Glossary
Plain-English meanings of the terms used in CX Agent.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Agent | An AI that can use tools to do tasks, not just reply. |
| Approval | Your OK before CX does something that changes things. |
| ASR | Automatic speech recognition (speech to text). |
| Assistant | The AI persona with its settings, skills and tools that runs your chats. |
| Branch | Another version of a message created by regenerate or edit. |
| Checkpoint | A private snapshot of workspace files you can roll back to. |
| Composio | The integration service behind most Orbits. |
| Compaction / compression | Summarising older messages so long chats fit the model. |
| Context | The text the model can see at once. |
| Cron | A schedule format, e.g. 0 9 * * * = every day 9 am. |
| CX AI | CX Agent's free built-in AI (Auto, Smart, Fast). |
| Deep Research | A mode that reads many sources and writes a cited report. |
| Hardline | Commands that are always blocked. |
| MCP | Model Context Protocol – a standard for tool servers. |
| Monitor | A background watcher for a page or topic. |
| Offline model | An AI model that runs on your phone. |
| Orbit | A connected app or service (Gmail, GitHub…). |
| Power mode | Hints that route hard or coding tasks to stronger models. |
| Provider | A company/API that serves AI models. |
| Rootfs | The Linux system files a workspace runs on. |
| Skill | A package of expert instructions CX loads when relevant. |
| Subagent | A separate focused AI run that returns a summary. |
| Token | A piece of text (~4 characters) used to measure model usage. |
| Tool | An ability CX can call (search, file, browser, device…). |
| TTS | Text to speech. |
| Workflow | An automation that runs on a phone event. |
| Workspace | A project folder, optionally with Linux, used by the agent. |