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App Cloud glossary

Term Meaning
App Cloud The home for the apps and agents you create and the capabilities supporting their use.
App The experience people use to read, create, submit, review, or manage information.
Agent A system working toward a goal using models, context, and permitted actions.
Building assistant The assistant helping you create and change an app in Studio.
Coding agent An external development assistant; its Exepad actions depend on the developer tools actually available.
Model A capability for language, vision, media, voice, or structured information.
Context Information supplied for a particular model or agent task.
Record Structured information saved in a database.
File A stored document, image, audio, video, or other asset.
Authentication Establishing who a user is.
Authorization Determining what that user may see or do.
Preview A view of the working app used for review and testing.
Published app The app version made available at a shared address, subject to its access and operating conditions.
Version An available snapshot of an app’s working state; distinct from a data backup.
Wallet The workspace balance and credits used in usage accounting.
MCP A protocol through which a compatible client discovers and calls available tools.
A2A A protocol for agent communication; a published card describes the supported skills.

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