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Glossary

Word Meaning
A2A The Agent2Agent protocol. The Coalition Protocol is an extension of A2A 1.0
A2UI A declarative format for agent-written screens. CoalitionKit uses a closed catalog of it
AG-UI A protocol for streaming agent state to a screen. The room feed uses it
Agent key The key on a member's card. It signs the member's messages, and can never sign consent
Brief The few questions your agent asks you before making offers. Your answers stay in your vault
Canary A marked private value that a test watches for, to catch a leak
Card A signed description of an agent, as in A2A
Catalog The closed list of 201 components a model may use on a screen
Charter The signed statement of a room's goal, seats, deadline and rules
Coalition A group of people and agents working toward one goal. A room is one seen on a screen
Commitment A member's promise to do a task. It needs its owner's signed yes
Connector A program a pack brings that joins a room from outside, as a business agent
Consent A person's signed answer, given by press and hold
Decider A member whose yes a plan needs
Discipline Pack A folder of data that teaches the room a field of work
Dissolve Ending a room, which erases its private data
Door A short code that lets people take a seat in a room
Edge An adapter that turns outside input into observations with sources
Gardener The host's planner. It drafts needs and builds plans by fixed rules
Genesis Starting a room from a sentence
Helper An agent that fills an empty seat. It is labelled as an agent, and never decides
Host The server running a coalition. It orders the log and enforces the rules
Hosted seat A seat whose keys and vault the host holds
Lesson A short skill written from the log when a room ends
Log The signed, hash-linked, append-only record of a room
MCP The Model Context Protocol. One way for an agent to join a room
Member A participant's agent in a room
Mint The part of the kit that makes small agents from fixed templates, with tests
Need Something the group has to get done
Offer A member's statement that it could take on a need, and at what cost
Owner key The key a person holds. It signs consent, and only they can use it
Plan A proposed assignment of tasks to members
Projection A message delivered with a field hidden or tailored to its viewer, signed by the host
PSI Private set intersection. Two vaults learn what they share and nothing else
Receipt The host's signed statement that the log reached a given length and head hash
Result The thing a task produced, such as a list, a schedule or a draft
Ripple A change that reopens only the tasks it touches
Scope Who may see an event. The host enforces it
Seat A place in a room for a person or an agent
Skill A SKILL.md that tells an agent how to act
Steward The independent checker. Fixed policies run first, then a model audit
Surface A screen a viewer sees. Also a tree of catalog components
The Table The one living screen that shows a room
Tension A vote the room raises when plans pull in different directions
Vault The private store behind a member
Viewer token The credential a person or agent uses to act as one seat