> ## 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

> Learn about the terms we use.

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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 Droid](/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 checkpoints to Git commits.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| <span id="checkpoint-id" />**Checkpoint ID**               | A 12-character hexadecimal identifier for a checkpoint, such as `8a513f56ed70`. You can find checkpoint IDs in the CLI and Entire.io.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| <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-remote" />**Checkpoint remote**       | A Git remote used to store checkpoint metadata separately from your code remote. By default, Entire pushes checkpoint metadata to your code remote.                                                                                                                                                               |
| <span id="checkpoints-branch" />**Checkpoints branch**     | The permanent Git branch where Entire stores checkpoint and session metadata. The branch is named `entire/checkpoints/v1`.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| <span id="commit-trailer" />**Commit trailer**             | Structured metadata appended to a Git commit message. Entire uses trailers such as `Entire-Checkpoint` and `Entire-Attribution`.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <span id="committed-checkpoint" />**Committed checkpoint** | A checkpoint permanently linked to a Git commit and stored on the checkpoints branch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| <span id="dispatch" />**Dispatch**                         | A task or request started from Entire.io and handed to an agent or connected workflow.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| <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 application for browsing repositories, sessions, checkpoints, dispatches, and agent activity captured by Entire.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <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="line-attribution" />**Line attribution**         | Entire's calculation of how many changed lines in a commit were written by the agent and how many were written by 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="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="rewind" />**Rewind**                             | Restoring your worktree to an earlier checkpoint during an active session.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| <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 used to store 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 used to store checkpoints during active sessions. Shadow branches are named like `entire/<sessionID>-<worktreeID>` and are not pushed 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="worktree-id" />**Worktree ID**                   | An opaque identifier Entire uses as part of a shadow branch name to distinguish active worktrees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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