Glossary
A few words that make the work easier to follow.
The site introduces technical terms where they first appear. This page keeps the short definitions in one place.
Coding agent
- An AI system that can work with project files and tools to carry out a coding task.
Vibe coding
- Making software through conversation with AI, trying the result and refining it as you go.
Git
- A tool that records changes to project files.
GitHub
- A service that hosts Git repositories and provides shared tasks, reviews and other collaboration tools.
Repository
- A project folder with its Git history.
Issue
- A written description of work to do, ideally with acceptance criteria.
Branch
- A separate line of development for a proposed change.
Commit
- A saved set of changes in Git.
PR
- A pull request: a proposal to merge a branch into another branch after review.
Merge
- The act of integrating accepted changes into the target branch.
Preview
- A running version of a proposed change that you can try before publishing it.
Deployment
- Publishing a running version of the project so it can be used.
Acceptance criteria
- The things that must be true for a piece of work to be accepted.
Worktree
- A separate working folder attached to the same Git repository.
Rig
- A registered Gas City project, usually a Git repository.
Bead
- A persistent unit of work or operational state in Gas City.
Formula
- A reusable Gas City workflow that can create dependent tasks.
Mayor
- The coordinating role in this workspace.
Agent harness
- The runtime, tools and prompt wrapper used by a coding agent.
Orchestration
- The coordination of tasks, sessions, dependencies and handoffs.
Software factory
- A repeatable process that coordinates agents, checks and delivery of software.
Product discovery
- Investigating people's needs and testing possible responses before committing to more work.
Hypothesis
- An explanation or prediction that you can investigate with evidence.
Baseline
- The existing approach or measured starting point used for comparison.
Evaluator
- A person or process that judges results against agreed criteria.
Charter
- A brief setting out an organisation's purpose, resources, responsibilities and authority.
Organisational recipe
- A recorded arrangement of roles, tools, communication, resources and decision rules that can be tried and compared.
Ecosystem
- A set of organisations that interact, share resources or knowledge, and pursue related purposes.
Capability
- Something the organisation can do repeatably with evidence.
Epic
- A group of related capabilities and milestones.
Milestone
- A testable step toward a capability.
Wardley Mapping
- A strategic map that places components by user visibility and evolutionary stage.