> Rally Help Center. Index of every page: https://rallywith.ai/help/llms.txt
> This chapter's pages: https://rallywith.ai/help/help-and-glossary/llms.txt

# Glossary

> Every Rally word in one alphabetical list, including the old names you may still see.

Every word Rally uses for something of its own, in alphabetical order. Each
entry is short and points to the page that explains it properly. Old names
are listed too, with an arrow to the name Rally uses today, so if a button or
message uses a word you cannot find anywhere else in this manual, look here.

## A

**Administrator.** An Organization role. Administrators manage members,
invitations, Organization settings and the Organization's connections. Where
this manual says "an owner or administrator", either can do it. See
[Roles: owners, administrators, members and guests](https://rallywith.ai/help/running-an-organization/roles.md).

**Archive.** Taking a Channel out of the sidebar and stopping its activity,
while keeping what it holds. Archiving is not
deleting. See [Arranging your Channels](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/arranging-channels.md).

**Artifact.** A file Rally made for you and put in a Channel: a document, a
picture, a voice recording, a zip archive or a live site. Artifacts are listed
under **More** in the Channel's menu and keep every version. See
[Artifacts](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/artifacts.md).

**Attachment.** A file you add to a message you send. See
[Attaching files](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/attaching-files.md).

**Automation.** The old name for a [Sidekick](#s). A few labels and messages
still say it.

## B

**Background agent.** See [Helper](#h).

**Breakout.** A side conversation branched off a Channel, so you can explore
an idea without derailing the main one. It starts private to whoever made it.
Old name: Substream. See [Breakouts](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/breakouts.md).

## C

**Channel.** A conversation about one piece of work, where you, your
teammates and Rally work together. Every Channel lives in at least one Space.
Old names: Work stream, stream. See
[Your first Channel](https://rallywith.ai/help/getting-started/your-first-channel.md).

**Connection.** One link between Rally and another tool, such as your Gmail or
your team's Linear. Each connection is either personal or the Organization's.
See [Settings → Connections](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools/connections.md).

**Connector.** A kind of tool Rally can connect to: Google, GitHub, Slack and
so on. Each one has a card in **Settings → Connections**, and you connect it
to make a connection. See
[Connecting your other tools](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools.md).

**Continue.** The only button in the **Rally could not open that link**
window. It closes the window and does not try the link again. See
[When a link won't open](https://rallywith.ai/help/help-and-glossary/when-a-link-wont-open.md).

## D

**Deep link.** A link that opens the Rally app on your Mac at a particular
place: an invitation, the end of signing in, the end of connecting a tool, a
Space or a Channel. When Rally refuses one, it tells you why. See
[When a link won't open](https://rallywith.ai/help/help-and-glossary/when-a-link-wont-open.md).

**Digest.** A written summary of everything that moved since the last one,
sent on the days and at the times you choose. See
[The digest](https://rallywith.ai/help/rally-everywhere/the-digest.md).

## G

**Guest.** Someone outside your Organization who has been invited into one
conversation by email. A guest has no role in the Organization and sees only
what was shared with them. See
[Sharing with people outside your Organization](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/sharing-with-guests.md).

## H

**Helper.** An extra agent Rally starts to do part of a big job side by side
with the rest. A line above the message box counts the ones running, as
background agents. See
[Helpers, other conversations and receipts](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/helpers-and-receipts.md).

## L

**Live site.** A web page or small app Rally builds and publishes at its own
public address. Its card in the conversation is labelled **Site**. See
[Live sites](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/live-sites.md).

**Lockdown mode.** A setting on the Mac that protects your saved sign-in with
your Mac's own keychain. See
[Signing in, signing out and Lockdown mode](https://rallywith.ai/help/privacy-and-security/signing-in-and-out.md).

## M

**Main.** A Channel's own conversation, as opposed to its Breakouts. An open
Breakout sits to its right. See
[Breakouts](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/breakouts.md).

**Member.** The everyday Organization role. See
[Roles: owners, administrators, members and guests](https://rallywith.ai/help/running-an-organization/roles.md).

**Memory.** Facts Rally keeps between conversations, each one a single
sentence, so you only have to tell it something once. A memory belongs to a
Channel, a Sidekick, you or the whole Organization, and that decides who it
helps. See
[Memory and coming back later](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/memory-and-coming-back-later.md).

## N

**Needs attention.** The list on a Space's page of Channels and Breakouts that
want something from you. See [Spaces](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/spaces.md).

## O

**Organization.** Your team's shared home in Rally. Everything else (Spaces,
Channels, Sidekicks, connections) lives inside one. Old name: Workspace, which
still turns up in a few places, including some macOS permission messages. See
[Create or join an Organization](https://rallywith.ai/help/getting-started/create-or-join-an-organization.md).

**Organization connection.** A connection made with **Connect for
organization**. Everyone in the Organization can use it through Rally. Only an
owner or administrator can set one up or fix it. Compare
[personal connection](#p). See
[Settings → Connections](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools/connections.md).

**Origin.** The place a Channel started, such as the Slack thread it came
from. Rally records it when the Channel is created and attaches it to the
Channel. See [Resources: things you bring in](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/resources.md).

**Owner.** The person who created the Organization. Owners can do everything
an administrator can. See
[Roles: owners, administrators, members and guests](https://rallywith.ai/help/running-an-organization/roles.md).

