# Glossary

> One definition per term, written for beginners. Used by all agents to keep language consistent.

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- **Syntax Wall** -- The invisible barrier that has historically prevented people without programming skills from turning their ideas into software. AI lowers this wall but does not remove it entirely.

- **Orchestrator** -- The person who coordinates the work. You direct AI agents through a structured workflow to build software.

- **Agent** -- A specialized AI role designed to handle one type of task well. Examples: a builder agent that writes code, a reviewer agent that checks quality.

- **Skill** -- A packaged workflow that bundles steps, review gates, and a definition of done into a single reusable operation.

- **Event** -- A signal that something happened in the project. Events trigger follow-up actions automatically.

- **State** -- The current snapshot of the project: what's done, what's in progress, what's next. Keeping state in a file prevents the system from losing track between sessions.

- **SDLC** -- Software Development Life Cycle. The structured process for building software: plan, design, build, test, deploy, maintain.

- **PRD** -- Product Requirements Document. A written description of what you want to build, who it's for, and what it should do.