Reference

Glossary

Ask — the page inside Vythos where you ask questions in plain language. Answers come from your rules and your own memory, never from the wider world. More

Category — one of seven kinds of rule: Terms & commitments, Pricing & rates, How we work, Brand & voice, Who decides, Strategy, Past decisions. A rule has exactly one. Access is granted per category. More

Client — a name you added, that rules can be attached to. A client's rule overrides your house default for that client's work. More

Confirmed value — a value a person has checked and vouched for. A draft contradicting one is reported as breaking the rule, rather than as worth a check. More

Conversation — a run of questions and answers in Ask, kept so a reload loses nothing and a follow-up is understood. Readable only by the person who asked.

Context pack — what an AI tool receives when it asks for the rules that apply to a task: the relevant rules in precedence order, their values, and an account of anything left out. More

Key — the credential a tool connects with. It carries the access of the person who created it. More

MCP — the Model Context Protocol, the standard AI tools use to connect to outside systems. How Claude, Cursor and others reach your Playbook. More

Memory — the searchable text of everything you've connected or uploaded. Private to each person, and never governing. More

Owner — whoever created the workspace. Today, the only person who adds and retires rules.

Playbook — the set of documents your agency's work must respect. The rules, organised by category and scope. More

Precedence — the order rules are ranked in. Scope first (a client's rules beat house rules), then category. Tools are told the order explicitly.

Rule — a document someone named as governing. Not typed-in text: a Drive file, a Notion page or an upload that Vythos follows. More

Retire — to stand a rule down. It stops reaching people and tools immediately; its text and history are kept. More

Replaces — the tick that says a new document supersedes an existing rule. Without it, two documents covering the same ground both stay in force. More

Scope — who a rule governs: every client, or one named client. Separate from permissions, which decide who may see it. More

Source — a connected account or upload that feeds memory: Google Drive, Notion, uploads, your website, GitHub, Gmail. More

Value — a figure or list read out of a rule: a day rate, payment terms in days, words never to use. Sent to tools labelled with what it is, so nothing has to be inferred from prose. More

Version — a rule's number, starting at 1 and rising each time its document changes wording. Old versions are kept, and a draft is checked against the version its author was given. More

Workspace — your agency in Vythos: one Playbook, your clients, your people.