DataViking-Tech · the-data-viking · Jul 20, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
-  "name": "synthpanel",
+  "name": "althing",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Run synthetic focus groups and user research panels using AI personas. Define personas in YAML, design survey instruments, and collect structured qualitative feedback — all from Claude Code.",
   "mcp_servers": {
-    "synth_panel": {
-      "command": "synthpanel",
+    "althing": {
+      "command": "althing",
       "args": ["mcp-serve"],
       "env": {}
     }
   },
   "skills": [
-    "skills/synthpanel/SKILL.md",
+    "skills/althing/SKILL.md",
     "skills/focus-group/SKILL.md",
     "skills/name-test/SKILL.md",
     "skills/concept-test/SKILL.md",

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# SynthPanel API Keys (set at least one)
+# Althing API Keys (set at least one)
 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
 GEMINI_API_KEY=
 XAI_API_KEY=
 OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
 # Optional
-SYNTHPANEL_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
+ALTHING_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ body:
     id: version
     attributes:
       label: synth-panel version
-      description: Output of `synthpanel --version` or the installed package version.
+      description: Output of `althing --version` or the installed package version.
       placeholder: e.g. 0.7.4
     validations:
       required: true
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ body:
       description: Minimal steps to reproduce. Include command, YAML input, or code snippet.
       placeholder: |
         1. Create `personas.yaml` with ...
-        2. Run `synthpanel panel run --personas personas.yaml --instrument ...`
+        2. Run `althing panel run --personas personas.yaml --instrument ...`
         3. Observe ...
     validations:
       required: true

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Choose one (matches the auto-tag labels):
 
 - [ ] Tests added or updated
 - [ ] `ruff check src/ tests/` passes
-- [ ] `mypy src/synth_panel/` passes
+- [ ] `mypy src/althing/` passes
 - [ ] CHANGELOG.md updated (if user-visible change)
 - [ ] Commits signed off with `git commit -s` (see CONTRIBUTING.md)
 

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # concurrency group cancels one of the twin runs — park a cancelled or
 # failed run next to the successful same-named run, and those superseded
 # runs never turn green. Counting all of them blocked SynthBench v0.3.1
-# (PR #334) and SynthPanel's first v1.6.0 attempt, forcing manual tags.
+# (PR #334) and Althing's first v1.6.0 attempt, forcing manual tags.
 # Only the newest run per (app, name) reflects the commit's real status;
 # GitHub's own merge box collapses check runs the same way.
 #

@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "tag=$NEW_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "New tag: $NEW_TAG"
 
-      # Sync src/synth_panel/__version__.py (and the rendered landing page,
+      # Sync src/althing/__version__.py (and the rendered landing page,
       # which derives from it) to the new tag BEFORE tagging. pyproject.toml
-      # uses `version = {attr = "synth_panel.__version__.__version__"}`, so
+      # uses `version = {attr = "althing.__version__.__version__"}`, so
       # the build's package version is whatever this file says at the tagged
       # SHA. Without this step, the tagged commit carries the previous
       # version string and the resulting sdist/wheel is named after the
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           NEW_TAG: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}
         run: |
           VERSION="${NEW_TAG#v}"
-          printf '__version__ = "%s"\n' "$VERSION" > src/synth_panel/__version__.py
+          printf '__version__ = "%s"\n' "$VERSION" > src/althing/__version__.py
           # Keep every committed artifact that embeds the version in
           # lockstep. The v1.5.0 manual cut needed three follow-up PRs
           # (#488 #489 #490) because only site/index.html was synced
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Mint a token for the org-owned `dataviking-release-bot` App. The App is
       # an Integration bypass actor on the main branch ruleset (see
-      # dataviking-infra synthpanel.tf), so pushing the bump commit AS the App
+      # dataviking-infra althing.tf), so pushing the bump commit AS the App
       # is allowed — whereas a github-actions[bot] / GITHUB_TOKEN push to main
       # is rejected with GH013. This removed the manual "pre-bump the version in
       # the PR" workaround (the escape-hatch branch below still works if a PR
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
           # drop a refreshed file from the bump commit. Root server.json
           # is the second descriptor render_server_card.py rewrites —
           # omitting it here left it drifted on main and bit PR #583.
-          git add src/synth_panel/__version__.py site/index.html site/ \
+          git add src/althing/__version__.py site/index.html site/ \
                   site/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json server.json
           if git diff --staged --quiet; then
             echo "Version artifacts already at ${NEW_TAG} (pre-bumped in PR) — nothing to commit."

