Concepts

The vocabulary you'll see across the rest of the docs. Read in order; the later pages build on the earlier ones.

Core#

• Rooms and workspaces — where conversations happen.
• Rooms vs. notes — when to use each.
• Participants — humans, AIs, helpers, sidekicks, federation peers.

AI#

• AI engagement — how AIs join rooms, what response modes do, system prompts.
• Sidekicks — delegated agents that run in the background.
• Planner — stateful multi-step plans.
• Plugins and tools — what the AI can call.

Surfaces#

• Notifications — presence, mute, quiet hours, priority inbox.
• Calls — audio, video, screen share, recording.
• Search — hybrid BM25 + vector retrieval.

Topology#

• Multi-tenancy — isolation guarantees.
• Federation — cross-tenant rooms.
• Bridges — connecting to Slack, Discord, Teams, remote ScaiWaves.
• Incognito and restricted rooms — when conversations don't leave the room.