Activity Detail gives you a deep look at how work unfolded on a specific date. It includes an activity timeline, an AI Summary, and a chronological list of every activity logged for each person.

You can reach it two ways. From Activities in the top navigation, then select Detail, it opens showing your full team. Clicking any person's name in the Activity Dashboard opens the same view pre-filtered to that person, so you land directly on their day without any extra steps.

Navigating Dates and Filtering

The selected date is shown at the top left. Use the arrows to move between days, click the calendar icon to jump to a specific date, or use Date Range to view activity across multiple consecutive days.

Use the Team filter to narrow the view to a specific person or group. The Types and Services filters work the same way as in the Activity Dashboard, letting you focus on specific activity types or data sources.

Reading the Page

Each person appears as their own card with their name, title, and timezone shown in the header. Below the header, their day expands into four sections.

• Date and activity row - shows the date, the user's local timezone, their daily activity estimate, their target hours for that day, and an Edit button to adjust the target. The chevron on the left collapses or expands the full day card.
• Activity timeline - a colour-coded bar showing the person's day from their scheduled start to end time. Each colour represents an activity type. Gray areas are non-work hours.
• AI Summary - a short AI-generated narrative describing how the day unfolded. It draws on the events logged and any AI Context set for the user. The summary is collapsible.
• Activity list - every activity logged for that day in chronological order. Each row is marked with the activity type colour on its left edge and shows the service icon, the activity title, the time and service it came from, a location pin when location data is available, and the estimated duration on the right. When an activity is set to not scorable or not displayable, small status icons appear next to its title. Select any row to open its full detail in a panel on the right.

What WorkSights Captures

WorkSights captures only metadata about activities, not content. This keeps the focus on work patterns rather than what was said, written, or built.

• Calendar events - attendees and invited participants, not meeting content.
• Emails - subject line and recipients, not body or attachments.
• Calls - participants, not call content.
• Chats - chat titles and participants, not message contents.
• Files - file titles and activity type such as created or edited, not file content.
• Code - commit messages and repository details, not code content.

Activity Rows and Time Estimates

Each activity appears as a single row showing the time it was logged and key metadata. On the right, WorkSights shows an estimated duration for the activity based on preset defaults: one minute for sending or accepting a meeting invite, five minutes for sending an email, ten minutes for a code commit, and so on.

These estimates are adjusted based on the full context of the day and can be edited from the detail panel if you want to correct or customise a value.

WorkSights also consolidates multiple entries for the same activity to reduce noise. For example, numerous file edit logs throughout the day are merged into a single activity with a realistic duration.

Opening an Activity

Selecting a row opens the activity in a panel on the right of the page. The panel stays open as you work, so you can move through a person's day without losing your place.

At the top of the panel, Activity X of Y shows where you are in the list. Use the up and down arrows to step to the previous or next activity, or the close button to return to the full list.

Below the header, the panel shows the activity title, the time and service it came from, and a label for the activity type such as Meeting (Internal), Code, or Calendar Change. The Scorable, Private, and Displayable toggles sit here too, alongside the estimated Duration, which you can edit directly.

What appears beneath the toggles depends on the type of activity.

• Details - notes for the activity. Where an activity carries structured information, this is broken out into labelled fields instead. A calendar change, for example, lists the event along with its source timestamps and IP addresses. When nothing has been added yet, you will see an Add detail option.
• Source - where the activity came from, with a link out to the original where one exists. A meeting shows its scheduled time and an Open in Google Workspace link. A code activity shows the pull request title and message, with the option to show the full message or view the pull request.
• Participants - for meetings and other shared events, the people involved, with their email and response status such as Accepted or No reply.
• Location - shown when WorkSights has an estimated location for the activity, covered under Geolocation below.

Content is never shown. The panel surfaces metadata such as commit messages, participant lists, and event details, but not the substance of what was written, said, or built.

Activity Toggles

Each activity has three toggles that control how it is treated.

• Scorable - determines whether the activity counts toward the person's daily activity estimate. Solo calendar events with no attendees are not scored by default since they often represent personal blocks rather than work. Toggle this on if the activity should count.
• Private - marks the activity so its details are not visible to anyone else. Useful for sensitive meetings or calls.
• Displayable - controls whether the activity appears in the timeline bar. Some activities are hidden by default to reduce noise.

Geolocation

When WorkSights has an estimated location for an activity, a map pin appears on its row and a Location section appears in the detail panel. The location is estimated from the IP address the activity came from, and the panel shows it on a map with the city and country beneath.

If the estimate is wrong, select Change to correct it. A corrected location is saved for your account and improves accuracy across all future activity from the same IP address.

Related Guides

Activity Dashboard - team-wide scores and timelines by day

‍Activity Scores - daily activity estimates for your team

AI Context - how to improve the accuracy of AI Summaries for your users