Glossary

A system that plans, writes, and verifies code across multiple files autonomously.

Inline code suggestions that appear as you type, accepted with Tab.

The maximum amount of text (in tokens) a model can read at once.

A benchmark of real GitHub issues used to score AI coding tools.

The units of text that language models read and generate.

Injecting relevant code or docs into a model's context at query time.

An open protocol for connecting AI models to external tools and data sources.

When a model invokes a function or API instead of just returning text.

A provider guarantee that no user data is stored after a request completes.

The ability to plug any model API or local model into a tool.

An AI that works alongside you like a remote collaborator would.

A tool whose source code is freely available under a permissive license.