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -e ".[dev,mcp]"
 
       - name: Mypy
-        run: mypy src/synth_panel/
+        run: mypy src/althing/
 
   security:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         # Tracking: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3219
         # Tracking: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6357
         #
-        # `--skip-editable` excludes the `synthpanel` package itself (installed
+        # `--skip-editable` excludes the `althing` package itself (installed
         # via `pip install -e .`). The audit is meant to catch dependency
         # vulnerabilities, not vulnerabilities in the package being audited —
         # and the latter would also fail "not found on PyPI" on release commits
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -e ".[dev,mcp]"
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
-        run: pytest tests/ -x --ignore=tests/test_acceptance.py --cov=synth_panel --cov-report=term --cov-fail-under=80
+        run: pytest tests/ -x --ignore=tests/test_acceptance.py --cov=althing --cov-report=term --cov-fail-under=80
 
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         run: |
           pytest tests/ --ignore=tests/test_acceptance.py \
-            --cov=synth_panel --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=html \
+            --cov=althing --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=html \
             | tee coverage-output.txt
 
       - name: Coverage summary
@@ -220,10 +220,14 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -e ".[dev,mcp]"
 
       - name: Install the real SynthBench harness (GitHub-only)
-        # Installed after synthpanel so its `synthpanel>=0.2.0` dependency
+        # Installed after althing so its `althing>=0.2.0` dependency
         # is already satisfied by the editable install and pip does not
-        # pull a published synthpanel wheel over the checkout.
-        run: pip install "synthbench @ git+https://github.com/DataViking-Tech/SynthBench.git"
+        # pull a published althing wheel over the checkout.
+        # NOTE: the dist name is synthbench-eval (the bare `synthbench` name on
+        # PyPI belongs to an unrelated project); pip >= 25 hard-errors on a
+        # requested-name/metadata mismatch, so the requirement must use the
+        # real dist name. The import package is still `synthbench`.
+        run: pip install "synthbench-eval @ git+https://github.com/DataViking-Tech/SynthBench.git"
 
       - name: Run the submission contract tests against synthbench validate()
         run: pytest tests/test_synthbench_contract.py -v --no-cov
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
   clean-install-smoke:
-    # sy-6kr: prove `pip install synthpanel` (no source checkout) yields
+    # sy-6kr: prove `pip install althing` (no source checkout) yields
     # a working CLI from a fresh environment. The matrix exercises the
     # two wheel-from-PyPI agent-onboarding paths (bare wheel, `[mcp]`
     # extra); pipx gets its own job below. Failures here surface as
@@ -321,27 +325,27 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           python -m venv /tmp/smoke
           /tmp/smoke/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          WHEEL=$(ls dist/synthpanel-*.whl)
+          WHEEL=$(ls dist/althing-*.whl)
           /tmp/smoke/bin/python -m pip install "${WHEEL}${{ matrix.install.extras }}"
 
-          # No source directory is on the path — `synthpanel` resolves
+          # No source directory is on the path — `althing` resolves
           # only via the wheel. If any of these fail, the install path
           # is broken for new users.
-          /tmp/smoke/bin/synthpanel --version
-          /tmp/smoke/bin/synthpanel --help > /dev/null
-          /tmp/smoke/bin/synthpanel whoami
+          /tmp/smoke/bin/althing --version
+          /tmp/smoke/bin/althing --help > /dev/null
+          /tmp/smoke/bin/althing whoami
 
           # sy-e28: prove the no-credentials install-only mode works in a
           # clean wheel install. Unset the fake key for this step so it
           # actually exercises the "credentials missing" path; exit code
           # must still be 0 because install_ok dominates.
-          env -u ANTHROPIC_API_KEY /tmp/smoke/bin/synthpanel doctor --install-only
+          env -u ANTHROPIC_API_KEY /tmp/smoke/bin/althing doctor --install-only
 
-          /tmp/smoke/bin/synthpanel doctor
+          /tmp/smoke/bin/althing doctor
 
