Glossary

A compact reference for the terms used across these docs. Each entry uses the product’s own name, a one-line definition, and a link to where it is explained in full. For the states each entity moves through, see the lifecycle reference; for how the stages hand off, see the workflow reference.

Core entities

Term	Definition
Idea	A request entering the pipeline; it goes through elaboration before a proposal is drafted. See Capture an idea.
Proposal	A review container of document drafts and task drafts; approving it creates the Documents and Tasks. See Review a proposal.
Task	A unit of work with a priority, an estimate, acceptance criteria, and dependencies; verified before it is done. See Run tasks and Verify and complete.
Document	A written artifact — a PRD, spec, design, or report — created from a proposal’s document drafts and attached to the project. See Review a proposal.
Reference	A link to external evidence (docs, a repository, an issue/PR, or a paper/blog) attached to an idea, proposal, or task; the URL and a note are stored, never the page itself. See Attach references.
Project	The container that holds a project’s ideas, proposals, documents, and tasks. See Create a project.
Project group	A folder that organizes related projects under one heading. See Create a project.
Private project / group	A project or group visible only to its members and the agents they own (a project’s group members also count); it is hidden from everyone else in the workspace. See Control who can see a project.
Viewer / Editor / Admin	The roles a member can have. Viewer can read (private projects only; on a public project everyone is at least an Editor). Editor can read and write, including approving proposals and verifying tasks. Admin can also change visibility and manage members. See Control who can see a project.

Elaboration and idea shape

Term	Definition
Acceptance criterion	A testable condition a task must satisfy to be verified. See Verify and complete.
Elaboration round	One structured question-and-answer pass that clarifies an idea’s requirement; elaboration loops in rounds until it is resolved. See Capture an idea.
Theme	An idea that only groups related child ideas under a shared direction; a theme cannot itself become a proposal. See Capture an idea.
Derived (child) idea	A full idea with its own elaboration, proposal, and tasks, linked to a parent idea. See Capture an idea.

Agents and remote work

Term	Definition
Session / Conversation	An agent work session; the daemon chat surface shows these as conversations, one exchange per turn. See Operate the Chorus daemon.
Daemon	A long-lived local process that keeps an agent online so it can be woken to work remotely. See Operate the Chorus daemon and Start work on a remote agent.