[t3dotgg]

A thread started with No project works in its own folder under ~/.t3/scratch. When that work turns into something real, there was no way to make it a project. It stayed under "No project", with no project settings and no way to group more threads with it.

Now a No project thread's menu has Turn into project. The thread's folder becomes the project root where it is. Nothing moves, so the agent's working directory, provider sessions, resume and file links all stay the same. Other threads working in that folder (subagents, forks, archived ones) move with it. The new project is a normal non-Git project, so Initialize Git is one click away.

How

• Server: a server-only orchestrator command, thread.project.adopt-folder, moves a thread to a project rooted at the folder it already works in. It rejects any other folder and any thread with unfinished work. A small ScratchThreadPromotion service runs the action:

  1. It checks every thread in the folder for running work before it changes anything.
  2. It creates the project with projects.bootstrap.
  3. It moves bound scheduled tasks.
  4. It moves the threads.

  Running it again finishes a partial move.

• Scheduled tasks: a task bound to a thread now follows the thread if its project changes during a send.

• Wire: a new projects.createFromThread RPC, guarded like other thread changes, and a threadProjectFromScratch capability so older servers hide the action.

• Clients: the item is in the web/desktop thread menu (sidebar and chat header) and in the mobile thread row menu. It shows only for No project threads that already have a folder, and it is disabled while the thread runs.

• Docs: one paragraph under "Start without a project".

This overlaps in intent with #23971 and #26139, which move a thread to a different folder. This PR keeps the folder, so it needs no session restart or path rewrite. The internal command has a different name from #23971's thread.project.set to avoid a clash.

Known limits:

• A delegate started with isolation: "worktree" from a No project thread has its own scratch folder and stays in No project.
• A live provider session keeps No project's per-project browser and device access until it next starts, the same as a settings edit.

Proof

• Orchestrator test: the command accepts a move into the thread's own folder. It rejects a different folder, a missing project and a busy thread.

• Promotion tests:

  • Every thread in the folder moves, including an archived one, and so do their bound tasks. An unrelated scratch thread stays.
  • A busy thread blocks the action and nothing changes.
  • A partial move finishes when run again.
  • A thread that is not in No project is refused.

• Scheduled task test: a bound run is delivered across the worst interleaving (stored P, then Scratch, then P), with the same command id each time. This test fails without the retry.

• vp run check:changed passes.

• Live run against a dev server with a data folder outside any Git checkout, using the Replay provider:

  before: { projectId: <scratch>, worktreePath: '.../devhome/scratch/2026-10-29-convert-these-pngs-to-webp-940320cb', runs: ['completed'] }
  createFromThread: { projectId: 'e4e9a7c0-…' }
  after: { projectId: 'e4e9a7c0-…', worktreePath: null, folderStillHasFiles: ['notes.txt'] }
  second call (retry) returns same project: true
  follow-up runs: ['completed', 'completed']
  

• Web, headless Chromium against the same dev server (the Browser panel's own headless browser failed to download on this machine):

  Before: No project thread menu	After: Turn into project

• Mobile, iOS Simulator (iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26.5), dev client built from this branch and paired to an isolated backend:

  Row menu on a No project thread	After: the row shows the new project

Council review

Rounds: 7 (plan review)

Delegate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
Claude Opus 5.5	7/10	8/10	8.5/10	9/10	9/10	9/10	9/10
Muse Wonder Full	8/10	8/10	9/10	9/10	9/10	9/10	9/10
Codex GPT-6.1 Sol	7/10	8/10	8/10	8.5/10	8.5/10	8.5/10	9/10

Reviewed with sol-loop: 1 round with GPT-6.1 Sol. Sol verdict: approved

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at cde8785

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds an explicit action to turn a No project thread’s folder into a project, carrying along threads and scheduled tasks that share it. Authorization checks, unfinished-work guards, and unchanged filesystem locations contain the impact.

No code changes detected at 074bf31. Prior analysis still applies.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: dac8b11 · PR result: 074bf31 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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The change adds a project-creation RPC for eligible scratch threads. The server promotes a thread’s folder, adopts related threads, and moves bound scheduled tasks. Web and mobile menus expose the action and display its outcome.

Changes: Thread Project Promotion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Contracts and RPC command packages/contracts/src/project.ts, packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, packages/contracts/src/clientRpcPermissions.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/projectCommands.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts	Adds the create-from-thread input and result, RPC method, folder-adoption command, environment capability, authorization scope, and client command. The server environment advertises the capability.
Folder promotion and adoption apps/server/src/project/ScratchThreadPromotion.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/ws.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts, apps/server/src/observability/RpcInstrumentation.ts	Adds server-side promotion and folder adoption. The RPC delegates to the promotion service. Tests cover promotion, adoption, and their rejection conditions.
Scheduled-task migration and dispatch apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.ts, apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpToolkit.integration.test.ts	Adds migration of tasks bound to promoted threads. Bound-thread dispatch retries with the thread’s current project after a thread-not-found error.
Web and mobile actions apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActionMenu.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx, apps/web/src/contextMenuFallback.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-v2-items.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/turnThreadIntoProject.ts, docs/user/thread-sidebar.md	Adds eligibility checks and menu actions in web and mobile. Successful and failed actions display the corresponding toast or alert. Documentation describes the workflow.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ThreadAction
  participant ProjectEnvironment
  participant WsRpc
  participant ScratchThreadPromotion
  participant ScheduledTaskService
  participant Orchestrator
  User->>ThreadAction: Select turn into project
  ThreadAction->>ProjectEnvironment: Invoke createFromThread
  ProjectEnvironment->>WsRpc: Call projects.createFromThread
  WsRpc->>ScratchThreadPromotion: Promote thread
  ScratchThreadPromotion->>ScheduledTaskService: Move bound tasks
  ScratchThreadPromotion->>Orchestrator: Adopt folder for threads

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · previous review cde87

Turning a No project thread into a project works for the normal case. If a move fails partway, the retry action stays visible only on the remaining threads, not on the thread that was already moved. That is a minor edge case that owners should know about, and it does not block merging.

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The title "feat: turn a No project thread into a project" matches the main change. The PR adds a Turn into project action that converts a No project thread's existing scratch folder into a project in place, backed by the new thread.project.adopt-folder command and ScratchThreadPromotion service. The title is concise, uses a conventional commit prefix, and does not include file lists or vague wording.

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[alejandroiglesias]

@t3dotgg I came to request something similar, but I was thinking: how about adding an "Add to project" > List of projects submenu with a "Turn into a new project" option? That way, you can add the thread to an existing project and turn it into a new one. It happens to me often in any harness: something starts as a vague question, and then I realize it connects to a project.

[t3dotgg]

@alejandroiglesias that's a prompt, not a feature. The thread history will be wrong if started in wrong place.