FAQ and glossary
Short answers to common questions and the meaning of every product noun.
#Questions
#Is Atoi a collection of agents?
No. Atoi is one agent. It can use different models, skills, connections, and computers, but you always talk to Atoi.
#Do I need a project before I ask for something?
No. Start from your thread and ask. Add a Project when a piece of work needs a source, instructions, or documents that your words do not carry.
#Is a task a different kind of thread?
No. A Thread is where you and Atoi talk. A Task is long running work with its own state and receipt, and it stays linked to the thread that started it.
#If I connect a service, can Atoi do anything in it?
No. A Connection has the scope the provider granted, and consequential actions still show an approval first.
#Is a Computer my current device?
Not by default. A Computer is a place Atoi can run work: Cloud, or a machine you connected. Your Mac becomes a Computer only after you connect it.
#Does Publish invite someone?
No. Publish creates a public, read-only page. Invite adds a person to your Workspace, and its thread comes with it. See Sharing and invites.
#Where do my keys live?
On Atoi's servers, encrypted, and never in a thread, a document, or a log. See Security and privacy.
#Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Atoi | The one agent you talk to |
| Home | Your thread on the web; the phone and Mac apps open on Library first |
| Ideas | Rows of your projects, threads, tasks, and documents, behind the header's bolt button |
| Library | The same list on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android, and the context section of the composer's + menu |
| Thread | Where you and Atoi talk, and where it posts, asks, and keeps everything it did |
| Project | Context you attach to a request: source, instructions, documents, and the tasks that used them |
| Task | Long-running work with a visible state and a receipt |
| Ask | A question Atoi needs you to answer before it continues |
| Approval | Your yes or no on a specific consequential action |
| Receipt | The record of a result: what changed, which checks ran, and the proof |
| Connection | A service you authorized Atoi to use |
| Computer | A place Atoi can run work: Cloud or a machine you connected |
| Messaging | Telegram or Slack, linked so a thread continues there |
| Automation | A saved prompt that runs on a schedule or on demand |
| Skill | Reusable instructions for a kind of work |
| Memory | What Atoi remembers about you across threads, visible in Settings |
| Workspace | The account boundary you and your collaborators share |
| Publish | Make a read-only public page from selected content |
| Invite | Add a person to a workspace |
When a word here still leaves a question, Troubleshooting answers the common ones.
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