# An open-source spec for orchestration: Symphony

DevFeed: [An open-source spec for orchestration: Symphony](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-open-source-spec-for-orchestration-symphony-6561.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/open-source-codex-orchestration-symphony>)

Author: Caleeeb - Follow

Published: 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [issue tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/issue-tracker.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [issue-tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue-tracker.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains Symphony, an open-source specification and agent orchestrator created to reduce context switching in coding-agent workflows. Symphony connects project-management issue trackers to continuously running agents, while humans review the results. The article describes the workflow changes behind the system and reports a 500% increase in landed pull requests on some teams.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Symphony, an open-source spec for Codex orchestration, turns issue trackers into always-on agent systems--boosting engineering output and reducing context switching.