Glossary
Use these terms according to the current CLI implementation.Use the current implementation
- Agent — a named runtime prompt/capability configuration.
- Capability — a tool or integration the runtime may expose.
- MCP — the external tool/resource protocol managed by Nova.
- Plan — persisted proposed work and evidence boundaries.
- Session — conversation, runtime, tool, and continuation state.
- Skill — reusable workflow content loaded by the skill service.
- Worktree — an isolated Git working directory used for a session.
- Approval — a policy decision required before a guarded operation.