Glossary

These terms describe the current release. Links lead to explanations and practical guides; the separate Product direction archive may describe future resources.

Term	Meaning
Agent	Managed application content: instructions, model, tools and account defaults. Lifecycle.
Allocation	A governance ceiling assigned to a scope. It is not a prepaid provider balance. Limits.
Catalog	The Organization's configured models, tools and related resources.
Connector	A configured MCP server and its upstream authentication. Models and tools.
Dataset	Versioned cases used to measure behavior; each item has input and expected output. Evaluation.
Deployment	A destination serving a published Agent version with its own access and execution settings.
Evaluator / grader	A versioned mechanism for scoring evidence: LLM judge, assertion or tool validator. The Console uses Evaluators.
Experiment	Recorded execution of a pinned subject against a pinned dataset selection.
Grading pass	A set of judgments over saved experiment answers, separate from generation.
Namespace	A server-resolved scope for grouping or customer attribution; labels alone grant no access.
Operating cap	A limit that narrows spending, rate or concurrent capacity.
Organization	The boundary owning the catalog, people, Teams and governance configuration.
Request	A canonical gateway decision and outcome. Observation concepts.
Score definition	The meaning and allowed type or range of an evaluation score.
Service account	An ordinary non-human owner for backend keys, independent of its creator's employment.
Session	Activity grouped by namespace and Session ID; distinct from a private Chat conversation.
Snapshot	An immutable saved Agent definition and account defaults.
Span	One observed unit of execution within a Trace. Uploaded spans are not billing authority.
Team	A scope with membership, resource allowance, keys and budgets inside an Organization.
Team allowance	The resource ceiling within which a Team's keys operate.
Tool set	A configured group of tools that allowance or key policy can follow.
Trace	Related spans scoped by Organization, Team and Trace ID.
Usage	Financial records for physical provider attempts and business tool dispatches.
Virtual key	A Mission Control credential and policy bound to one Team and exact owner. Access concepts.
Virtual model	A stable model identifier routed to configured provider infrastructure.

For exact permissions, use Roles and permissions. For response codes and recovery, use Gateway errors.