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Glossary

A short list of the terms that show up in the dashboard and activity feed, in plain language.

Repository (repo)​

A single project that lives on GitHub. Your team works on one repository at a time. You can connect more than one — they each get their own dashboard view.

Issue​

A written description of something to do. Often a bug ("login button does nothing on Safari"), a feature ("add password reset"), or a task ("upgrade React"). Jules opens most of yours. You can open your own too.

Pull request (PR)​

A proposed change to your repository. Alex opens one when he wants to change code. Matt reviews it. You approve it (sometimes). When it is merged, the change is real.

Merge​

Accepting a pull request — the proposed change becomes part of the actual project. By default, the team reviews and approves PRs and you perform the merge. If you turn on auto-merge in Settings → Merge policy, PRs the team approves are merged for you.

Branch​

A working copy of the repository. The team works on a branch called claude/... for each ticket so their work-in-progress does not touch the main project until you approve it.

Main branch​

The "real" version of your project. Code on the main branch is what runs in production (if your project deploys).

Commit​

A single saved version of a change. A pull request usually has several commits as the team iterates.

Review​

A teammate (almost always Matt) reading a pull request and writing "approved" or "needs changes". You see reviews in the activity feed.

CI / CI run / check run​

Automated checks that run on every pull request — usually the test suite and a build. A green check means it passed. Raj watches these.

Label​

A colored tag attached to an issue or PR. The team uses labels like approved, in-progress, manager-review, and needs-more-info to coordinate the workflow. You can ignore most of them.

Bot account​

The GitHub user that the team commits under (e.g. claude[bot]). This is not a person — it is the AgentForce service account that performs the write actions on your behalf.

Connector app​

The GitHub App that gives your team write access to your repository. You install it during onboarding; you can remove it at any time from your GitHub settings page.

Activity feed​

The main column on the dashboard. Lists every notable event in your repository in plain language. Read top-to-bottom.

Approval queue​

The smaller list at the top of the dashboard. Things waiting for you specifically.

Escalation​

The team has stopped on a task because they need a human decision. Shows up as a red banner at the top of the dashboard. Always worth opening.

SCRUM​

The lightweight planning rhythm the team runs internally. Gabe is the SCRUM lead. You do not need to know SCRUM to use AgentForce — Gabe handles it.

Sprint​

A short cycle (usually two weeks) of work the team plans together. Each sprint has a small set of goals. You can see them in Gabe's daily summary.