CMMD-specific terms. Bookmark this. New team members read it on day 1. Every term links to its full reference page.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| CMMD | The product. Pronounced “command.” Tagline: Your Universe. Your Life and Your Work. |
| The 30-Second Rule | New users must feel Connection, Clarity, Action within 30 seconds. The product principle. See The 30-Second Rule. |
| Sidekick | The user’s AI. They name it. See App — Sidekick. |
| Brain | The user’s knowledge layer (docs, memory, core). See App — Brain. |
| Apex | Our shared LLM model family (Flash, General, Reason). See ADR-0005. |
| Forge | Our IDE sub-product. Lives in its own Confluence space + repo. See App — Forge IDE. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| Chat | One conversation with the Sidekick. Lowercase. Never “conversation.” |
| Thread | Long-lived container for related chats. Like a Slack channel for one topic. |
| Project | Multi-week container for Threads + Tasks + Brain docs. |
| Smart Brief | Daily summary pinned at top of Sidekick section. |
| Top Tasks | Daily ritual: pick 3-5 tasks to focus on today. |
| Routines | Recurring habits visible in Smart Brief + Top Tasks flow. |
Hierarchy: Projects ⊇ Threads ⊇ Chats
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| Quick | Fast, no tools by default. FAST_MODEL. |
| Autopilot | Default mode. Full tools. CAPABLE_MODEL. |
| Deep Think | Reports, deep analysis. FLAGSHIP_MODEL. |
| Code | Code pairing. Sandbox tools, 32k tokens. |
| Auto-elevation | Quick → Autopilot when a tool is needed. Transparent. |
| Ghost Mode | Skips persistence, memory extraction, usage tracking. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| ADR | Architectural Decision Record. See ADRs. |
| RFC | Request for Comments — design doc for a proposed change. |
| FM-NNN | Failure Memory — a postmortem incident. See Incidents. |
| Page Layout Wrappers | StandardPage / WorkspacePage / ControlPage. See ADR-0004. |
| Repository Pattern | All DB access via repositories — org-scoped, multi-tenant safe. See ADR-0002. |
| Composio | Integration broker for ~250 third-party tools. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| 30-Second Rule | The user-experience principle |
| Blameless postmortem | Postmortems are about systems, not people. |
| Disagree and commit | After a decision is made, everyone commits — re-litigation post-decision is not OK. |
| Sidekick integration check | Three questions before merging any feature: can Sidekick see it, modify it, label it. |
| Internal-docs first | All new docs go to internal-docs first; public docs require explicit approval. |