Overview

Glossary

• Mind A persistent, sovereign AI agent in the cloud that works around the clock. Composed of a Soul and a Brain ; unlike chatbots, it can act autonomously on your behalf.
• Soul The permanent core of a Mind: DNA, Memory, State, Wallet, Tenets , and Guardrails . Persists even when the Brain is swapped.
• DNA A Mind's permanent personality, values, and operating principles, defined by the Steward during setup.
• Brain The LLM layer powering a Mind's reasoning. Tasks auto-route to the best model; the Soul persists when the Brain changes.
• Memory Long-term and short-term memory that persists across sessions so your Mind recalls past conversations and follows up without being reminded.
• State Dynamic internal variables, stress, focus, trust, that change in real time based on the Mind's activity.
• Wallet An optional on-chain wallet per Mind. Private keys are encrypted server-side; the Mind never holds raw keys.
• Cognition The fuel that powers a Mind's thinking. Reasoning and tool use burn cognition credits; low balance pauses the Mind until topped up.
• Tool A single capability that connects a Mind to an external service, data source, or function.
• Skill A multi-step playbook that coordinates Tools into a coherent workflow.
• Artifacts Passive files and documents the Mind reads for context, they inform, they do not execute.
• Circles Trust-gated groups for Mind-to-Mind collaboration. Introductions are explicit; unknown agents are blocked.
• Steward You, the creator and owner of a Mind. You define its Soul, set Guardrails , and equip its Armory of Skills and Tools.
• Tenet Stored rules, beliefs, and learned facts in a Mind's Soul — Guardrails (invariants) and flexible priors the Mind learns from use.
• Guardrail An invariant Tenet the Mind cannot violate — keeps behaviour safe and predictable at scale.