Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms used across Multilo — projects, agents, MODES, credits, Claim Check, and more.
Plain definitions of the terms used across Multilo and this documentation. Jump to a group on the right, or press ⌘K / Ctrl+K to search.
Core concepts
Project — A folder on your machine holding one piece of work — your draft, library, notes, and data. The unit of context agents see.
Document — A first-class file you edit — Word (.docx), Markdown, LaTeX, or text — rendered in the AI-native editor.
.multilo/ folder — A per-project folder of plain config and caches: AGENTS.md, voice.md, integrity.md, memory, the search index, skills, and corpus.
Library — The project-scoped collection of references and data that agents cite and read from.
Memory — Facts an agent remembers across sessions, stored as Markdown files; scoped per-project or globally.
AI & agents
Agent — A focused AI specialist you run on your document — drafting, citation-checking, language polish, and more.
MODES — Depth levels for an agent that change how thorough it is and how much it produces. Previously called Volumes.
Full Draft Writer — An autonomous agent that researches, outlines, drafts section by section, and inserts real citations.
Claim Check — On-device citation verification: reads each citation, fetches the source, and reports whether it supports the claim.
Sources Hub — Source discovery that mines references from your library and searches the web to fill gaps.
Inline suggestions — Sentence- and paragraph-level edits offered as you type, in Suggest or Automatic mode.
Agent Compute — An agent capability to write and run code (sandboxed WebAssembly Python, with optional native escalation) to turn any file into any outcome.
Models & billing
Model — The AI model an agent uses; selectable per agent and per run.
Premium model — The most capable models, which cost more credits per run.
Credit — The unit that meters AI work. Drawn from your balance when an agent or suggestion calls a model.
Overage — Optional, opt-in usage beyond your plan's included credits. Off by default.
Platform
Extension — Add-on software that extends Multilo via the multilo API, installed from the marketplace and sandboxed.
Pack — A first-party extension built and maintained by Multilo (e.g. Research Companion, Speech).
Connection key — A one-time key to link a device to your account when the multilo:// deep link is blocked.
Local-first — The design principle that your files live on your machine; the cloud is used only to call a model.