> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xorcise.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Every XORCISE term in one line, with a link to the page that defines it properly.

Each term is defined once, on the page that owns it. This page carries the one-line meaning and the link to that page.

<Note>
  **Authoring your own mission is coming soon.** The **bundle** and **manifest** entries below describe a documented format for a capability that has not shipped yet — `xorcise mission ingest` prints a coming-soon notice, and **Ingest a bundle** in the web UI opens a product preview rather than installing anything. In this release, missions come from the mission library: `xorcise mission list`, then `xorcise mission pull <id>` — or the Missions page in the web UI.
</Note>

| Term               | Meaning                                                                                                   | Defined on                                                |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| agent              | The named record of the AI system you are evaluating. XORCISE never launches it.                          | [Agents](/concepts/agents)                                |
| artifact           | A named value your agent submits over run control. Checks and the judge both read artifacts.              | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| attachment         | A companion file a mission ships. A static mission needs at least one.                                    | [Missions](/concepts/missions)                            |
| brain              | The single local process serving the REST API, the web UI, and OTLP ingest.                               | [How XORCISE works](/concepts/how-it-works)               |
| budget             | The wall-clock limit on a run, counted from the moment the run is created.                                | [Runs](/concepts/runs)                                    |
| bundle             | The directory holding `mission.json` and everything else a mission ships.                                 | [Mission manifest](/reference/mission-manifest)           |
| check              | A declaration XORCISE evaluates itself: read one value, assert one thing about it.                        | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| connect prompt     | The mission text you hand your agent — objective, targets, and the run-control contract.                  | [Connect any agent](/guides/connect-your-agent)           |
| contestant         | A model under test in a playbook benchmark, as distinct from the judge that grades it.                    | [Evaluate Agents with Playbooks](/experimental/playbooks) |
| deterministic half | Half of every score: the summed weights of the checks that passed.                                        | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| eval card          | The self-contained HTML report a playbook renders from a finished benchmark.                              | [Evaluate Agents with Playbooks](/experimental/playbooks) |
| event              | One normalized record replayed from a trace — a command, a file read, a model reply.                      | [Traces and events](/concepts/traces)                     |
| flag               | The artifact named `flag`. XORCISE has no separate flag field.                                            | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| fused container    | The privileged container hosting the nested Docker daemon that runs a lab mission.                        | [Security and isolation](/operate/security)               |
| harness            | The tool that drives your model. Its slug selects replay, telemetry, and launch behaviour.                | [Agents](/concepts/agents)                                |
| intel              | Optional help your agent can request during a run. Grading never reads intel.                             | [Runs](/concepts/runs)                                    |
| judge              | A model you configure that reads the mission rubric and scores your agent's work.                         | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| judge half         | Half of every score: a weighted average over the criteria the judge could grade.                          | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| lab                | The mission type that ships an image and a compose file and runs live targets.                            | [Missions](/concepts/missions)                            |
| launch profile     | The per-run telemetry endpoint and variables your agent exports before it starts.                         | [Send traces and logs](/guides/telemetry)                 |
| manifest           | `mission.json` — the file declaring everything about a mission.                                           | [Mission manifest](/reference/mission-manifest)           |
| mission            | An environment plus the rules for grading work done inside it.                                            | [Missions](/concepts/missions)                            |
| mission library    | The hosted catalog of free missions. No account, key, or sign-in.                                         | [Missions](/concepts/missions)                            |
| observed fact      | A fact XORCISE recorded about the run itself. Your agent cannot write these.                              | [Checks and ops](/reference/checks)                       |
| op                 | The assertion half of a check: `equals`, `matches_format`, `observed`, or `lesser_than`.                  | [Checks and ops](/reference/checks)                       |
| OpenTelemetry      | The telemetry standard XORCISE ingests, on both the traces and the logs signal.                           | [Traces and events](/concepts/traces)                     |
| partial            | A result flag meaning the run ended on a budget timeout or an operator kill.                              | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| plane              | One of the two listeners XORCISE serves: REST with the web UI, and OTLP ingest.                           | [How XORCISE works](/concepts/how-it-works)               |
| playbook           | A named set of missions and run counts a benchmark executes against each model.                           | [Evaluate Agents with Playbooks](/experimental/playbooks) |
| re-evaluate        | Re-grade a finished run's sealed evidence against your current settings, without running the agent again. | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| replay adapter     | The code that turns one harness's raw telemetry into XORCISE's event kinds.                               | [Agents](/concepts/agents)                                |
| rubric             | The mission's judged criteria, each with its text and its weight.                                         | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| run                | One agent paired with one mission — the unit XORCISE records, ends, and scores.                           | [Runs](/concepts/runs)                                    |
| run control        | The per-run REST surface your agent authenticates to with the run's bearer token.                         | [REST API](/reference/api)                                |
| score              | The number on a finished run: `0.5 × deterministic + 0.5 × judge`.                                        | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| sealed evidence    | The frozen record grading reads: submitted artifacts, the raw trace, and observed facts.                  | [How grading works](/concepts/grading)                    |
| static             | The mission type with no image and no network; your agent works from attachments.                         | [Missions](/concepts/missions)                            |
| terrain            | The map of the mission environment as your agent uncovers it.                                             | [Traces and events](/concepts/traces)                     |
| trace              | The raw OpenTelemetry your agent emits, kept unmodified as the record of truth.                           | [Traces and events](/concepts/traces)                     |
| verdict            | One check's recorded outcome: pass or fail, its effective weight, and any error.                          | [Checks and ops](/reference/checks)                       |
