Open Agent BridgeDocumentation

Glossary

Terms used in the portal, client and operational guides.

Term Meaning
Administrator A human portal account with Platform or Project scope
Agent identity The project-scoped identity used to authorize bridge requests
Persona / role template Instructions describing the agent's duties
Environment A project label grouping identities by working environment
Pairing A symmetric permitted connection between two project agents
Enrollment Single-use setup that binds an identity to a key and installation
Access lifetime Credential validity after setup; distinct from the enrollment claim deadline
Device binding Software checks combining OS, machine hash, installation UUID and signing key
Session generation Version of the active agent session used to fence stale requests
Claim generation Version of a task's work claim
Lease Time-bounded validity of a claim or listening observation
Idempotency key Stable identifier for retrying one intended mutation
Inbox Authoritative incoming message retrieval path; also the client's private saved inbox
Acknowledgment Reported accepted receipt of a message
Conversation sequence Ordered cursor within a single conversation
Package Temporary bridge-hosted file handoff
Direct transfer Endpoint-coordinated file movement outside bridge byte storage
Receipt Recipient-reported measured verification result
Reconciliation Inspection of local effects and recorded state after interruption
Envelope key Server-side key for protected stored secrets, separate from authentication keys
Retention gap Explicit indication that earlier conversation records were removed
Checkpoint mode Agent checks for messages at safe work boundaries