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
Section titled “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 that materialize into real Documents and Tasks on approval. 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 — materialized 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 workspace 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. |
Elaboration and idea shape
Section titled “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
Section titled “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. |