Terms and Orientation
Which terms matter?
The glossary explains the most important Nova terms and links them to the right documentation areas.
19 Terms
Glossary
Nova terms in short form
AAG
Agent Awareness Gates are guidance or safety checks that point agents to missing prerequisites, uncertain state, or necessary intermediate steps.
Agent
An AI system that translates goals into steps and uses Nova tools to perform them.
ALP
Agent Learning Pipeline is Nova’s quality process for turning observations into reliable learning candidates.
ETM
Episodic Task Memory is Nova’s task memory for recurring task types, concrete runs, progress, and completion conditions.
TUC
Task URL Coverage is an ETM extension that checks URL or work-unit coverage before exhaustive task runs are accepted as complete.
Browser Memory
Browser Memory ist Novas nutzerzentrierte Gedächtnisfläche für opt-in Notizen, Präferenzen und Sitzungskontext pro Domain. Es ergänzt PKS, OK und ETM, ersetzt sie aber nicht.
Operator Notes
Operator Notes sind wiederverwendbare Notizen für Präferenzen, Recherche-Regeln oder Workflow-Fakten, die über einzelne Aufgaben und Websites hinaus gelten sollen.
EVM
Evidence Verification Mode ist eine Task-Guidance für Rechercheaufgaben: Agenten zerlegen Aussagen in prüfbare Claims, belegen sie mit Quellen oder markieren sie als unknown.
LCJ
Lightweight Candidate Journal is Nova’s lightweight observation and candidate journal. It collects work evidence from which ALP can later derive learning suggestions.
TOB
Tool Observation Bus is Nova’s evidence layer for observed agent tool work. It helps separate claims from actual execution signals.
Crawler
A background run that inspects websites, collects pages, and makes changes visible.
Approval
A conscious user decision before Nova or an agent performs sensitive or state-changing steps.
llms.txt
An agent-readable text file that bundles important pages, policies, and compact context.
OK
Operational Knowledge is Nova’s live knowledge base for current service state, facts, capabilities, and freshness.
PKS
Phenomenological Knowledge Store is Nova’s curated long-term memory for website phenomena and proven actions.
Plugin
An isolated extension that agents can create or use when the right permissions exist.
Scheduled Task
A planned task that Nova runs repeatedly or on demand with a defined work context.
Surface Explorer
Ein Bereich, der versteckte UI-Zustände wie Menüs, Dialoge, Tabs oder Hover-Inhalte sichtbar macht.
TDM Reservation
Ein Signal für Text- und Data-Mining. Nova setzt es auf 0, damit die öffentliche Doku nutzbar ist.
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