# Glossary The words Studio uses for chats, projects, checkouts, agents, Orchestra, devices, approvals and schedules, with a link to the page for each. *Last updated: 2026-10-25* The terms used across the Studio docs, grouped by where you meet them. ## Chats and projects | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Chat | One conversation with an agent, in a project, on one device. Some places in the app call it a session. [Your first chat](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/first-chat) | | Project | A folder you add to Studio, on this computer or on a remote device. Its chats work on its files. [Projects and checkouts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/projects) | | Checkout | Where a chat works in a project: the **Local checkout** itself, or a worktree. You pick it when you start the chat. [Projects and checkouts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/projects) | | Worktree | A separate working copy of the repository on its own branch, so a chat can change files without touching your local checkout. **New worktree** creates one from a branch you pick. [Projects and checkouts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/projects) | | Composer | The box at the bottom of a chat where you write, and pick the agent, model and other options. [The composer](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/composer) | | Access level | What an agent may do on the device: read only, write in the workspace, or full access. [Access levels](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/access) | | Steer | Send a message to an agent while it is working, without stopping the run. [Steer, interrupt and stop](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/steer) | | Context window | What the model holds in mind for the next turn. Studio shows how full it is. [Context and compaction](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/context) | | Compaction | Shortening a long chat's context into a summary so the agent can keep going. [Context and compaction](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/context) | ## Agents | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Agent | An AI coding agent Studio runs for you, such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin or Grok. **Settings → Agents** lists them per device. [Connect your agents](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/agents) | | Harness | The agent's own command-line tool or SDK that Studio drives, such as the Claude Code CLI. The app calls them agents. [Connect your agents](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/agents) | | Account | A provider login an agent runs under. An agent can have several accounts, and you switch between them. [Models, reasoning and accounts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/models) | | Provider retry | Studio retrying a turn the provider cut short, or waiting for a usage limit to reset. [Troubleshooting](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/reference/troubleshooting) | ## Orchestra | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Orchestra | A chat mode in which the model you chat with breaks the work into steps and hands each one to an agent. Agents can run on different providers, in parallel. [How Orchestra works](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/overview) | | Orchestrator | The model you chat with in an Orchestra chat. It plans, hands out the work and answers its agents' questions. [How Orchestra works](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/overview) | | Subagent | An agent the orchestrator hands a step to. It works under a role set in **Settings → Subagents**. [Mix providers and accounts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/providers) | | Agent map | The column beside an Orchestra chat that lists its agents as **Needs you**, **Running** and **Finished**. A row opens that agent's record. [The agent map and records](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/agent-map) | | Plan card | The card under the agent map that lists the steps of a declared plan in order. [The plan card](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/plan) | ## Chats that work together | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Chat delegation | An agent starting a separate chat for long work, such as a full test run. [Chat delegation settings](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats-together/delegation) | | Proposal | A card in the chat where an agent asks to do something you must confirm, such as start an Orchestra or schedule a chat. Nothing happens until you apply it. [Proposals you confirm](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats-together/proposals) | | Access ceiling | The rule that a chat cannot give another chat more access than it has itself. [Access ceiling and limits](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats-together/limits) | ## Schedules | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Scheduled chat | A new chat whose first message is sent once at a time you pick. If the computer is asleep or offline then, it starts when it is back. [Scheduled chats](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/automation/scheduled-chats) | | Automated | The page of prompts that run on a schedule. Each run opens a fresh chat. [Automated and Workflows](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/automation/automated) | | Workflows | The page of saved step-by-step prompts. Each run opens a fresh chat. [Automated and Workflows](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/automation/automated) | ## Devices and trust | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Device | A computer that runs Studio's engine: this Mac, or a server. **Settings → Devices & security** lists them. [Run Studio on your own server](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/devices/overview) | | Remote device | A Linux machine you installed Studio on with the install command. Sessions you start there run there, so they keep going while your Mac sleeps. [Run Studio on your own server](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/devices/overview) | | Online, Waiting, Offline | A device's status: reporting in, a report late, or no report for a few minutes. [Device status](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/devices/status) | | Approved device | A device you paired with another. From another device, only approved devices can run, steer or stop a session. [Approved devices and signatures](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/trust/approved-devices) | | Pairing | Approving a device with a six-digit code shown on one device and typed on the other. [Approved devices and signatures](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/trust/approved-devices) | | Encryption | Chats, previews, memories, settings and automations are encrypted before they sync, and only paired devices with a key can read them. [Encryption of synced content](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/trust/encryption) | | Archive | Chats hidden from the sidebar, never deleted, which you can unarchive. [Backup and archived chats](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/trust/backup) | ## Kelrova security | Term | Meaning | | --- | --- | | Cloud findings | The findings of your Kelrova Cloud scans, which a chat can read and work on when you turn it on. [Kelrova findings in Studio](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/security/findings) | ## Related - [Start here](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/overview) - [Questions](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/reference/faq) - [Settings map](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/reference/settings)