What Changed from Upstream
OpenAI / Anthropic / Azure / Ollama
→
Vertex AI Gemini (3 tiers) + Gemma 3 self-hosted
NATS JetStream
→
Cloud Pub/Sub
Slack / Telegram / WhatsApp
→
Google Chat (Cards v2, slash commands)
Kubernetes Secrets
→
Secret Manager + Workload Identity
ConfigMap memory (1MB limit)
→
Firestore (agent memory + transcripts)
GitHub Actions + GHCR
→
Cloud Build + Artifact Registry
GPU-only inference
→
GPU + TPU v5e (GKE node labels)
Generic OTel export
→
Cloud Monitoring + GMP + Grafana dashboards
Kubernetes CRDs
Sympozium extends Kubernetes with custom resources for declarative agent management.
SympoziumInstance A running deployment of the platform with its own event bus topics, personas, and policies.
PersonaPack Defines an AI agent's role, system prompt, model tier, and allowed tools/skills.
SkillPack Packages a tool as a sidecar container with RBAC constraints and resource limits.
SympoziumPolicy Admission rules controlling which models, tools, and network access agents are allowed.
AgentRun An ephemeral agent execution — a Kubernetes Job with the agent-runner, skill sidecars, and event bus integration.
ChannelBinding Connects a channel (Google Chat, Discord) to a SympoziumInstance for inbound user interaction.