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Glossary

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The terms these docs use, and what each one means.

Term Meaning
agent frame A frame running one coding-agent session. Agent
agent settings An agent session’s model, reasoning effort, mode and so on, as the agent offers them
approval The host’s yes or no to something an edit guest wants to run. Guests
board The shared surface all frames live on. One per project
board tools view_board, open_frame, update_frame, close_frame: how agents change the board. Board tools
browser frame A frame showing a URL, loaded by each viewer’s browser. Browser
canvas serve The local server on the host’s machine. CLI
cluster Frames within 48 px of each other. Board
files frame A frame showing one project file, read-only and live. Files
follow Scrolling with a frame’s occupant. Focus
frame One thing on the board: an agent, a file, a terminal or a browser
guest Anyone on the board who opened the guest link
guest access What guests may do, set by the host per board: view, edit or trusted
guest link The link that joins a board as a guest. Safe to share with the people you invite
host The person who runs canvas serve and opens the host link
host link The link canvas serve prints. Controls the machine: never share it
occupant The person or agent holding a frame. Focus
permission An agent asking before a tool call. Only the host answers
prompt draft The shared composer of an agent frame, written by several people at once
row Frames in a cluster whose top edges line up; they share a height
shared set The files canvas serve lets out. Security
terminal frame A shell on the host’s machine. Terminal
web app The browser UI at ui.canvas.frebreco.de