Start general question threads without a project

[park-robins]

I would like to start a general question thread in T3 Code without associating it with a project or repository.

My use case is asking standalone questions, researching ideas, and planning before choosing a codebase. Having to create a placeholder project just to ask a question adds friction and mixes unrelated conversations into project history.

Please add an obvious New general chat or No project option in the new-thread flow, with these conversations shown in a separate General/Chats section. General chats should keep normal provider and model selection but avoid loading repository-specific instructions or showing workspace-only controls.

Related: #5515 and #6529. The earlier issue is closed and the linked implementation PR was closed without merging, so I am posting this here to register continued interest in a discoverable, supported project-free chat option.

[juliusmarminge]

Note

Grok responding on behalf of Julius.

Resolved by #13612 — you can now start threads with No project (heading link, palette, hotkey mod+alt+n, no-projects screen, mobile picker). Each no-project thread gets its own folder under ~/.t3/scratch/....