard verified working before migration

Phase 2: Move Dashboard to Submodule ✅

• Created frontend/public/ and frontend/scripts/
• Copied web assets (HTML, CSS, JS)
• Copied Python scripts
• Copied documentation
• Created data symlink

Phase 3: Update Configuration ✅

• Created config.json
• Created js/config.js
• Tested dashboard from new location
• Verified data symlink works

Phase 4: Commit & Push ✅

• Committed in submodule (42 files, 22,201 insertions)
• Pushed to remote (feature/add-frontend-dashboard)
• Merged to main
• Updated parent repo pointer
• Pushed parent repo

Phase 5: Documentation Update ✅

• Created dashboard-migration-guide.md (this file)
• Updated README.md with frontend/ section
• Update parent repo CLAUDE.md with new paths (TODO)

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Troubleshooting

Dashboard Not Loading

Symptom: Blank page or 404 errors

Solution:

# Verify symlink exists
ls -la frontend/public/data

# Should show: data -> ../../../../../MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/data

# If broken, recreate:
cd frontend/public
rm data  # Remove broken symlink
ln -s ../../../../../MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/data data

Data Not Found

Symptom: "Failed to load data" errors in browser console

Solution:

# Verify data directory exists in parent repo
ls /Users/halcasteel/PROJECTS/coditect-rollout-master/MEMORY-CONTEXT/dashboard/data

# Verify HTTP server is running from frontend/public/
pwd  # Should be: .../coditect-dev-context/frontend/public

Port Already in Use

Symptom: "Address already in use" error

Solution:

# Try different port
python3 -m http.server 8080

# Or kill existing server
lsof -ti:9000 | xargs kill -9

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Next Steps

Immediate (Week 1)

• Dashboard accessible from new location
• All features verified working
• Documentation updated
• Update parent repo CLAUDE.md

Short-term (Month 1)

• Remove old dashboard from parent repo (after 30-day safety period)
• Add CI/CD for frontend (linting, testing)
• Create production build process
• Add frontend testing (Cypress or Playwright)

Long-term (Quarter 1)

• Integrate with backend API (replace static JSON)
• Add WebSocket real-time updates
• Implement user authentication
• Deploy frontend independently (Vercel/Netlify)

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Support

Issues: https://github.com/coditect-ai/coditect-dev-context/issues Questions: hal@az1.ai

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Migration Completed: November 26, 2025 Verified By: Claude Code (AI Assistant) Status: ✅ Production Ready