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+# Glossary
+
+Canonical terms for the toolboxmd fork. Names follow the Lightbringer series
+by Brent Weeks, the source of the company name.
+
+| Term | Meaning | Avoid |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Luxin | The company; also the work agents produce (code, PRs). | |
+| Chromeria | This app: the gateway where the user directs every agent across harnesses, with more interfaces (such as the OpenBot mode) over time. Built from the T3 Code fork. | T3 Code Fork, Bridge |
+| Drafter | An agent working for the user on one harness and model. | bot (reserved for OpenBot's named Bots) |
+| Prism | Planned product name for Model Router: splits work across models and balances capacity. Not renamed yet. | |
+| Toolbox | Planned name for the user's own future harness. | |
+| T3 Code | The upstream project this fork tracks (`pingdotgg/t3code`). | |