posit-dev / posit-dev/shinychat

Add User Icon or Avatar for shinychat

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TypeScript
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Description

Hi, is that possible to add user icon or avatar to make conversation more fancy! because now I made a chatbot with shinychat and ellmer and ragnar, which support tool calling and RAG. that app serves for such a big team, we hope that during conversation, when every user log in, that app can display their avatar or icon, thanks a lot for your work. shinychat is so fantastic

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Research direction

The issue does not name a file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the chat message rendering in shinychat and determine how logged-in user identity is exposed; done should mean conversations display each user's avatar or icon.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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