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

# Glossary

> The vocabulary Entire uses across the CLI, the web interface, and this documentation.

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| Glossary term                                                          | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| <span id="agent" />**Agent**                                           | An AI coding assistant connected to Entire, such as [Claude Code](/agents/claude-code), [Codex](/agents/codex), [Cursor](/agents/cursor), [Factory](/agents/factory-droid), [Gemini CLI](/agents/gemini-cli), [GitHub Copilot CLI](/agents/copilot-cli), [OpenCode](/agents/opencode), or [Pi](/agents/pi).                                     |
| <span id="agent-run" />**Agent run**                                   | One execution of an agent inside a session. Entire compares your work before each run with the agent's changes so line attribution can stay accurate.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| <span id="checkpoint" />**Checkpoint**                                 | A save point for your work. Entire creates checkpoints around agent activity and links committed ones to Git commits.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| <span id="checkpoint-id" />**Checkpoint ID**                           | The identifier for a checkpoint, shown in the CLI and entire.io. The format follows the [storage backend](#checkpoint-storage-backend): ref-based storage, the default, uses a 26-character time-sortable ULID such as `01KVBJCWYA4YW6J5M9GP655HZN`; branch-based storage uses 12 hexadecimal characters such as `8a513f56ed70`.                |
| <span id="checkpoint-linking" />**Checkpoint linking**                 | The connection between a Git commit and the Entire checkpoint that captured the session context behind it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| <span id="checkpoint-ref" />**Checkpoint ref**                         | The Git ref that holds one checkpoint under the ref-based backend, at `refs/entire/checkpoints/<shard>/<id>`. List them with `git for-each-ref refs/entire/checkpoints/`.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| <span id="checkpoint-remote" />**Checkpoint remote**                   | A Git remote that holds checkpoint metadata separately from your code remote. By default, Entire pushes checkpoint metadata to your code remote.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| <span id="checkpoint-storage-backend" />**Checkpoint storage backend** | How Git organizes checkpoints in your repository. `git-refs` writes one [checkpoint ref](#checkpoint-ref) per checkpoint and is the default for repositories enabled with CLI 0.10.0 or later. `git-branch` writes all of them to the [checkpoints branch](#checkpoints-branch). See [Session Storage](/guides/checkpoints/checkpoint-storage). |
| <span id="checkpoints-branch" />**Checkpoints branch**                 | The Git branch where Entire stores checkpoint and session metadata under the branch-based backend. Entire names the branch `entire/checkpoints/v1`.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| <span id="code-search" />**Code Search**                               | A literal search over the text of tracked files on a repository's indexed branch, returning the files and lines that contain a match. Run `entire search --code`, or open the **Code** tab in entire.io.                                                                                                                                        |
| <span id="commit-trailer" />**Commit trailer**                         | Structured metadata that Entire appends to a Git commit message, such as `Entire-Checkpoint` and `Entire-Attribution`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <span id="committed-checkpoint" />**Committed checkpoint**             | A checkpoint that Entire has linked to a Git commit and written to checkpoint storage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <span id="dispatch" />**Dispatch**                                     | A markdown summary of recent agent work across one or more repositories, branches, and time windows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| <span id="entire-cli" />**Entire CLI**                                 | The command line tool that records sessions, creates checkpoints, links commits, and syncs metadata.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| <span id="entire-io" />**entire.io**                                   | The web interface for searching and browsing repositories, sessions, checkpoints, dispatches, and agent activity captured by Entire.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| <span id="entire-repository" />**Entire Repository**                   | A Git repository that EntireDB serves. Entire can host the repository or connect it to an upstream GitHub repository through one or more mirror placements.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| <span id="entire-attribution" />**Entire-Attribution**                 | A commit trailer that records how much of a commit came from the agent versus a human.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <span id="entire-checkpoint" />**Entire-Checkpoint**                   | A commit trailer that records the checkpoint ID associated with a commit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| <span id="finding" />**Finding**                                       | A single issue a review [runner](/glossary#runner) raises against a branch or [trail](/glossary#trail), such as a bug, a regression, or a missing test. Open findings block the trail from merging until you resolve or dismiss each one.                                                                                                       |
| <span id="line-attribution" />**Line attribution**                     | Entire's calculation of how many changed lines in a commit came from the agent and how many came from a human.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <span id="metadata" />**Metadata**                                     | Structured data Entire records about sessions and checkpoints, including timestamps, agent type, token usage, attribution, and configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| <span id="mirror" />**Mirror**                                         | A connection between a GitHub repository and Entire. GitHub remains the upstream repository, while Entire serves Git traffic through one or more regional mirror placements.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| <span id="mirror-placement" />**Mirror placement**                     | A copy of a GitHub-backed repository on one EntireDB cluster. Each placement has its own cluster, status, and `entire://` URL.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <span id="nested-session" />**Nested session**                         | A child session created when an agent spawns another agent or sub-agent during the same body of work.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| <span id="plugin" />**Plugin**                                         | An executable named `entire-<name>` on your `$PATH` that adds a command to the Entire CLI. Running `entire <name>` dispatches to it. Distinct from a [skill](/glossary#skill), which teaches an agent to use Entire in natural language.                                                                                                        |
| <span id="repository-object" />**Repository object**                   | The control-plane record that identifies an Entire Repository and stores metadata such as its owning project, visibility, and placement information. The `entire repo` commands manage these objects.                                                                                                                                           |
| <span id="runner" />**Runner**                                         | A config-driven job that runs an AI coding agent in an isolated cloud sandbox against a branch or [trail](/glossary#trail). You define runners per repository in `.entire/runners/`. They produce Entire's automated review signals, including review comments, summaries, and scores for risk, drift, confidence, and security.                |
| <span id="search" />**Search**                                         | Entire's search over every indexed repository you can access, covering both [semantic search](#semantic-search) and [Code Search](#code-search) so one query returns the code and the work behind it. See the [Search overview](/guides/search/overview).                                                                                       |
| <span id="semantic-search" />**Semantic search**                       | A search over indexed Entire history that matches by phrase, meaning, or agent context rather than by exact words, returning related commits and sessions. Its literal counterpart is [Code Search](#code-search).                                                                                                                              |
| <span id="session" />**Session**                                       | A complete interaction with an AI coding agent from start to finish. Sessions include prompts, responses, code changes, checkpoints, token usage, metadata, and line attribution.                                                                                                                                                               |
| <span id="session-branch" />**Session branch**                         | A Git branch that holds captured session data without adding commits to your working branch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| <span id="session-context" />**Session context**                       | The prompts, responses, tool activity, code changes, and metadata that explain what happened during a session.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <span id="shadow-branch" />**Shadow branch**                           | A temporary local branch that holds checkpoints during active sessions. Entire names shadow branches like `entire/<commit>-<worktree>` and does not push them to remote repositories.                                                                                                                                                           |
| <span id="skill" />**Skill**                                           | A reusable workflow that helps an agent use Entire history, checkpoints, and session context for a specific task.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| <span id="token-usage" />**Token usage**                               | Counts of input tokens, output tokens, cache creation tokens, cache reads, and API calls recorded for a checkpoint or session.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <span id="trail" />**Trail**                                           | Entire's unit of work, covering one branch and one pull request from one intent to shipped code. A trail groups that intent, the [checkpoints](/glossary#checkpoint) recorded along the way, and a rolled-up summary and report. Teams review the trail instead of the raw diff.                                                                |
| <span id="worktree-id" />**Worktree ID**                               | An opaque identifier Entire puts in a shadow branch name to tell active worktrees apart.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

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