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 project". Code: ProjectSummary (packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:22), projectKey (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:16). Forbidden: "Repo", "Repository" as UI label.
• Workspace — One concrete cwd on one daemon, with git state; belongs to exactly one project. Its id is opaque workspace identity; its cwd is the filesystem directory. UI: "Workspace". Code: WorkspaceDescriptorPayload (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2178). Don't confuse with: Branch (one branch can back many workspaces via worktrees). Forbidden: "Folder", "Directory" as UI label.
• Archive workspace — Removes one workspace from active use and archives everything it owns. UI and app shortcuts always say "Archive workspace", regardless of backing. The daemon leaves ordinary directories intact and removes a Paseo-owned worktree only when no active workspace still references it. CLI/MCP archive worktree is a separate lower-level operation that archives every workspace on that worktree.
• Workspace kind — "directory" | "local_checkout" | "worktree". The git-derived, persisted property of a workspace, used across its lifetime (archive safety, sidebar, grouping). Derived from the cwd's git reality (deriveWorkspaceKind, packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:158), not stored from a user choice. Code: PersistedWorkspaceKind (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:8). Don't confuse with Isolation (the create-time intent).
• Isolation — Create-time choice for a new workspace: reuse the existing checkout (Local) or cut a dedicated git worktree (New worktree). A transient setup input, also remembered as a create-form preference; it is not a workspace property. UI: "Isolation" control on the New Workspace screen. Code: isolation ("local" | "worktree"), useWorkspaceIsolation (packages/app/src/screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx); persisted as FormPreferences.isolation (packages/app/src/create-agent-preferences/preferences.ts). Distinct from Workspace kind, which is the git-derived property the intent produces (Local → local_checkout or directory by git-ness; New worktree → worktree). On the wire it is the create request's source.kind (directory | worktree, packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:1693).
• Agent — See Agent session. UI still says "Agent" / "New Agent" in places, but moving toward Agent session as the canonical term. Code: AgentSnapshotPayload (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:608). Forbidden: "Task", "Job", "Run".
• Daemon — Local Paseo server process; identified by serverId. UI: "Daemon" (system contexts only). Code: serverId in ServerInfoStatusPayloadSchema (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:1936), DaemonClient (packages/client/src/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:37). Forbidden: "Connection" (means HostConnection, not host).
• Project host entry — One row in a project for a single (project, daemon) pair, aggregating that daemon's workspaces in the project. Internal. Code: ProjectHostEntry (packages/app/src/utils/projects.ts:11). Don't introduce "Checkout" as a synonym.
• Placement — One workspace's relationship to its project (projectKey, projectName, git checkout snapshot). Internal. Code: ProjectPlacementPayload (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2113).
• Branch — Plain git branch. UI: "Switch branch". Code: currentBranch in WorkspaceGitRuntimePayloadSchema (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2136); BranchSwitcher (packages/app/src/components/branch-switcher.tsx).
• Forge — Git hosting service behind Paseo's change-request features: GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo, or a future registered adapter. Code: ForgeService, forge-registry, forge-resolver. Use forge for internal abstraction and registry IDs; use concrete forge names only when a behavior or RPC is forge-specific.
• Change request — Forge-neutral term for a proposed branch-to-branch code change. UI normally renders the forge noun instead: GitHub/Gitea/Forgejo "PR", GitLab "MR". Code: forge_change_request attachments, checkoutSource: { kind: "change_request" }, and PR/MR status payloads.
• MR — GitLab merge request. UI label for GitLab change requests only; do not use MR for GitHub/Gitea/Forgejo.
• 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/protocol/src/messages.ts:2092); 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.
• Directory-backed surface — A right-sidebar surface whose content is determined by the workspace's cwd, so two workspaces on the same directory see identical content: git diff/status, forge change-request info, file preview/explorer contents. Keyed by (serverId, cwd), never workspaceId. See architecture.md.
• Workspace-owned state — Per-workspace state that never leaks to a same-cwd sibling: tabs, agents, terminals, panes, title, plus review drafts, diff-mode overrides, composer attachments, and file-explorer open/expand state. Keyed by workspaceId (cwd only as a fallback for old payloads). See architecture.md.
