Glossary
Key terms used throughout agenté documentation. If a word feels like jargon, check here.
A–D
Autonomy level — The degree of independent action your C-Suite is permitted to take. Starts low (everything requires your approval) and increases as trust is calibrated through feedback. See graduated autonomy.
Calibration — The ongoing process of aligning your C-Suite's behavior with your expectations. Every correction you make calibrates future responses. Over time, your C-Suite needs less guidance because it has learned your preferences.
Context file — A structured document your C-Suite maintains that captures the current state of your business — financials, strategy, operations, people. Not managed manually; built and updated from your conversations and uploads. You can review and correct these at any time.
Council thinking — A decision mode where the COO convenes multiple specialist seats to analyze a problem from different angles, then synthesizes their input into a single recommendation. What a board does in a meeting — in minutes.
Drill-down — Following up on a C-Suite response with a deeper question. "Tell me more about the margin risk" or "What's driving that recommendation?" Your C-Suite always has another layer of analysis available.
G–M
Graduated autonomy — The model by which your C-Suite earns trust over time. New users start with full approval requirements. As you confirm correct actions and correct mistakes, the system identifies which task types are reliable and can be set to auto-execute. Autonomy grows with demonstrated competence.
Intake exam — The onboarding process where your C-Suite profiles your business and leadership style. You answer questions about your operations, goals, and preferences. Documents are uploaded first, so your bot boots pre-loaded with your business context. The intake exam shapes how your C-Suite communicates, what it prioritizes, and where it sets its default autonomy level.
Memory — Your C-Suite's persistent store of conversations, decisions, documents, and business context. Memory carries across sessions — nothing resets when you close the window. See context file.
R–T
Routing — The COO's process of directing requests to the right specialist seat. You talk to the COO; it figures out whether the CFO, CMO, CTO, or another seat needs to weigh in. You see the synthesized result, not the internal handoff.
Session — A continuous period of interaction with your C-Suite. Sessions end when you close the conversation, but memory carries forward — the next session picks up where the last left off.
Synthesis — The COO's core capability: combining input from multiple specialist seats into a single, coherent answer. Instead of receiving three separate analyses, you get one recommendation with all perspectives integrated.
Thread — A single conversation topic within a session. Multiple threads can be active simultaneously — a client discussion, a financial analysis, a hiring question — each tracked independently with its own context.