Glossary
Every Cerevisor-specific term defined once. If you see a word in another doc and don't know what it means, it's defined here.
Terms are listed alphabetically. Cross-references use italics . Agent A configured worker that does one piece of a workflow. An agent has a role , a set of skills , an output definition , instructions, and a provider + model. Agents run in waves and pass output to each other through connections . Agent Palette The left-edge dock from which you drag agent role cards onto the canvas. AgentSA Slice 2 of Situational Awareness . The harness's awareness of its own agents' recent uncertainty snapshots by role, the patterns it currently believes hold (with belief-source attribution), and the open blind spots it's tracking. Approval Gate A connection type that pauses the workflow when it's reached, requiring you to approve or reject before downstream agents run. Audit log An NDJSON file under ~/.cerevisor/audit-logs/ recording every tool call, permission decision, and event in a run. One file per session. Canvas The main editing surface where you place and connect agents. Chat Builder (AI Chat Builder) The floating chat window (open with Ctrl/Cmd+L) where you describe a workflow in natural language and Cerevisor creates or edits agents for you. Claude Agent SDK One of the six provider types. Anthropic's official agent SDK (the same harness that powers Claude Code) running in-process. Delegated loop: Cerevisor sets sandbox + approval policy up-front, then hands the entire agent run to the SDK. Authenticates with an Anthropic API key stored in a dedicated keychain slot. See Claude Agent SDK provider . Codex CLI OpenAI's command-line tool ( @openai/codex ). One of the six provider types Cerevisor supports. Authenticates against a ChatGPT subscription via device-auth. Column A vertical lane on the canvas representing one wave of execution. All agents in a column run in parallel. Connection A directed edge from one agent to another representing data handoff. Connection types: Always, Conditional, Approval Gate, Loop. Control Group A saved selection of agents you can recall instantly with Ctrl+Shift+1..9. Like RTS unit groups. Cross-workflow link A connection between agents in two different workflows on the same World View. Configured via the Cross-Workflow Link modal. Cursor Agent One of the six provider types. Uses the in-process Cursor SDK; supports local and cloud execution. Delegated loop. Cursor cloud run A workflow run that executes on Cursor's cloud infrastructure rather than your local machine. Survives Cerevisor restarts via the cloud-run tracker . Custom agent An agent built from the Custom role, or a template saved by you. Reusable across workflows. Default provider The provider in your library marked as default. Used by new workflows and any agent without an explicit override. Draft (auto-save) In-memory state saved every 30 seconds to a hidden file. Survives a crash; offered on next launch. Embedded App A native desktop application (Outlook, Excel, etc.) embedded as a node on the Cerevisor canvas. Windows only. Execution Modal The popup showing li