How to use this
Search as you type, filter by category, or jump by letter. Every term has a single canonical primary-source citation — vendor docs, regulator publications, peer-reviewed papers — with the date we last accessed it. Foundational entries are flagged Foundational; live regulation is flagged In force; brand-new vocabulary is flagged Emerging 2026; contested entries are flagged Contested.
How this differs from the deep glossary. The Agentic Glossary is the deep, narrative version — 31 hand-curated flagship terms, each with a paragraph-long definition and a full block-quote from the primary source. This site is the breadth layer: more terms, shorter definitions, optimized for fast lookup and copy-paste. Flagship terms here carry a Compare with deep glossary link to the longer entry.
Sibling references
- Agentic Glossary — the deep, narrative companion. 31 hand-curated entries with full canonical block-quotes per term.
- Anatomy of a Firm — the 8 Primitives pillar essay on agentsbooks.com.
- The 8 Primitives Pillar — long-form essay anchoring the controlled lexicon used across this site.