Glossary
.mdThe 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 |