Glossary

Every term the Cendriix documentation uses, defined once and linkable on its own.

Agent

Autonomous LLM-powered worker that performs tasks within a run.

Approval gate

Workflow step that pauses execution until a human approves.

Audit event

Immutable record of a significant action.

Autopilot

A Helix trigger that keeps an automation running in the background, either on a fixed interval or by checking on its own and acting only when something matters. Formerly called Continuous. See Triggers.

BYO-cloud

Bring Your Own Cloud — agents execute in the customer’s AWS account.

Cendra

AI copilot in the Cendriix app for natural-language task filing.

Cortex

Platform-intelligence and knowledge layer: unified graph across infrastructure, knowledge atoms, and RAG.

Cost meter

Real-time resource consumption tracker for a run.

CPT engine

Convergent Perspective Topology — Cortex’s entity resolution algorithm.

Guardrail

Policy rule constraining agent behavior during a run.

Helix

A goal-driven automation: a durable pipeline of steps, judged after each run against its declared acceptance criteria.

HITL

Human-in-the-loop — a step or gate that pauses a run for a person’s explicit approval before continuing.

MCP

Modular Capability Provider — plugin system for external service access.

Run

Single, bounded execution of a workflow with full audit trail.

Skill

Reusable, parameterised sub-task an agent invokes atomically.

Stimulus

What starts a Helix run — on demand, on a schedule, from an incoming webhook, or on Autopilot.

Time travel

Deterministic replay of past runs with side effects intercepted.

Workflow

Directed graph of agent steps, branches, and approval gates.

Workspace

Isolated environment: users, connectors, policies, workflows.