Glossary
Short product vocabulary definitions. For details, see 03-concepts.
| Term | Short definition |
|---|---|
| Addon | Self-contained module that adds a capability to arka-deck (memory, Mission Control, etc.). |
| Agent | Profile recruited on a project, ready to chat. |
| arka-deck | Local console for orchestrating AI agents on real projects. |
| ArkaDoc | Business document attached to a project (report, brief, spec, task, decision); its document id is the dispatch id for task commands. |
| Atom | Atomic unit of knowledge in the Cortex (rule, pattern, constraint). |
| Bloc | Executable Cortex rule or capability (skill, expertise, tool, method, scope). |
| Cortex | Structured knowledge repository (graph). Public read-only or dedicated. |
| Cortex Actions | Addon that exposes a Cortex artifact panel in chat. |
| Cortex Lite | Local Cortex runtime backed by SurrealDB, materializing the project graph rather than storing files. |
| Public Cortex | public.arkalabs.app endpoint (read-only, no authentication). |
| Deck Guardian | Default first-party guardian pack that frames a standard arka-deck project. |
| Flowmap | Agentic execution sequence: phases, decisions, transitions. |
| Guardian pack | Governance pack materialized in Cortex Lite: modes, transitions, rules, cards, prompt layers, event policy and required documents. |
| Mission Control | Rules, permissions, traces and active guardian pack framing the agents’ work. |
| HYOS | Cortex profile family (architect, lawyer, QA, etc.). |
| Leader | Coordinating agent of a squad. |
| Memory Local | Addon that captures a project’s memory (decisions, learnings). |
| Mission | Unit of work entrusted to a squad (goal, phases, evidence, verdict). |
| Mission Control | Runtime view of the active mission flowmap, mode, blockers and expected next documents. |
| Mission Guardian | Addon that manages gates, blockers and evidence of a structured mission. |
| Project MCP | External MCP server attached to one project and exposed to agents under a connector_* name. |
| Mode | Agent execution frame (e.g. audit mode, review mode). |
| Expert Pack | Specialized pack intended to be enabled through Expert Panel: fixed squad, profiles, methods, documents, workers and dedicated guardian pack. No first-party Expert Pack ships in this release. |
| Notion Connect | Addon that links Notion pages and sources to an arka-deck project. |
| User-managed connector | Connector whose runtime credential or MCP server is supplied by the user, not by a global arka-deck OAuth app. |
| Profile (HYOS) | Versioned specialized agent (role, mission, keywords, sectors, skills). |
| Project | Local folder on the machine, with its working .arka-deck/. |
| Project Documentation | UI space that displays real ArkaDoc deliverables with indexes, blocks and relations available to agents. |
| Provider | LLM engine configured to run the agents (Claude, Gemini, Codex). |
| Session | Chat exchange with an agent on a project (complete timeline). |
| Squad | Team of agents recruited for a mission, with a leader. |
| Squad Leader | Addon that composes and activates a squad on a project. |
| Squad Orchestration | LangGraph addon for multi-agent execution (mission, report, verdict). |
| Turn | Single exchange in a session (user message + agent response). |
| Worker | 1-shot headless LLM process (JSON input → JSON output). |
| Workspace | Logical container that groups several projects. |