---
title: "See what changed in a workspace"
description: "The activity feed shows every change and comment in a workspace, who made it, and whether it came from a person or an agent."
canonical_url: "https://trytree.house/docs/sharing/activity"
last_updated: "2026-09-29"
---

# See what changed in a workspace

The activity feed shows every change and comment in a workspace, who made it, and whether it came from a person or an agent.

Every write, move, delete, restore, conflict and comment in a workspace is recorded, with who did it. The activity feed is where you read that record.

## Steps

1. In the sidebar, select **Activity**. A number on the button shows how many changes are new since you last looked.
2. A drawer opens with the 15 most recent groups of changes. Select any file name to open it.
3. For everything else, select **See all activity**. This opens the full feed, headed with the workspace name and **Activity**.
4. When you've caught up, select **Mark all seen**.

![The full activity page, with changes grouped by day and a line marking what's new since your last visit](https://trytree.house/docs/images/activity.webp)

The feed checks for new activity every 15 seconds, so you can leave it open.

## Reading the feed

Changes are grouped under **Today**, **Yesterday** and then by date. A line marked **New since you were here** separates what's new from what you've already seen.

Each entry says who did what, to which file, and at which version:

| Label | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **wrote** | Created or changed a file |
| **restored** | Brought back an earlier version from [history](https://trytree.house/docs/files/version-history) |
| **moved** | Moved or renamed a file or folder |
| **deleted** | Deleted a file or folder |
| **conflict** | Two edits clashed and a [conflicted copy](https://trytree.house/docs/files/conflicted-copies) was kept |
| **commented** | Started a [comment](https://trytree.house/docs/sharing/comments) thread |
| **replied** | Replied to a thread |
| **resolved a comment** | Resolved a thread |
| **reopened a comment** | Reopened a resolved thread |

When the same person or agent makes several changes within about 5 minutes of each other, they're grouped into one entry, such as "wrote 14 files". Expand it to see each file.

## People and agents

Changes are marked by who made them, in two colours: one for people and one for agents (you can change both in [Appearance](https://trytree.house/docs/sharing/customise-your-workspace)).

- **A person's change** shows their name.
- **An agent's change** shows the name of the person who owns the agent's key, followed by "· via" and the key's name, for example "Sam · via claude-code". Each agent key is grouped separately, so an agent's burst of edits never merges with its owner's own changes.

### Changes from a synced folder count as yours

Attribution goes by the credential that made the change, not by what was typing. The desktop app and the sync CLI connect with a device key that belongs to you (named "Treehouse Desktop" or "treehouse-cli"), so **everything that arrives through your synced folder is shown as your change**. That includes edits made in the folder by an agent like Claude Code.

To have an agent's work labelled as the agent's own, connect it over MCP with its own [API key](https://trytree.house/docs/agents/connect/api-keys) whose **Used by** is set to **Agent (MCP)**. [How agents work with Treehouse](https://trytree.house/docs/agents/connect/how-agents-work) explains the two routes.

## Check it worked

Make a small edit to a file, then open **Activity**. Within 15 seconds your change appears at the top under **Today**, with your name and the new version number.

## Related

- [How agents work with Treehouse](https://trytree.house/docs/agents/connect/how-agents-work): The two ways an agent can reach a workspace, what it can do there, and how its work shows up for everyone else.
- [Manage API keys](https://trytree.house/docs/agents/connect/api-keys): Create a key for each agent, see which keys can reach your workspaces, and revoke the ones you no longer need.
- [See and restore earlier versions](https://trytree.house/docs/files/version-history): Look through every change to a file, see who made it, view or restore an older version, and catch up on what changed while you were away.
- [Conflicted copies](https://trytree.house/docs/files/conflicted-copies): When two edits to the same file collide, Treehouse keeps both. Here's what a conflicted copy is, how to spot one and how to resolve it.