Ten engineers, twenty-six sprints. Coconut Labs' first multi-engineer project.

The previous Coconut Labs projects were solo: kvwarden, mlxd, Minerva Trader, Pancakes. Coconut OS is the first time the lab runs a multi-engineer team. The shape below is by role, not by name — names attach at Sprint 0.

§ 05.1 — roles

The shape of the org.

Tech lead · kernel

Linux fork strategy · merge-window discipline · gatekeeper for kernel/agent + LSM hook

Kernel · agent + cred

kernel/agent/ subsystem · cred-shim · syscall plumbing

Kernel · audit + scheduler

kernel/audit/coconut · per-AID scheduling extensions

Userspace · coconutd

PID 1 · agent supervisor · CBOR IPC on /run/coconutd

Userspace · packaging

coconutpkg · coconut-installer · libcoconut

Platform + CI

kernel-CI · reproducible ISO build · sigstore signing

Compositor

Coconut Shell · Wayland + Smithay · agent-aware WM

Userspace apps

Coconut Center · Coconut Terminal · Display Manager

Security

STRIDE/LINDDUN threat modeling · LSM review · CVE response

E10

Brand + design engineer

Typography · palette · motion · iconography · marketing + docs sites

names attach at Sprint 0 · per-role bios + photos publish at kickoff

§ 05.2 — cadence

Sprints are two weeks. Everything else is consequence.

sprints to v1.0

two-week cadence · 52 weeks

parallel projects

kvwarden · mlxd · Coconut OS

velocity target

35 pts/sprint

effective allocation across team

The three parallel projects — kvwarden (already shipped to Show HN), mlxd (G3 launch June 2026), and Coconut OS — run concurrently. Running three in parallel from a ten-engineer base is stretched. The founder framed it as the bet of the year, not a comfortable plan.

held back

Specific sprint owners, gating decisions, budget envelope, runway timeline, and hire schedule live in the PLAN + SPRINTS docs. Public preview shows the role topology; assignments and capital plan land with the spec drop.

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Roadmap

12-18 months to v1.0. Then a four-year curve to the default substrate.…