paseo/docs/GLOSSARY.md

Paseo Glossary

Authoritative terminology. UI label wins. Don't invent synonyms; use what's here.

• Project — Logical grouping of workspaces sharing a git remote (or main repo root). UI: "Project" / "Add a project". Code: ProjectSummary (packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:17), projectKey (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:88). Forbidden: "Repo", "Repository" as UI label.
• Workspace — One concrete cwd on one daemon, with git state; belongs to exactly one project. UI: "Workspace". Code: WorkspaceDescriptorPayload (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:2128). Don't confuse with: Branch (one branch can back many workspaces via worktrees). Forbidden: "Folder", "Directory" as UI label.
• Workspace kind — "directory" | "local_checkout" | "worktree". Code: PersistedWorkspaceKind (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:9).
• Agent — One AI coding agent run on a daemon (one provider, one model, one cwd, one timeline). UI: "Agent" / "New Agent". Code: AgentSnapshotPayload (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:597). Forbidden: "Task", "Job", "Run".
• Daemon — Local Paseo server process; identified by serverId. UI: "Daemon" (system contexts only). Code: serverId (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:1886), DaemonClient (packages/server/src/client/daemon-client.ts).
• Host — Client-side connection profile pointing at a daemon; bundles one or more HostConnections. UI: "Host" / "Add host" / "Switch host". Code: HostProfile (packages/app/src/types/host-connection.ts:36). Forbidden: "Connection" (means HostConnection, not host).
• Placement — One workspace's relationship to its project (projectKey, projectName, git checkout snapshot). Internal. Code: ProjectPlacementPayload (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:2063).
• Branch — Plain git branch. UI: "Switch branch". Code: currentBranch (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:2027); BranchSwitcher (packages/app/src/components/branch-switcher.tsx).
• Worktree — Paseo-managed git worktree (~/.paseo/worktrees/{name}); also a workspaceKind value. UI: CLI + paseo.json keys (worktree.setup, worktree.teardown) only. Code: ProjectCheckoutLiteGitPaseoPayload (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:2042); CLI paseo worktree (packages/cli/src/commands/worktree/index.ts:8). Forbidden: "Checkout" as a synonym.
• Repository / Remote — Internal git inputs (remoteUrl, mainRepoRoot) used to derive projectKey. No UI label.
• Session — Per-client connection to a daemon. Internal. Code: Session (packages/server/src/server/session.ts). Don't confuse with: provider-side agent session log.
• Profile — Internal name for the persisted shape of a host. Code: HostProfile (packages/app/src/types/host-connection.ts:36). Never user-facing.
• Provider — Agent backend (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode). UI: "Provider". Code: ProviderSnapshotEntry (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:193).
• Model — A specific LLM offered by a provider. UI: "Model" / "Select model". Code: AgentModelDefinition (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:182).
• Terminal — Workspace-scoped PTY shell streamed over the binary mux channel. UI: "Terminal". Code: TerminalStreamFrame (packages/server/src/shared/terminal-stream-protocol.ts).
• Schedule — Cron-style trigger that creates remote agents. UI: CLI only (paseo schedule). Code: ScheduleCreateRequest (re-exported from packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts). Don't confuse with: Loop (iterative re-execution of one agent).
• Mode — Provider-specific operational mode (plan, default, full-access, …). UI: icon-only. Code: modeId in AgentSessionConfig (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:249).
• Attachment — GitHub PR or Issue bound to an agent prompt. UI: "Attach issue or PR". Code: AgentAttachment (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:736).
• Conflict — Two distinct senses; do NOT use the bare word in UI copy without qualifying which: (a) stale-write conflict on paseo.json ("Config changed on disk", code stale_project_config, packages/app/src/screens/project-settings-screen.tsx:576); (b) git merge conflict (no current UI string).

Open question — per-host project entry (TBD)

A project aggregates workspaces across daemons. The projects screen and project-settings screen need a name for "one row in the project list per (project, daemon)". ProjectPlacementPayload is per-workspace, so it isn't this thing — but the noun "placement" could naturally extend (ProjectDaemonPlacement, or just "placements grouped by daemon"). The in-progress ProjectCheckout type (packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:4) is also per-workspace today, even though the settings UI selector treats it per-daemon (matched on serverId alone) — so the code is currently inconsistent with itself.

Candidates: (1) extend "placement" to the (project, daemon) bundle, (2) drop the wrapper type and use { host, project, workspaces[] } plus descriptive UI copy ("project · host X · 2 online"). Recommendation: option (2) — no new noun, use existing terms compositionally. Do not introduce "Checkout" / ProjectCheckout as the canonical name.

Rename before landing (in-progress Checkout* references)

• packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:4,20,22,23,46,85,104,120,124,126,146,148,155 — ProjectCheckout, checkouts, checkoutCount, onlineCheckoutCount, buildCheckoutTarget, compareCheckouts.
• packages/app/src/screens/projects-screen.tsx:73,74,77,90 — checkoutLabel, ${checkoutCount} checkout(s), onlineSuffix.
• packages/app/src/screens/project-settings-screen.tsx:17,41,46,55,76,81,110-152,323,443-600 — ProjectCheckout import, CheckoutSelection, CheckoutSelector, CheckoutOption, usableCheckouts, onlineUsableCheckouts, selectedCheckout, selectedCheckoutKey, "no online checkout", "no checkout with a valid server", testID="checkout-selector", testID="checkout-option-*", a11y "Edit X checkout".
• packages/app/src/screens/project-settings-screen.test.tsx:185,195,196,366,369,378,389,412,415,431,432,456,464,478,481,490,501,504,521 — checkouts, checkoutCount, onlineCheckoutCount, "no checkouts are online", "checkout selector", "online checkout".
• packages/app/src/utils/projects.test.ts:107,108,111,259 — checkoutCount, onlineCheckoutCount, checkouts.

(Out of scope for this rename: ProjectCheckoutLite*Payload and the git-checkout family in packages/server/src/utils/checkout-*.ts. Those refer to git checkout state, not the rejected (project, daemon) sense.)

Inconsistencies (documented, not papered over)

• CLI --host <host> description "Daemon host target" (packages/cli/src/commands/utils/command-options.ts:5) blurs daemon/host; the app keeps them distinct.
• WorkspaceDescriptorPayloadSchema.workspaceKind accepts legacy "checkout" on the wire (packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts:2137) while PersistedWorkspaceKind does not (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:9).
• In-progress ProjectCheckout (packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:4) is per-workspace, but project-settings-screen.tsx selects by serverId alone — same daemon with multiple workspaces will produce duplicate React keys in the selector.