## P

**Personal connection.** A connection made with **Connect for me**. It is
private to you and acts as your own account in the other tool. It is separate
from any Organization connection to the same tool. See
[Settings → Connections](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools/connections.md).

**Plugin.** A bundle of related abilities Rally loads when a request needs
it, such as the Web, the Terminal, or one for each connected tool. Loading a
plugin never gives Rally more permission than it already had. See
[How Rally works](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/how-rally-works.md).

**Private.** Seen only by the people listed in it. A private Channel says
**Private** under **People** in its menu. Its opposite is **Public**: everyone in the Organization
can see it. See [Who can see what](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/who-can-see-what.md).

**Project.** The old name for a [Space](#s).

**Public link.** The web address of a live site. Anyone who has it can view
the latest version, so share it with care. See
[Live sites](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/live-sites.md).

## R

**Rally.** The app, and also the name of the AI agent that works inside it.
"Open Rally" means the app; "ask Rally" means the agent. See
[How Rally works](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/how-rally-works.md).

**Receipt.** The record Rally keeps of every action that changes something in
another tool, so that a retried run never does the same thing twice. See
[Helpers, other conversations and receipts](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/helpers-and-receipts.md).

**Reconnect required.** A connection's status when the other tool stopped
accepting Rally's saved sign-in. Fix it with **Refresh**. See
[Settings → Connections](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools/connections.md).

**Refresh.** On a connection, signing in to the other tool again to renew it.
It does not fetch new data. See
[Settings → Connections](https://rallywith.ai/help/connecting-your-tools/connections.md).

**Request ID.** The reference shown on a **Run failed** card. Send it to
support so they can find that exact run. See
[Contacting support](https://rallywith.ai/help/help-and-glossary/contact-support.md).

**Resource.** Anything a Channel holds that came from outside: an uploaded
file, a document from a connected tool, an email. Things Rally made are
artifacts instead. See
[Resources: things you bring in](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/resources.md).

**Roles.** The standing a person has in an Organization: owner, administrator
or member. Guests have no role. See
[Roles: owners, administrators, members and guests](https://rallywith.ai/help/running-an-organization/roles.md).

**Run.** One stretch of Rally working on a request, from start until it
answers, is stopped or fails. A Sidekick's run is one time it does its job.
See [While Rally works](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/while-rally-works.md).

## S

**Sidekick.** A helper you save once and reuse. It can run on a schedule, when
something happens in another tool, by email or webhook, or whenever you call
on it. Old name: Automation. See
[What a Sidekick is](https://rallywith.ai/help/sidekicks/what-a-sidekick-is.md).

**Skill.** A short guide Rally reads before a tricky kind of job, so it does
it properly. A skill adds know-how, never permissions. See
[How Rally works](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/how-rally-works.md).

**Space.** A group of related Channels, with its own audience: everyone in
the Organization, or only the people you add. Every Organization starts with
one called **General**. Old name: Project. See
[Spaces](https://rallywith.ai/help/spaces-and-breakouts/spaces.md).

**Space pill.** One of the rounded buttons across the top of the sidebar, one
per Space except General, plus **All**. Clicking one shows only that Space's
Channels. See
[A tour of the window](https://rallywith.ai/help/getting-started/a-tour-of-the-window.md#the-space-pills).

**Status dot.** The coloured dot and label showing one state for a Channel or
Breakout. The labels are **New to you**, **You were mentioned**, **Running**,
**Needs input**, **Unread**, **Latest run completed**, **Latest run stopped**
and **Needs intervention**. See
[Status dots](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/status-dots-and-badges.md).

**Steering.** Sending a message while Rally is in the middle of a run, so it
changes course without starting again. Your message shows **Unseen** until
Rally has read it. See
[While Rally works](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/while-rally-works.md).

**Substream.** The old name for a [Breakout](#b).

## T

**Terminal.** Rally's own private Linux computer, where it runs code, works on
data and builds files. Your Organization decides how far it may reach on the
internet. See
[Code, data and the Terminal](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/code-files-and-the-terminal.md).

**Title pill.** The rounded name at the top of a Channel or Breakout. Click it
for the menu that holds its people, Sidekicks, Breakouts and settings. See
[Names, icons and colours](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/name-icon-and-colour.md#the-title-pill).

**Trigger.** What starts a Sidekick: a time, an interval, an event in another
tool, a webhook, an email, or starting it by hand. See
[Triggers and schedules](https://rallywith.ai/help/sidekicks/triggers-and-schedules.md).

## U

**Update channel.** How quickly new versions of the Mac app reach you:
**Stable** (at most one release a day, the default) or **Faster** (every
release). See [Keeping Rally up to date](https://rallywith.ai/help/settings-and-shortcuts/updates.md).

## V

**Version.** A saved earlier copy of an artifact. Rally keeps every version
and numbers them, so **v3** is the third. See
[Artifacts](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/artifacts.md).

## W

**Wake-up.** A reminder Rally sets itself to come back to a Channel later and
carry on with a job. See
[Memory and coming back later](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/memory-and-coming-back-later.md).

**Watch.** A switch, still to come in the Mac app, that will tell Rally to
notice when a resource's original changes. See
[Resources: things you bring in](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/resources.md#bringing-things-in-yourself).

**Work stream.** The old name for a [Channel](#c). You may also see "stream" or
"workstream" in a few places.

**Workspace.** The old name for an [Organization](#o). Slack also has
workspaces of its own, so this manual says "Slack workspace" when it means
Slack's.