| Agent |
A file with a name and a persona that Zyx works as. A pack brings one |
| Approval card |
A question to a person before a risky call. Approve runs exactly that one call, once |
| Box |
One Zyx install: its state folder, its company folder and its two databases |
| Company folder |
The one folder tree that holds a company’s documents, skills, memory and wiki |
| Connection |
An app Zyx may use, with its key or sign-in. A company connection or a person’s own |
| Datagate |
The privacy gate in the kernel. It checks what goes out and what comes back |
| eve |
The one runtime. It runs sessions, held approvals and the clock, for every model |
| Grant |
An OAuth sign-in from an AI tool. It is a key acting as that person |
| Harness |
The AI tool a person works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, ChatGPT, or Zyx’s own chat |
| Inbox |
Each person’s private chat for scans, files and notes (German: Eingang). Also any Inbox/ folder, where uploads land |
| Job |
A multi-step piece of work: an outcome, steps and checks, approved on one card |
| Kernel |
The safety code every tool call passes. Its function decide() answers allow, refuse or hold |
| MCP |
Model Context Protocol, the open standard AI tools use to call tools. Zyx is both an MCP client and an MCP server |
| Operator |
The person who installs Zyx for a company and looks after it |
| Owner |
The person in a company who holds Zyx’s owner login and decides owner-only cards |
| Pack |
Packaging: the skills, routines and agent of one department or branch, installed in one go. An own pack is one the owner saved |
| Plan |
The tab that shows tasks and calendar events of your apps and of Zyx in one board and one calendar |
| Private chat |
A chat only its person can read. Their own connections answer there |
| Private session |
A staff member’s MCP calls, run in their private chat |
| Proposal |
A change Zyx measured and suggests, such as a cheaper model for a step. The owner decides |
| Quick-connect |
A one-click app card on the Connections screen |
| Readers |
The people who may see an item. It reaches an answer only if every reader of the answer is among them |
| Risk judge |
A small model that decides per call whether a change needs a card. Unsure means ask |
| Routine |
When a skill runs: on a clock or on an event |
| Sandbox |
The Docker container where every shell command runs, with no credential |
| Skill |
A SKILL.md file that says how a piece of work is done |
| Synced source |
An app Zyx copies into its local search in the background, each item with its readers |
| Trigger |
An event that starts a job: a new mail, a new file, a file in an Inbox/ folder, a webhook, a merged pull request |
| Workflow |
A skill whose steps say who does them: a script, an AI model, or a person |
