Glossary

Quick-reference definitions of terms you will encounter in Coord.

Activity

A real-time dashboard showing jobs that are currently in motion in your workspace. Activity focuses on in-progress, waiting, in-review, and failed jobs — hiding completed and backlog items so you can see what needs attention right now.

Analytics

The dashboard for monitoring workspace performance, job trends, and resource usage. Analytics has three tabs — Activity, Performance, and Landscape — covering everything from individual job metrics to organization-wide comparisons.

Agentic job

A job executed by an AI agent via the Coord Runner. You describe the task, and an agent handles the work automatically. Agentic jobs can operate on a GitHub repository or run locally on your machine.

Audit log

A record of actions taken in your workspace — who did what, when, and from which IP address. Audit logs are used for compliance monitoring and security review. Access them from the Audit Logs page in the workspace sidebar.

Artifact

A file or output attached to a job — screenshots, logs, documents, or other evidence of work. Artifacts are created during execution and preserved for reference.

Attempt

A single round of work on a job. If a reviewer requests changes, the next round of work is a new attempt. Each attempt is recorded with its own history.

Backlog

The starting area for new jobs. Jobs sit in the Backlog until you decide they are ready for execution. No work happens in the Backlog — it is a holding area for planning and prioritization.

Board

The priority view for organizing and tracking jobs. The board arranges jobs into columns by status — Staged, Ready, In Progress, Review, Done, and Issues — so you can see the state of all work at a glance.

Canvas

A visual workspace for organizing jobs and planning work. You can add jobs, groups, sticky notes, links, and images to a canvas. Canvases support real-time collaboration through shared sessions.

Coord Bot

The GitHub identity that acts on behalf of Coord. When an agent works on a repository, Coord Bot creates GitHub issues, opens pull requests, and posts updates. You install Coord Bot on your GitHub organization to connect repositories to your workspace.

Deliverable

A file uploaded as the output of a user job. Deliverables appear in the Files tab and can be organized into folders with version tracking.

Dependency

A relationship where one job must complete before another can start. Dependencies ensure work happens in the right order and are enforced automatically — a dependent job cannot move to Ready until all its dependencies are Done.

Domain

A category or area of work used to organize jobs in your workspace. Domains appear as tags on job cards and can be used to filter views on the Board, Activity, and Analytics pages. You can assign one or more domains to a job when creating it or later from the job details.

Dependencies view

A visual map showing how jobs relate to each other through dependencies. Jobs appear as nodes and dependencies appear as connections, making it easy to spot which jobs are blocking others.

Explorer

A visual graph that maps how jobs, domains, and users connect within your workspace. The Explorer shows your workspace structure as a network of nodes, helping you understand how work is organized and where things relate to each other.

Folder

A container for organizing deliverables within a user job's Files tab. You can create folders, nest them inside each other, and move files between them.

Idea

A lightweight job created directly on a canvas that does not yet appear in the Backlog. Ideas are used for early brainstorming and planning. When an idea is ready to become real work, you promote it to the Backlog, which converts it into a regular job.

In Progress

The stage where a job is actively being worked on — either by an AI agent or a person. Also referred to as Running in the Coord Runner interface. On the Board, this stage appears in the In Progress column. On the Activity page, the filter label is In Progress.

Job

The core unit of work in Coord. Every task you want done is a job. There are two types: agentic jobs (executed by an AI agent) and user jobs (completed by a person).

Note

A comment or message attached to a job. Notes are permanent and cannot be edited or deleted, providing a reliable history of communication and decisions throughout the job's lifecycle.

Notification

An alert that something happened in your workspace. You receive notifications when someone @-mentions you in a note or requests access to a private job.

Plan

Your subscription level: Free, Starter, Team, Scale, or Enterprise. Your plan determines workspace limits and available features. Subscriptions are per-user, and workspaces inherit the owner's plan.

Private job

A job visible only to its creator, invited team members, and workspace admins. Private jobs are useful for sensitive or confidential work that should not be seen by the entire workspace.

Ready

The state indicating a job is prepared for execution. For agentic jobs, the Coord Runner can pick it up. For user jobs, someone can start working on it. All dependencies must be satisfied before a job can become Ready.

Review

The process of checking completed work before marking a job as done. Reviewers can approve the work or request changes, which creates a new attempt for revision. For agentic jobs that work on a repository, the review happens on the pull request created by the agent.

Runner (Coord Runner)

The desktop app that executes agentic jobs on your machine. The runner connects to your Coord workspace, picks up jobs that are ready, and runs AI agents locally. Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Shared session

A real-time collaboration mode on a canvas where multiple people can view the canvas simultaneously. One person holds edit control at a time, and changes are broadcast to all participants instantly. Shared sessions include real-time chat and an activity log so teammates can catch up on what changed.

User job

A job completed manually by a person. You start the work, upload deliverables, and mark it done. User jobs are ideal for tasks requiring human judgment, creativity, or actions that agents cannot perform.

Workspace

Your team's shared environment in Coord. All jobs, canvases, runners, and members belong to a workspace. Workspaces are isolated from each other — members of one workspace cannot see another workspace's data.