           # `[mcp]` matrix entry must additionally import the MCP server.
           if [ -n "${{ matrix.install.extras }}" ]; then
-            /tmp/smoke/bin/python -c "from synth_panel.mcp.server import mcp; print('mcp server import OK')"
+            /tmp/smoke/bin/python -c "from althing.mcp.server import mcp; print('mcp server import OK')"
           fi
 
   clean-install-pipx:
@@ -373,13 +377,13 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           pip install --upgrade pipx
           python -m pipx ensurepath
-          WHEEL=$(ls dist/synthpanel-*.whl)
+          WHEEL=$(ls dist/althing-*.whl)
           # `--python` keeps pipx pinned to the runner's 3.14; the default
           # would otherwise reach for the system python.
           python -m pipx install --python "$(which python)" "${WHEEL}"
           # pipx installs to ~/.local/bin by default.
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          synthpanel --version
-          synthpanel --help > /dev/null
-          synthpanel whoami
-          synthpanel doctor
+          althing --version
+          althing --help > /dev/null
+          althing whoami
+          althing doctor
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           IS_STABLE: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.is_stable }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          IMAGES=("ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/synthpanel")
+          IMAGES=("ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/althing")
           MAJOR="${VERSION%%.*}"
           REST="${VERSION#*.}"
           MINOR="${REST%%.*}"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
           build-args: |
-            SYNTHPANEL_VERSION=${{ steps.ref.outputs.version }}
+            ALTHING_VERSION=${{ steps.ref.outputs.version }}
             VCS_REF=${{ github.sha }}
             BUILD_DATE=${{ steps.ref.outputs.build_date }}
           provenance: true
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
           TAGS: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
         run: |
           {
-            echo "## Pushed synthpanel ${VERSION}"
+            echo "## Pushed althing ${VERSION}"
             echo ""
             echo "**Digest:** \`${DIGEST}\`"
             echo ""
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
             echo ""
             echo "**Try it:**"
             echo '```bash'
-            echo "docker pull ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/synthpanel:${VERSION}"
-            echo "docker run --rm -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=\$KEY ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/synthpanel:${VERSION} prompt 'hello'"
+            echo "docker pull ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/althing:${VERSION}"
+            echo "docker run --rm -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=\$KEY ghcr.io/dataviking-tech/althing:${VERSION} prompt 'hello'"
             echo '```'
           } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 name: Publish Dev to TestPyPI
 
 # Every merge to main publishes a dev build to test.pypi.org.
-# Version is auto-generated: {src/synth_panel/__version__.py version}.dev{run_number}
+# Version is auto-generated: {src/althing/__version__.py version}.dev{run_number}
 #
 # ONE-TIME MANUAL SETUP (required before the first successful publish):
 #
 #   1. On https://test.pypi.org/manage/account/publishing/ add a trusted
 #      publisher with:
-#        project name = synthpanel
+#        project name = althing
 #        owner        = DataViking-Tech
-#        repo         = synthpanel
+#        repo         = althing
 #        workflow     = publish-test.yml
 #        environment  = pypi-test   (must match the `environment:` key below)
 #   2. In GitHub repo Settings -> Environments, create an environment
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           # pyproject.toml declares `dynamic = ["version"]` and reads the
-          # version from src/synth_panel/__version__.py, so that file — not
+          # version from src/althing/__version__.py, so that file — not
           # pyproject.toml — is what must be rewritten here. The previous
           # pyproject-based sed silently no-oped after the dynamic-version
           # migration and every push re-uploaded the same wheel, which
           # TestPyPI rejected with "400 File already exists".
-          BASE=$(sed -n 's/^__version__ = "\(.*\)"$/\1/p' src/synth_panel/__version__.py)
+          BASE=$(sed -n 's/^__version__ = "\(.*\)"$/\1/p' src/althing/__version__.py)
           if [ -z "$BASE" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Could not read base version from src/synth_panel/__version__.py"
+            echo "::error::Could not read base version from src/althing/__version__.py"
             exit 1
           fi
           DEV_VERSION="${BASE}.dev${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
-          printf '__version__ = "%s"\n' "$DEV_VERSION" > src/synth_panel/__version__.py
+          printf '__version__ = "%s"\n' "$DEV_VERSION" > src/althing/__version__.py
           echo "version=$DEV_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "Dev version: $DEV_VERSION"
 
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ jobs:
           DEV_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
         run: |
           {
-            echo "## Published synthpanel ${DEV_VERSION} (dev)"
+            echo "## Published althing ${DEV_VERSION} (dev)"
             echo ""
-            echo "- TestPyPI: https://test.pypi.org/project/synthpanel/${DEV_VERSION}/"
-            echo "- Install: \`pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ synthpanel==${DEV_VERSION}\`"
+            echo "- TestPyPI: https://test.pypi.org/project/althing/${DEV_VERSION}/"
+            echo "- Install: \`pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ althing==${DEV_VERSION}\`"
           } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"