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External Resource Links

Feature Detail

low complexity extracted Home, Navigation & Settings Confidence: 100%
4
Components
58
Shared
0
User Stories
Yes
Analyzed

Description

The External Resource Links feature provides a curated, organization-configurable list of external resources accessible from the app's Tools or Settings area. Each organization can configure relevant links — such as training materials, policy documents, national guidelines, and partner websites — that are surfaced to users based on their organization context. Links open in an in-app browser or the system browser depending on configuration, ensuring users have quick access to authoritative reference material without leaving the app context unnecessarily.

User Flow

External Resource Links user flow
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Analysis

Business Value

All four workshop organizations identified external resource links as a valuable feature for peer mentors who frequently need access to national guidelines, training materials, and organizational policies during field work. Surfacing these links in-app removes the need for peer mentors to navigate external websites independently, reducing errors and ensuring they reference up-to-date, organization-approved materials. From an organizational perspective, centrally managed resource links ensure content consistency across all peer mentors and reduce coordinator overhead in distributing reference materials. This feature also supports onboarding by giving new peer mentors immediate access to essential documentation.

Implementation Notes

Resources are fetched from the REST API as an organization-scoped list, cached locally for offline access, and rendered as a simple list screen. Each resource entry contains a title, description, URL, and optional icon/category. The Flutter implementation uses url_launcher for opening links, with a configurable in-app WebView option via webview_flutter for supported link types. The admin panel (Next.js) provides the management interface for adding, editing, and reordering resources per organization. Cache invalidation uses a lightweight ETags or last-modified header strategy. All links must be validated on the backend before storage to prevent malformed URLs from reaching users.

Components (62)

User Interface (1)

ui Resources Screen low

Service Layer (1)

service External Link Service low

Data Layer (1)

data Resource Repository low

Infrastructure (1)

infrastructure URL Launcher Infrastructure low

Shared Components

These components are reused across multiple features

Infrastructure (20)

infrastructure JWT Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure JWT Infrastructure low Shared infrastructure Auth Middleware medium Shared infrastructure Report API Middleware low Shared infrastructure Report Access Guard low Shared infrastructure Approval Audit Logger low Shared infrastructure End-to-End Encryption Infrastructure high Shared infrastructure Email Delivery Infrastructure low Shared infrastructure Invitation Token Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure Signed URL Provider low Shared infrastructure Multi-Tenancy Infrastructure high Shared infrastructure Calculator Export Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure Request & Response Interceptors high Shared infrastructure Design Token System medium Shared infrastructure Semantic Labels Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure Connectivity Infrastructure low Shared infrastructure Local Database Infrastructure high Shared infrastructure Secure Storage Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure Connection Pool Infrastructure medium Shared infrastructure Database Migration Infrastructure medium Shared

User Stories

No user stories have been generated for this feature yet.