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Galaris glossary

Interface terms explained by their role in the work.

Objects and mechanisms

Term Meaning
Agent A persistent working role with instructions, models, tools and access.
Task · Mission A durable unit of work with an objective, state, attempts and result.
Harness A Task execution engine; it does not handle the originating conversation.
Ultra low / Low / Standard / High Four text-resource tiers assigned to inference duties.
Skill A reusable procedure with instructions and optional resources.
Goal An objective pursued through Task cycles, with evaluation and a human referrer.
Process A durable workflow with a run, events and result, optionally executed by n8n.
Working Set A versioned set of a mission’s sources, artifacts, destinations and receipts.
Canonical URI A stable resource identity, separate from a temporary local path.
Document HTML or JSON Dataset resource with a stable identity, permissions and versions; its type is fixed at creation.
Dataset JSON document reusable across pages, with its own editor, sharing and history.
Document application HTML, CSS and JavaScript executed inside a document for a form, simulator or visualisation.
Application consent A reader’s personal approval of Dataset access for a content version, in addition to access rights.
Native multimodal input Attachment supplied directly to a compatible internal-engine model, subject to format, transport and budget.
Memory Durable information with a type, sources, access, validity and history.
Dream Background memory maintenance organised into tracked mechanisms.
Topic A cross-cutting dossier linking related conversations and work.
Contact An identity linked to its observations and channels.
ACL Access rules applied to resources before selection.
Checkpoint Durable state used to decide how execution can resume.
Receipt A system record attesting an operation or delivery.
MCP A protocol for connecting external capabilities; availability depends on permissions and the server.
Janus An OpenAI-compatible facade for accessing Galaris agents.
Laboratory Mechanism evaluation on versioned cases with separate candidates and judges.
TOTP A time-based code used as a second authentication factor.
PWA A web application installable on a device; network access is still required.
Durable inference A persisted model request with attempts, results, pause, stop, resume and replay.
Personal folder One user’s document filing, without changing content or permissions.
Attachment memory A document file’s description and metadata, separate from its bytes and governed by its access rights.

Connect terms to an action

The capability catalogue explains the workflows. The tool inventory lists native function names for integration work.