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Glossary

Short definitions of the words Kinesis uses for its parts and ideas.

Words used across Kinesis

Alpha. The current stage of every Kinesis app. Things change often and some parts are unfinished. See Releases.
Batch. A set of many distinct designs built in one run. See Zero.
Briefing. A summary the wiki writes, with proposed moves. See Wiki.
Changeset. One small, logged change, with who made it and why. See Scion pattern.
Command board. The board of tasks, sessions and steps waiting on you. See Command.
Compare. The side-by-side reading of two reviews. See Review loop.
Cross-review. A second perspective checks the first. See Cross-review.
Edition. A Kinesis version of an open-source app, such as T3 Kinesis.
Finding. One problem a review reports. Findings are tracked until closed.
Gate. A point in a chain where a person must say yes before it goes on. See Stack Lab.
Nightly. A development build made from the latest work. See Releases.
Now and Later. The two parts of the thoughts feed in the Kinesis app.
Orchestrator. An assistant that helps you start and follow work. See Orchestrator.
Pet. A desk and phone companion that runs superpowers on what is on screen. See Pet.
Placement. A record of where a finished piece of work landed. See Control plane.
Plot. One proposal Kinesis raises, with its reason, to accept or dismiss. See Plots.
Run card. The plan shown before a batch starts. Nothing runs until you say OK.
Scorer. A model step that scores work on a rubric instead of writing it.
Shift. One of the wiki's regular passes.
Skill. A superpower made of written instructions.
Stack. A superpower made of a chain of model steps.
Super menu. The pet's menu of superpowers.
Superpower. A capability Kinesis gives you that an agent can call on. See What counts as a superpower.
Thin view. An app that only shows work held elsewhere. See Thin views.
Thought. One item Kinesis keeps from what you said or wrote.
Upstream. The original open-source project a Kinesis edition comes from. See Kinesis Prime.