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Glossary

Term Meaning
Allowed origins The origins a run’s browser may open: the product’s own, and the one setup was redirected to, if any. Everything else is blocked.
Cap Where a run stops spending on model calls: $0.10 to $50, $2 by default. The last call can take it slightly past.
Defect A finding that says the product behaved wrongly. It carries steps a stranger can follow, and it is replayed.
Estimate The likely cost of a run, shown on the Start panel before you start it.
Finding Something a person reports while using the product: a defect or friction, with a severity and the goal they were pursuing.
Focus Optional words given to setup to steer the people and goals it proposes.
Friction A finding that says the product slowed a person down or was unclear. It is not replayed.
Goal An outcome a person wants to get done in the product. Every person pursues every goal of the plan.
Judge The model that compares a defect’s claim with what its replay saw and gives a verdict.
Model key The workspace’s API key from a model provider. Runs are billed to it.
Person A simulated user: a first name and a brief saying what they are like. The code and the local runner call them personas.
Plan A project’s people, goals and test accounts — what a run will do.
Private beta Hosted runs are open only to email addresses on the beta list.
Project One product under test: its address, name, description and plan.
Replay, blind replay A fresh agent following a defect’s steps in a new browser, told nothing about what went wrong.
Run One execution of the plan, with a model, a cap and a number in the workspace.
Runner The program that carries out a run: the browser, the people, the replays and the judge. Its source is public, and it can run on your own machine.
Setup Reading the product’s page and proposing a plan.
Severity How much a finding matters, as the person judged it: low, medium or high.
Test account A username and password on your product that a person signs in with.
Verdict The judge’s answer for a defect: confirmed, refuted or inconclusive. A defect whose judge gave no answer could not be judged, and can be judged again after the run if its cap has room; one that never reached the judge is not judged.
Workspace Where your projects, runs and model key live, and who can use them.