Appendix: Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Workspace | The smallest unit of execution; binds a local directory and a config set |
| Session | One continuous conversation context, persisted locally |
| Work mode | One of five: auto / plan / prepare / execute / assess |
| Assistant / Persona | The prompt set that decides AI style and boundaries |
| Tool | A capability the AI can invoke (read file, run command, inspect sample, etc.) |
| Skill | A prompt-template pack giving the assistant domain-expert capability |
| Sub-task | A subordinate job the assistant dispatches to an isolated sub-assistant |
| Plan / Todo | Structured task list; preserved across compaction |
| History compaction | Compresses older messages into a summary; originals are kept |
| Approval | The deny / allow-once / always-allow decision before tool execution |
| Companion messaging | Driving the AI assistant from an IM channel |
| Shared quota | Centrally-managed and billed model-call quota |
| Error drawer | The panel that aggregates recent tool and service errors |
| Pairing code | 6-digit / 10-min code for IM binding |
| SBOM | Software bill of materials — lists the project's third-party components (CycloneDX / SPDX / DSDX / SWID formats) |
| VEX | Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (OpenVEX) — states whether a given vulnerability actually affects this project |
| OSV / KEV | OSV: open-source vulnerability database; KEV: CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog |
| Self-repair loop | The mechanism that auto-picks a repair strategy on errors (compact / switch provider / backoff / terminal) — §8.5 |
| Parallel fan-out | Using AgentParallel to split a task into multiple legs running at once, then aggregate — §15.1.3 |
| Auto-reflect | Automatic retrospective (GRAI+KISS) at task wrap-up, sedimenting lessons to memory for review — §17.6.4 |
| Restate intent | Before starting on the session's first message, the AI restates the goal / plan for your confirmation — §5.4.1 |
| Whole-repo search / RAG | code.search / code.ask: non-vector (zero-embedding) symbol-level whole-repo search and Q&A — §10.10.5 |
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