AI Glossary

What is an Agent SDK? A software development kit for building autonomous AI agents that execute multi-step tasks.

What are agent teams? Multi-agent architectures where specialized AI agents collaborate on complex tasks.

What is agentic AI? Systems that autonomously plan, decide, and act to complete multi-step tasks.

What is agentic coding? A development paradigm where AI agents autonomously plan and execute multi-step programming tasks.

What is Aider? An open-source terminal AI pair programming tool that edits code and commits changes in your local git repo.

What is Anthropic? The AI safety company behind Claude, focused on building reliable and interpretable AI systems.

What is Claude? Anthropic's family of large language models built for safety and helpfulness.

What is Claude Code? Anthropic's agentic coding tool that operates directly in your terminal.

What is Claude Desktop? Anthropic's desktop app for interacting with Claude across documents, images, and agentic workflows.

What is CLAUDE.md? A project-level instruction file that gives Claude Code persistent context about your codebase.

What is Codex? OpenAI's code-generation AI model powering GitHub Copilot and developer tools.

What is Codex CLI? OpenAI's open-source terminal agent for coding — how it differs from the Codex app and when to use it.

What is a copilot? An AI assistant that works alongside developers to suggest code, answer questions, and accelerate workflows.

What is Cursor? An AI-powered code editor built as a VS Code fork with integrated LLM assistance.

What is DeepMind? Google's AI research lab behind AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and Gemini.

What is Devin? Cognition AI's autonomous AI software engineer that handles full development tasks end-to-end.

What is Gemini? Google's multimodal AI model family powering search, coding, and enterprise tools.

What is GitHub Copilot? GitHub's AI-powered coding assistant that suggests code inline across major IDEs.

What is Google? The tech giant behind Gemini, DeepMind, and major AI infrastructure.

What is Google DeepMind? Google's primary AI research lab behind Gemini, AlphaFold, and foundational advances in deep learning.

How React hooks work: JavaScript closures enable state and lifecycle features in functional components.

What is LangChain? An open-source framework for building applications powered by large language models.

What is MCP? The Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI models to external tools and data sources.

What are multi-agent systems? Architectures where multiple AI agents collaborate to solve complex tasks.

What is Ollama? An open-source tool for running large language models locally on your own hardware.

What is OpenAI? The AI research company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the DALL-E image generation models.

What is skill.md structure? The file format Claude Code uses to define reusable, shareable AI instruction sets for consistent agent behavior.

What is tool use? How AI models call external functions to take actions beyond text generation.

What is vibe coding? An AI-driven development style where you describe intent and let LLMs generate the code.

What is Windsurf? An AI-powered IDE by Codeium built for agentic coding workflows.