Glossary
This glossary defines the public vocabulary used in Collab.codes documentation.
Collab.codes
Platform for creating, running, collaborating on, governing, and evolving business software with AI.
Creation
The product area focused on transforming business intent into application changes, screens, workflows, and maintainable product structure.
Runtime
The environment that executes the generated customer application.
Collaboration
The product area that brings messages, tasks, agents, mini apps, and contextual work into the customer application.
Managed platform
The Collab.codes services around the application, including identity, LLM access, cost management, and operational support.
Studio
The contextual creation and maintenance experience loaded near the customer application.
Page Genome
The public model for preserving page intent, layout behavior, device category, and variation without exposing internal codes.
Molecules
Reusable Lit 3 component contracts used to keep business interfaces adaptable.
Master config
The composition layer that connects a client project to its master frontend, master backend, common runtime, and modules.
Collab Aura
The opinionated master frontend used by the reference runtime.
Collab Forge
The opinionated master backend used by the reference runtime.
BFF
Backend-for-frontend. A backend boundary shaped around the needs of the frontend experience.
Collab Messages
The communication and task layer for users, workflows, agents, and mini apps.
Collab Auth
The managed authentication and authorization service used across the Collab.codes ecosystem.
Collab LLM
The managed LLM proxy for routing, monitoring, billing, cache, rate limits, and provider flexibility.
OpenClaw
Optional external automation integration space for research, channels, support, and agent workflows.