feat(dashboard): AgentModal live working feed & thinking stream

backend/Controllers/DashboardController.cs

@@ -343,6 +343,23 @@ public class DashboardController(
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the most recent activity entries (assistant messages) for a specific agent.
+    /// </summary>
+    [HttpGet("agents/{id}/activity")]
+    public async Task<List<AgentActivityEntry>> GetAgentActivity(string id, [FromQuery] int limit = 5)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return await gateway.GetAgentActivityAsync(id, Math.Clamp(limit, 1, 20));
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            logger.LogWarning(ex, "GetAgentActivity failed for {AgentId}", id);
+            return new List<AgentActivityEntry>();
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns the list of available models that can be assigned to agents.
     /// Reads from OpenClaw config dynamically, falls back to hardcoded list.

backend/Models/Dashboard.cs

@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ public sealed record UpdateDashboardTaskRequest(
 public sealed record UpdateDashboardTaskStatusRequest(
     string Status
 );
+
+public sealed record AgentActivityEntry(
+    string Time,
+    string Text
+);

backend/Services/OpenClawGatewayClient.cs

@@ -953,6 +953,44 @@ public sealed class OpenClawGatewayClient(HttpClient httpClient, IConfiguration
         return Math.Clamp(totalQueuePressure + agentPressure, 0, 100);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fetches the most recent assistant activity (last N messages) for a specific agent.
+    /// Returns entries with timestamp and truncated content text.
+    /// Falls back to an empty list if the session is unreachable.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<List<AgentActivityEntry>> GetAgentActivityAsync(string agentId, int limit = 5)
+    {
+        var entries = new List<AgentActivityEntry>();
+        try
+        {
+            var sessionKey = $"agent:{agentId}:main";
+            var messages = await GetSessionHistoryAsync(sessionKey, Math.Clamp(limit * 2, 1, 100));
+            foreach (var msg in messages)
+            {
+                if (!string.Equals(msg.Role, "assistant", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    continue;
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msg.Content))
+                    continue;
+                if (msg.Content == "REPLY_SKIP" || msg.Content == "ANNOUNCE_SKIP")
+                    continue;
+
+                // Truncate content to first 200 chars for compact display
+                var text = msg.Content.Length > 200
+                    ? msg.Content[..200] + "…"
+                    : msg.Content;
+                var ts = ParseTimestamp(msg.Timestamp);
+                var timeAgo = FormatTimeAgo(ts);
+
+                entries.Add(new AgentActivityEntry(timeAgo, text));
+            }
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Return empty list if gateway is unreachable
+        }
+        return entries.Take(Math.Clamp(limit, 1, 20)).ToList();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns the list of available models by reading from the OpenClaw config,
     /// with fallback to hardcoded list.

frontend/src/components/dashboard/AgentModal.vue

@@ -24,11 +24,19 @@ interface ModelOption {
   provider: string
 }
 
+interface ActivityEntry {
+  time: string
+  text: string
+}
+
 const availableModels = ref<ModelOption[]>([])
 const selectedModel = ref('')
 const currentModel = ref('')
 const saving = ref(false)
 
+const activityEntries = ref<ActivityEntry[]>([])
+const activityLoaded = ref(false)
+
 async function loadModels() {
   try {
     const res = await fetch('/api/dashboard/models', { credentials: 'include' })
@@ -75,9 +83,23 @@ async function saveModel() {
   }
 }
 
+async function loadActivity() {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`/api/dashboard/agents/${props.agent.id}/activity?limit=5`, { credentials: 'include' })
+    if (res.ok) {
+      activityEntries.value = await res.json()
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // silent — fallback to empty
+  } finally {
+    activityLoaded.value = true
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   await loadModels()
   await loadCurrentModel()
+  await loadActivity()
 })
 </script>
 
@@ -139,16 +161,35 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
         <!-- Current Task -->
         <section class="modal-section">
-          <h3 class="section-label">Current Task</h3>
+          <h3 class="section-label">
+            Current Task
+            <span v-if="agent.active" class="thinking-indicator">
+              <span class="thinking-dots-inline">
+                <span class="tdot"></span>
+                <span class="tdot"></span>
+                <span class="tdot"></span>
+              </span>
+              Thinking…
+            </span>
+          </h3>
           <p class="section-value">
             {{ agent.currentTask }}
-            <span v-if="agent.active" class="thinking-dots">
-              <span class="thinking-dot blue"></span>
-              <span class="thinking-dot violet"></span>
-            </span>
           </p>
         </section>
 
+        <!-- Recent Activity -->
+        <section class="modal-section">
+          <h3 class="section-label">Recent Activity</h3>
+          <div v-if="!activityLoaded" class="activity-placeholder">Loading…</div>
+          <div v-else-if="activityEntries.length === 0" class="activity-placeholder">No recent activity</div>
+          <div v-else class="activity-list">
+            <div v-for="(entry, idx) in activityEntries" :key="idx" class="activity-item">
+              <span class="activity-time">{{ entry.time }}</span>
+              <span class="activity-text">{{ entry.text.length > 100 ? entry.text.slice(0, 100) + '…' : entry.text }}</span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </section>
+
         <!-- Goal + Progress -->
         <section class="modal-section">
           <h3 class="section-label">Goal</h3>
@@ -384,34 +425,88 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   transition: width 0.5s ease;
 }
 
-/* Thinking Dots */
-.thinking-dots {
+/* Thinking Indicator */
+.thinking-indicator {
   display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
   gap: 6px;
-  flex-shrink: 0;
+  font-size: 9px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  text-transform: none;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  color: #a78bfa;
+  margin-left: 8px;
+  vertical-align: middle;
 }
-.thinking-dot {
-  width: 7px;
-  height: 7px;
+.thinking-dots-inline {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+}
+.thinking-dots-inline .tdot {
+  width: 5px;
+  height: 5px;
   border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #a78bfa;
+  animation: thinking-bounce 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
 }
-.thinking-dot.blue {
-  background: #3b82f6;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 8px #3b82f6;
-  animation: pulse-dot-blue 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
+.thinking-dots-inline .tdot:nth-child(2) {
+  animation-delay: 0.2s;
 }
-.thinking-dot.violet {
-  background: #8b7cf6;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 8px #8b7cf6;
-  animation: pulse-dot-violet 1.8s ease-in-out infinite 0.3s;
+.thinking-dots-inline .tdot:nth-child(3) {
+  animation-delay: 0.4s;
 }
-@keyframes pulse-dot-blue {
-  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.4; transform: scale(0.7); }
-  50% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.3); }
+@keyframes thinking-bounce {
+  0%, 80%, 100% { transform: scale(0.6); opacity: 0.4; }
+  40% { transform: scale(1); opacity: 1; }
 }
-@keyframes pulse-dot-violet {
-  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.3; transform: scale(0.6); }
-  50% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.4); }
+
+/* Recent Activity */
+.activity-placeholder {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  color: #6b7385;
+  font-style: italic;
+  padding: 4px 0;
+}
+.activity-list {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+  max-height: 160px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+.activity-list::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  width: 4px;
+}
+.activity-list::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+  background: transparent;
+}
+.activity-list::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+  background: rgba(139, 124, 246, 0.15);
+  border-radius: 3px;
+}
+.activity-item {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+  padding: 6px 10px;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04);
+}
+.activity-time {
+  font-size: 9px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: #6b7385;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+.activity-text {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: #c4c8d4;
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 /* Footer */