Developer Terminology Reference

This reference maps Monad’s runtime, execution, extension, collaboration, and client terms to their owning documentation. Use product concepts for the user-facing model.

Runtime services

Term	Meaning	Owner documentation
Daemon	Long-running authority for state, policy, transports, and coordination	Runtime
RuntimeKernel	Topologically ordered daemon lifecycle graph	Daemon architecture
ConfigManager	Runtime settings reader, writer, watcher, and reload coordinator	Daemon architecture
Session	Durable work thread with transcript, events, approvals, and execution state	Project sessions
OperationSource	Immutable provenance and routing context stamped by the server	Operation source
Model router	Resolves a role through the active profile to a provider and model	Model providers
Approval gate	Fail-closed policy boundary before gated actions execute	Tools

Agent execution

Term	Meaning	Owner documentation
Monad Agent Runtime	Bundled first-party model and tool loop with context, memory, approvals, and sandbox integration	Agent runtime
Third-party agent	External provider runtime operated through an adapter	Mesh agents
Agent adapter	Atom kind that translates a provider runtime into Monad session events and controls	Adapter authoring
Raw observation	Accepted provider frames retained for provenance and debugging	Mesh observation
Convenience observation	Provider-neutral projection used by clients	Mesh observation
Context management	Eviction, summarization, recitation, retrieval, and token limiting	Context management
Memory	Durable facts, graph, laws, and recall used by the first-party engine	Memory

Extension surfaces

Term	Meaning	Owner documentation
Atom Pack	Manifest-gated bundle of declared extension kinds	Atoms
Skill	Portable `SKILL.md` capability loaded when needed	Skills
Model Context Protocol server	External tool server connected over standard transport	MCP
Hook	Lifecycle callback or shell command at a named runtime event	Hooks
Channel	Adapter that normalizes messaging platform input and output	Channel conformance
Provider	Hosted or local model backend used by the first-party engine	Model providers
Workplace Experience	Web-only projection over daemon-owned project state	Workplace Experiences

Atom Packs can declare skills, MCP servers, locales, channels, providers, commands, message types, hooks, sandbox launchers, agent adapters, and Workplace Experiences. File-based kinds use their documented discovery paths. JavaScript-registered kinds must be declared in the manifest before registration. Built-in tools are not an Atom kind. They remain first-party so their schema, approval, guard, and sandbox boundaries stay under daemon control.

Collaboration mechanisms

Term	Trust boundary	Owner documentation
Project member	Stable team identity within one daemon	Project sessions
Session binding	Relationship between a project member and one project session	Project sessions
ACP delegation	Editor-side or spawned Agent Client Protocol runtime	ACP
Peer federation	Another Monad daemon owned by the same operator	Peer federation
Monadix	Cross-owner collaboration with independent trust and billing	Product concepts

Client and transport terms

Term	Meaning	Owner documentation
Physical transport	How bytes travel, such as TCP or a Unix-domain socket	Runtime
Semantic transport	Which class of client writes a session, such as HTTP, ACP, or channel	Runtime
Control WebSocket	Low-volume lifecycle, task, and approval stream	Realtime channels
Per-message SSE	High-volume token and reasoning delta stream	Realtime channels
CLI, Web, and TUI	Replaceable clients over public daemon contracts	Architecture hub

Public protocol and client packages are the supported integration boundary. Importing daemon implementation details into a client or extension violates the architecture.

Engineering

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Developer Terminology Reference

Runtime services

Agent execution

Extension surfaces

Collaboration mechanisms

Client and transport terms

​Runtime services

​Agent execution

​Extension surfaces

​Collaboration mechanisms

​Client and transport terms

Runtime services

Agent execution

Extension surfaces

Collaboration mechanisms

Client and transport terms