yoi/.yoi/tickets/open/20260607-001651-workspace-panel-companion-pod-lifecycle/item.md

id	slug	title	status	kind	priority	labels	workflow_state	created_at	updated_at	assignee	legacy_ticket
20260607-001651-workspace-panel-companion-pod-lifecycle	workspace-panel-companion-pod-lifecycle	Workspace panel Companion Pod lifecycle	open	task	P2	tui panel companion pod	ready	2026-06-07T00:16:51Z	2026-06-07T20:45:05Z	null	null

Background

The panel needs a real Companion Pod rather than treating Companion as selected-Pod direct send. The Companion is the foreground workspace management chat: the place where the human asks what is happening, what is done, what remains, and where attention is useful.

The desired identity is a workspace-named Pod, similar to the default Pod created from a workspace name when starting normally. This should make yoi panel feel like opening the workspace's management conversation rather than a raw Pod dashboard.

Goal

Restore or spawn a workspace-named Companion Pod when yoi panel opens, and route the panel Companion composer target to that Pod.

Requirements

• Define the Companion Pod naming rule.
  • Use the workspace directory basename as the Companion Pod id/name.
  • For this repository, the Companion Pod id/name is yoi.
  • Do not add a -companion suffix or introduce a separate companion-specific id for the normal workspace Companion.
  • This intentionally lets yoi panel treat an existing default workspace Pod named yoi as the Companion when it is live/restorable.
  • Avoid colliding with the workspace Orchestrator name, which remains distinct (for example yoi-orchestrator).
• On yoi panel open:
  • if Companion is live, use it;
  • if restorable, restore it;
  • if missing, spawn it with the Companion profile/prompt/policy from the companion tool-policy ticket;
  • surface bounded diagnostics if unavailable.
• Panel close must not stop the Companion.
• The panel composer Companion target sends user text to the Companion Pod history, not to arbitrary selected Pods.
• The Companion target is available in both Ticket-enabled and no-Ticket workspaces.
• Ticket Intake remains a separate target in Ticket-enabled workspaces and must not append Intake text to Companion history.
• Preserve Pod attach/open for inspection.
• Avoid blocking panel redraw longer than necessary; coordinate with workspace-panel-nonblocking-transitions if needed.
• Do not give the Companion broad write scope by default.

Non-goals

• Direct selected-Pod send.
• Orchestrator scheduling semantics.
• Ticket Intake handoff changes beyond preserving separation.
• Tool/prompt policy details beyond consuming the agreed Companion profile/policy.
• Reintroducing --multi or :ticket.

Acceptance criteria

• yoi panel has a real Companion Pod identity and lifecycle.
• Companion composer messages are committed to the Companion Pod's history.
• No-Ticket workspaces still have a Companion management chat plus Pod attach/open.
• Ticket Intake messages do not enter Companion history.
• Companion remains running after panel exits.