diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index bc402d5f3a..1dccede6b6 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -20256,6 +20256,8 @@ Bruce and Reinhard 2004-11-26
      under Mac OSX. Also make dist now works (make distcheck still
      broken).  Karl, since you were the last
      person to fix up this mess, how about taking a look??
+   - Added placeholders in sched/ for user: assimilator_placeholder.C and validator_placeholder.C.
+     These are built by the build system, but can be replaced by user code as desired.
 
   Makefile.am
   configure.ac
diff --git a/sched/Makefile.am b/sched/Makefile.am
index 12cf81dc3b..780a13d741 100644
--- a/sched/Makefile.am
+++ b/sched/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS =                               \
     transitioner                                \
     message_handler                             \
     update_stats                                \
+    assimilator_placeholder			\
     sample_dummy_assimilator                    \
+    validator_placeholder                       \
     sample_bitwise_validator                    \
     sample_trivial_validator                    \
     get_file					\
@@ -99,9 +101,15 @@ sample_bitwise_validator_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
 sample_trivial_validator_SOURCES = validator.C sample_trivial_validator.C validate_util.C validate_util.h
 sample_trivial_validator_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
 
+validator_placeholder_SOURCES = validator.C validator_placeholder.C validate_util.C validate_util.h
+validator_placeholder_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
+
 sample_dummy_assimilator_SOURCES = assimilator.C sample_dummy_assimilator.C
 sample_dummy_assimilator_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
 
+assimilator_placeholder_SOURCES = assimilator.C assimilator_placeholder.C
+assimilator_placeholder_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
+
 db_dump_SOURCES = db_dump.C
 db_dump_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIB_SCHED)
 
diff --git a/sched/assimilator_placeholder.C b/sched/assimilator_placeholder.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70df9e453e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sched/assimilator_placeholder.C
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// This is a placeholder for you to put your project's assimilator.
+// It is currently a copy of sample_dummy_assimilator.C, but you can
+// replace it with your own code and then 'make' in this Directory
+// will build it.
+
+static volatile const char *BOINCrcsid="$Id$";
+
+
+// The contents of this file are subject to the BOINC Public License
+// Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+// compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://boinc.berkeley.edu/license_1.0.txt
+//
+// Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+// basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+// under the License.
+//
+// The Original Code is the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing.
+//
+// The Initial Developer of the Original Code is the SETI@home project.
+// Portions created by the SETI@home project are Copyright (C) 2002
+// University of California at Berkeley. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Contributor(s):
+//
+
+// A sample assimilator that only writes a log message.
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include "boinc_db.h"
+#include "sched_msgs.h"
+#include "sched_util.h"
+#include "assimilate_handler.h"
+
+using std::vector;
+
+void assimilate_handler(
+    WORKUNIT& wu, vector<RESULT>& results, RESULT& canonical_result
+) {
+    SCOPE_MSG_LOG scope_messages(log_messages, SCHED_MSG_LOG::NORMAL);
+    scope_messages.printf("[%s] Assimilating\n", wu.name);
+    if (wu.canonical_resultid) {
+        scope_messages.printf("[%s] Found canonical result\n", wu.name);
+        log_messages.printf_multiline(
+            SCHED_MSG_LOG::DEBUG, canonical_result.xml_doc_out,
+            "[%s] canonical result", wu.name
+        );
+    } else {
+        scope_messages.printf("[%s] No canonical result\n", wu.name);
+    }
+    if (wu.error_mask&WU_ERROR_COULDNT_SEND_RESULT) {
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "[%s] Error: couldn't send a result\n", wu.name);
+    }
+    if (wu.error_mask&WU_ERROR_TOO_MANY_ERROR_RESULTS) {
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "[%s] Error: too many error results\n", wu.name);
+    }
+    if (wu.error_mask&WU_ERROR_TOO_MANY_TOTAL_RESULTS) {
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "[%s] Error: too many total results\n", wu.name);
+    }
+    if (wu.error_mask&WU_ERROR_TOO_MANY_SUCCESS_RESULTS) {
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "[%s] Error: too many success results\n", wu.name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sched/validator_placeholder.C b/sched/validator_placeholder.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c040e29f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sched/validator_placeholder.C
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// This is a placeholder for you to put your own validator code.  It
+// is a copy of sample_trivial_validator, but is built by the
+// Makefile.  So you can substitute your own code and just type 'make'
+// to build it.
+
+static volatile const char *BOINCrcsid="$Id$";
+// The contents of this file are subject to the BOINC Public License
+// Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+// compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://boinc.berkeley.edu/license_1.0.txt
+//
+// Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+// basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+// under the License.
+//
+// The Original Code is the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing.
+//
+// The Initial Developer of the Original Code is the SETI@home project.
+// Portions created by the SETI@home project are Copyright (C) 2002
+// University of California at Berkeley. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Contributor(s):
+//
+
+// A sample validator that grants credit to any result whose CPU time is above
+// a certain minimum
+
+#include "validate_util.h"
+
+using std::vector;
+
+static const double MIN_CPU_TIME = 0;
+
+int init_result_trivial(RESULT const& result, void*& data) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int check_pair_initialized_trivial(
+    RESULT & r1, void* /*data1*/,
+    RESULT const& r2, void* /*data2*/,
+    bool& match
+) {
+    match = (r1.cpu_time >= MIN_CPU_TIME && r2.cpu_time >= MIN_CPU_TIME);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int cleanup_result_trivial(RESULT const&, void*) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int check_set(
+    vector<RESULT>& results, WORKUNIT&, int& canonicalid, double& credit,
+    bool& retry
+) {
+    retry = false;
+    return generic_check_set(
+        results, canonicalid, credit,
+        init_result_trivial,
+        check_pair_initialized_trivial,
+        cleanup_result_trivial,
+        1
+    );
+}
+
+int check_pair(RESULT & r1, RESULT const& r2, bool& retry) {
+    bool match;
+    retry = false;
+    int retval = check_pair_initialized_trivial(
+        r1, NULL,
+        r2, NULL,
+        match
+    );
+    r1.validate_state = match?VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID;
+    return retval;
+}
+