Glossary

TIP

Quick reference: Use this page for consistent language across engineering, docs, and operations.

Terms

• Context Bus: Project-local shared state file used to pass outputs across skill/workflow steps.
• Continuity: Structured working-memory format tracked in .cm/CONTINUITY.md.
• L0/L1/L2: Retrieval depth levels used by URI resolution and context loading.
• MCP Context Server: JSON-RPC stdio server exposing CodyMaster memory and pipeline tools.
• Skill Output: Persisted output artifact from a step in a chained workflow.
• Sprint Artifact: File/state emitted by sprint pipeline lifecycle operations.
• Storage Backend: CodyMaster's persistence implementation, currently supported as SQLite with compatibility fallback for legacy configs.

See also:

• System Overview
• Storage and Memory Model
• Servers and MCP Runtime