• Workspace status bucket — Aggregate activity signal for a workspace row. Same-cwd workspaces intentionally share agent and terminal status buckets, while tab, agent, and terminal visibility remains scoped by workspaceId.
• Agent session — One running instance of an agent inside a workspace (one provider, one model, one cwd, one timeline). The conceptual unit; in the UI this opens as a tab. Moving toward this as the canonical term over "Agent". Code: AgentSnapshotPayload (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:608).
• Session — Two senses: (a) per-client connection to a daemon, internal; (b) user-facing agent session, see Agent session. Code: Session (packages/server/src/server/session.ts) for (a). 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:37). Never user-facing.
• Provider — Agent backend (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, Pi, Oh My Pi). UI: "Provider". Code: ProviderSnapshotEntry (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:198).
• Model — A specific LLM offered by a provider. UI: "Model" / "Select model". Code: AgentModelDefinition (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:187).
• Tab — UI surface representing one session inside a workspace. Not a conceptual unit; use Agent session when talking about the model. Code: WorkspaceTabDescriptor (packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-tabs-types.ts).
• Terminal — Workspace-scoped PTY shell streamed over the binary mux channel. UI: "Terminal". Code: TerminalStreamFrame (packages/protocol/src/terminal-stream-protocol.ts).
• Schedule — Cron-style trigger that creates new agents. UI: CLI/MCP (paseo schedule, create_schedule). Don't confuse with: Heartbeat (cron prompt back into the same agent) or Loop (iterative re-execution of one agent).
• Heartbeat — Cron-style prompt sent back into the same agent/conversation. MCP: create_heartbeat. Use for reminders and babysitting where the status should return inline.
• Mode — Provider-specific operational mode (plan, default, full-access, …). UI: icon-only. Code: modeId in AgentSessionConfig (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:257).
• Attachment — External or local context bound to an agent prompt: forge issue/change request, review context, uploaded file, text, or image. UI: "Attach issue or PR/MR". Code: AgentAttachment (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:782).
• Composer — The whole prompt surface for sending work to an agent. Code: Composer (packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx). Don't call this "message input" except for the text-entry subcomponent.
• Composer input — The text-entry surface inside the composer. Code: MessageInput (packages/app/src/composer/input/input.tsx).
• Composer toolbar — The bottom control row inside the composer input. Contains agent controls, attachment button, voice controls, and stop/send controls. Code: leftContent, beforeVoiceContent, and rightContent slots in MessageInput (packages/app/src/composer/input/input.tsx). Forbidden: "Status bar".
• Agent controls — Provider, model, mode, thinking, and provider-feature controls for an agent or draft agent. Code: AgentControls / DraftAgentControls (packages/app/src/composer/agent-controls/index.tsx). Forbidden: "Agent status bar".
• Composer footer — Optional area rendered below the composer input but still inside the keyboard-shifted composer layout. Code: Composer.footer (packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx).
• Composer track — A contextual lane above the composer input. Specific tracks use the <thing> track form: Queue track, Subagents track. Code: queue track inside Composer (packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx), SubagentsTrack (packages/app/src/subagents/track.tsx).
• Subagent — User-facing term for an agent session related to a parent agent session. Use subagents in UI copy and docs. Internal daemon/provider plumbing may say "child agent" or child_session, especially for provider-managed imports; do not surface "child agent" as a product term.
• Attachment tray — The selected-attachments row inside the composer input, above the text input. Code: renderAttachmentTray (packages/app/src/composer/index.tsx). Forbidden: "Attachment bar".
• 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:593); (b) git merge conflict (no current UI string).

Inconsistencies (documented, not papered over)

• CLI --host <host> description "Daemon host target" (packages/cli/src/utils/command-options.ts:5) blurs daemon/host; the app keeps them distinct.
• WorkspaceDescriptorPayloadSchema.workspaceKind accepts legacy "checkout" on the wire (packages/protocol/src/messages.ts:2187) while PersistedWorkspaceKind does not (packages/server/src/server/workspace-registry-model.ts:8).