DESIGN.md@workspaceA
DESIGN.md@workspace from yaoapp/yao is a DESIGN.md file: the design rules coding agents follow in that repo.
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- Kind
- DESIGN.md file
- Repository
- yaoapp/yao
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What the file says
# Workspace Design Document > **Status**: Draft > **Module**: `workspace` (top-level, parallel to `sandbox/v2`) > **Depends on**: `tai` SDK (Volume, VolumeProvider, Sandbox), `sandbox/v2` Manager --- ## Overview Workspace is a **first-class, persistent storage entity** independent of containers, chat sessions, and user sessions. It represents a user's project files — source code, configs, build artifacts — that can be mounted into any number of ephemeral containers. Workspace is the **anchor point** for container scheduling: when a Workspace is created on a specific Tai node (host machine), all subsequent containers that reference it are automatically routed to the same node, because bind mounts require co-location on the same physical host. --- ## Problem Current design: `Box.Workspace()` returns `workspace.FS` keyed by `box.id` — workspace and container are 1:1, same lifecycle. This couples file storage to container lifetime. Real usage pattern: ``` User creates a project → uploads files → works on it across multiple chat sessions → attaches a long-running dev server → destroys/rebuilds containers freely → project files must survive all of this ``` …
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Source
yaoapp/yao · 8,264 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
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