Glossary
Key terms and definitions
A
Agent
An AI instance that can perceive, reason, and act autonomously to accomplish tasks.
Agentic Engineering
Software engineering methodology where AI Agents play a central role in design, development, testing, and operations.
C
Cage
An isolated execution environment for a single Agent, typically implemented as a Kubernetes Pod with dedicated resources and persistent storage.
CODEOWNERS
A file that defines code ownership for automated review assignment.
M
Mono-Repo
A single repository containing all project code, as opposed to multiple separate repositories.
MTTR
Mean Time To Resolve - average time taken to resolve production incidents.
R
RD-OS
Research & Development Operating System - a living system where AI coordinates all aspects of software development and operations.
Repo
Short for repository - a version-controlled codebase.
S
Skill
A reusable capability that can be invoked by Agents (e.g., data visualization, web search).
Space
In 1000 Agent Platform context, refers to an isolated Agent execution environment (synonym for Cage).
T
Token
The basic unit of text processing for LLMs. Costs are typically measured per 1K tokens.
Trunk-Based Development
A version control practice where developers merge small changes frequently to the main branch.