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Journeys × Projects

The intelligence layer meets the workspace. How Journeys becomes the proactive engine that feeds Projects with context, intent, and momentum.

Miaomiao Lei · April 2026 · Crossover Proposal

Same User, Same Problem, Two Solutions

Both products exist because context loss during task-switching is the #1 user pain point.

Journeys solves: "What was I working on?"
Retrospective recall. AI surfaces past browsing as task-themed clusters on NTP. Ephemeral, proactive, automatic.
Projects solves: "I need a place to work on this"
Prospective workspace. Dedicated browser window with persistent tabs + AI conversation. Durable, user-initiated, structured.
Together: Discovery to Commitment
Journeys captures what users were doing. Projects gives them a place to finish it. Neither is complete without the other.

The Task Lifecycle

Journeys is the entry ramp. Projects is the destination. Together they own the full loop.

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Browse
User researches across tabs, loses context
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Journeys Captures
AI clusters pages into task-themed Journeys
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Promote to Project
User commits: "I want a space for this"
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Project Workspace
Dedicated window, tabs persist, AI grounded
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Complete
Task done, project archived
Journeys territory
Projects territory
Crossover moment
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Key Idea

"Promote a Journey to a Project"

Sarah, a college student, spent 2 days researching climate policy across 8 tabs. She closed Edge. Next morning, a Journey card appears on her NTP.

One click: "Open as Project" creates a dedicated window with all 8 tabs restored, page summaries pre-loaded as Copilot sources, and AI ready with full context.

New Tab
YouTube
←→
🔒 edge://newtab
Good morning, Sarah
🌿
Climate Policy Research
8 pages · yesterday
Continue in Copilot
📁 Open as Project
📐
Linear Algebra HW
3 pages · 2 days ago
Review formulas
🏠
Apartment Hunting
5 pages · 4 days ago
Compare listings
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After Promotion

Instant Project with Full Context

Tabs restored from Journey
All 8 research tabs re-opened in the Project window, grouped and organized.
Summaries become sources
Journeys' page summaries are auto-loaded as Copilot sources — zero manual effort.
AI remembers everything
Copilot greets the user with context: "Ready to continue your climate policy research?"
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Climate Policy Research
✦ Research Sources
EPA.gov - Climate
IPCC Report 2024
UN Framework
+5 more
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🔒 epa.gov/climate-change
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Climate Policy Research
From Journey
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Copilot
Welcome back! I've loaded your climate policy research from yesterday. You explored EPA guidelines, the IPCC 2024 report, and UN framework agreements. Want me to help you draft an outline?
✦ EPA Summary
✦ IPCC Key Findings
✦ UN Framework Notes
+ 5 more auto-loaded
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Key Idea

NTP Coexistence

Two surfaces, two purposes, zero conflict.

Default Window NTP
Journey cards live here. This is the discovery surface — proactive, AI-curated, showing what you've been working on across all browsing.
Project Window NTP
Project home page lives here. This is the workspace surface — focused on one task, with Copilot, sources, and creations.
The Bridge
Journey cards on default NTP include "Open as Project" — the natural bridge from discovery to commitment.
Default Window
New Tab
Mail - Outlook
←→
🔒 edge://newtab
Good morning, Sarah
Climate Policy Research
8 pages · yesterday
📁 Open as Project
Linear Algebra HW
3 pages · 2d ago
Apartment Hunting
5 pages · 4d ago
Project Window
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Climate Policy
Project Home
EPA.gov
←→
🔒 edge://project/climate-policy
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Climate Policy Research
Copilot
Ready to continue. You have 8 sources loaded and 3 tabs open from your last session.
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Key Idea

Journeys Inside Projects

Within a Project window, Journeys can track session-level activity and surface a "session recap" on the Project NTP.

Session Recap
"Last session: you read 3 IPCC chapters and bookmarked 2 charts. Here's a summary."
Smart Next Steps
Journeys suggests actions specific to the Project: "Draft introduction?" or "Compare with EU data?"
Auto-source Detection
New tabs browsed in the Project are auto-summarized and offered as sources.
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Climate Policy
Project Home
IPCC Ch.4
EU Green Deal
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🔒 edge://project/climate-policy
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Climate Policy Research
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SESSION RECAP via Journeys
Last session you focused on IPCC Chapter 4: Adaptation and compared it with EU Green Deal targets. You bookmarked 2 emission charts.
New sources detected
✦ IPCC Ch.4 Summary
✦ EU Green Deal Overview
+ Add to sources

Shared Context Layer

Journeys' page summaries become Projects' automatic sources — zero extra COGS.

Journeys Pipeline (Exists Today)
User browses 8 pages
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Local page body storage
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GPT-4.1 summarization
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Journey card generation
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Projects Source System (New)
User creates / promotes Project
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Journeys summaries → auto-load as sources
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Copilot grounded on summaries + tabs
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Richer, context-aware responses
Key Benefit: Journeys already invested in page summarization COGS. Projects gets warm-start context at zero additional cost.

Clear Mental Model

Journeys for things you didn't plan. Projects for things you commit to.

Dimension ✦ Journeys 📁 Projects
When it appears Proactively — AI decides what to surface On demand — user creates workspace
User intent "I didn't realize I was working on this" "I'm deliberately focusing on this"
Persistence Ephemeral (14-day window) Durable (close and come back)
Context source Browsing history + page summaries Open tabs + user-added sources
NTP surface Default window NTP (3 card slots) Project window NTP (home page)
Analogy A smart assistant who remembers what you did A dedicated desk for your project
Journeys: Discovery
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Promote
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Projects: Commitment
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Task Complete

What We're Proposing

Three tiers of integration — design for all now, build progressively.

Tier 1 — Must Have (MVP)
NTP Coexistence Guarantee
Journey cards remain on default window NTP. Projects NTP is scoped to Project windows only.
Journeys in Guardrail Dashboard
Add Journey card CTR and impressions to Projects' flight guardrails to prevent regression.
Tier 2 — Should Have (C1)
"Open as Project" CTA
Add a promote action to Journey cards. Each promotion = incremental Project creation.
Source Seeding API
Projects exposes an API for external systems to pre-load sources into new Projects.
Tier 3 — Nice to Have (C2+)
Session Recaps in Projects
Journeys generates per-session summaries scoped to each Project window.
Shared Summary Pipeline
Journeys page summaries auto-become tab context for Projects at zero extra COGS.
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Projects is the workspace.
Journeys is the intelligence.

Together they create the full loop: AI captures what users were doing, a dedicated workspace lets them finish it, and the intelligence gets smarter with every session.

Let's design this together
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Miaomiao Lei · Journeys PM · April 2026
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