Key terms

Use these terms in the same way in the UI, code, and evidence.

Term	Meaning
Goal	What the learner wants to learn and explain.
Learning map	The learner-approved set of nodes and links for a goal.
Constellation	The visual view of the learning map and its current state.
Quest	One goal-specific teach-back mission.
Quest details	A read-only preview of a quest. It does not start an attempt.
Teach-back	The learner explains an idea to a named audience.
Attempt	The learner response and its confidence signal.
Evidence	A piece of the response that supports or misses a required move.
Gap	A missing reasoning link that Orion proposes for learner review.
Hypothesis	A learner-editable explanation of a relationship. It is not memory yet.
Memory	A learner-confirmed gap that can affect a later mission.
Intervention	The next action that helps the learner repair a gap.
Passport	A learner-facing artifact that records a learning state and lineage.
Tombstone	A durable record that prevents forgotten memory from retrieval.
DVI	CockroachDB Distributed Vector Indexing. It supports filtered retrieval.
Managed MCP	A read-only retrieval boundary for approved context.
Replay	A read-only fixture for repeatable evidence.
Live	The explicit backend path with real dependency status.
Provider trace	Safe metadata about a model request. It is not the prompt or key.

Naming rule

Use view quest details for inspection. Use begin teach-back for the action that starts the response flow. Do not call a preview a started mission.