8000 Draft RFD: In-place Symposium project integration by nikomatsakis · Pull Request #34 · symposium-dev/symposium · GitHub
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Proposes eliminating separate 'Symposium projects' in favor of working directly with users' existing git repositories to reduce adoption friction.

Key features:

  • Replace 'create project' with 'open existing project' workflow
  • In-place .symposium directory structure (gitignored)
  • Automatic setup: modify .gitignore, create structure, git commit
  • Root taskspace provides immediate usability without setup
  • Context-aware agent launch with current work state
  • No workflow disruption or separate checkouts

Addresses the main barrier: users having to context-switch to a separate Symposium environment instead of using it where they already work.

Proposes eliminating separate 'Symposium projects' in favor of working
directly with users' existing git repositories to reduce adoption friction.

Key features:
- Replace 'create project' with 'open existing project' workflow
- In-place .symposium directory structure (gitignored)
- Automatic setup: modify .gitignore, create structure, git commit
- Root taskspace provides immediate usability without setup
- Context-aware agent launch with current work state
- No workflow disruption or separate checkouts

Addresses the main barrier: users having to context-switch to a separate
Symposium environment instead of using it where they already work.

Co-authored-by: Claude <claude@anthropic.com>
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I like this a lot and think it's a much better onboarding experience.

Co-authored-by: Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu>
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nikomatsakis commented Oct 5, 2025 8B08

I'm going to merge this, I'll "champion" it (the procses is...a bit overkill for the moment, but I'm trying it out:), @aaronjeline you are interested in pursuing? I'm pretty keen on this as well. I'll open a tracking issue I think-- I'm still wondering how that should work.

@nikomatsakis nikomatsakis merged commit 7f437fd into symposium-dev:main Oct 5, 2025
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