Getting Started

Install

The fastest way to install Symposium is with cargo binstall:

cargo binstall symposium

If you prefer to build from source, use cargo install instead:

cargo install symposium

On Arch Linux, install the symposium package from the official repositories:

pacman -S symposium

Initialization

Once you have installed Symposium, you need to run the init command:

cargo agents init

Select your agents

This will prompt you to select the agents you use (Antigravity, Claude Code, Copilot, etc.) — you can pick more than one:

Which agents do you use? (space to select, enter to confirm):
> [ ] Antigravity CLI
  [ ] Claude Code
  [x] Codex CLI
  [ ] GitHub Copilot
  [ ] Goose
  [x] Kiro
  [x] OpenCode

Global vs project hook registration

Next, Symposium will ask you whether you want to register hooks globally or per-project:

• global registration means Symposium will activate automatically for all Rust projects.
• project registration means Symposium only activates in projects once you run cargo agents sync to add hooks to that project.

We recommend global registration for maximum convenience.

Tweaking other settings

You may wish to browse the configuration page to learn about other settings, such as how to disable auto-sync.

After setup

Symposium will now install skills, MCP servers, and other extensions based on your dependencies automatically.

Most plugins come from two places: the central recommendations repository, which is enabled by default, and crates your project depends on directly that ship their own. A dependency’s plugin stays off until you enable it: an interactive cargo agents sync asks about each one, and cargo agents status lists the ones waiting for an answer. If you have a crate and would like to add a plugin for it to symposium, see the Supporting your crate page.

If you have private crates or would like to install plugins for your own use, you can consider adding a custom plugin source.