Glossary

The same concept means the same thing throughout the site.

Canonical state
Typed, persistent task state held separately from chat.
Trajectory
An evidence-linked sequence of actions, observations, decisions and verifications.
Input lease
The exclusive control right governing who may produce computer input.
Outcome verification
Checking the result against an independent success criterion.
Capability
Expected behavior and contract independent of the model name.
Adapter
An adaptation tied to a specific base model; requires compatibility and acceptance.
Deployment
A versioned combination of model, adapter and pinned runtime configuration.
Promotion
An authorized, reversible version change following evaluation.