# Glossary Canonical: https://godspeedmissioncontrol.com/guide/glossary ## A ### Add-on A separately installed package that adds one ability, such as the Wingman or Telegram stickers. See [Add-ons](/guide/add-ons). ### AGENTS.md The file of main instructions at the top of your mission control folder, which Godspeed and desktop AI apps read first. See [Change its rules and instructions](/guide/change-its-rules). ### Allowing a kind of step A yes you give once, so one kind of step for a goal goes out without asking each time. Money, bookings and a first message to someone new always need a fresh yes. See [Approve, stop or allow a step](/guide/steps). ### API key A secret code from an AI company that lets Godspeed use your account there, which you pay that company for. See [What you need](/guide/what-you-need). ### Approval Your yes before a step happens. Anything that costs money, or goes out to a person in your name, waits for it. See [What it does alone, and what it asks first](/guide/approvals). ### Assistant Godspeed, the one you talk to in the notebook and in Telegram, run by [Hermes](#hermes) with your AI account. See [Chat with Godspeed](/guide/talk-to-it). ## B ### Backup A checked copy of your notes, your mission control folder and your media. **Settings**, **Recovery**, **Save a backup** makes one, and Godspeed makes one every night once it knows your time zone. See [Back up and restore](/guide/back-up). ### Beside installation A second, separate mission control on the same computer, in a folder of its own. Your commands and routines keep using the first. See [Update Godspeed Mission Control](/guide/update). ### BotFather Telegram's own bot for making bots. It gives you the key you paste into the notebook's **Connect Telegram** page. See [First setup](/guide/first-setup). ## C ### Chat command A short word that starts with a slash, such as `/new`, sent in Telegram on the one-line server. See [Chat commands](/guide/chat-commands). ### Coaching talk A regular short conversation with Godspeed about one area of your life, on a day and time you choose. Your first goal sets up the [weekly check-in](#weekly-check-in). See [Start a coaching talk](/guide/coaching). ### Collection A table of things you keep in order in the notebook, such as a reading list. Trackers are collections too. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook). ### Conflicts Two versions of the same thing that Godspeed could not join, such as a note changed on two computers. **Settings** lists them under **Review conflicting edits**. See [Use it on two computers](/guide/several-devices). ### Container A sealed box on a server that holds a program and everything it needs. On the one-line server, all of Godspeed runs in one. See [Server commands](/guide/server-commands). ### Conversation archive Copies of your conversations with AI apps, kept in `prompts/archive/` in your folder. Godspeed searches it when it cannot recall something. See [Find an old conversation](/guide/find-a-conversation). ## D ### Daily round Two routines: one chooses the day's work on your goals at 05:30, the other does it at 10:00 and 16:00. With an API key they cost money. See [How the daily work runs](/guide/daily-work). ### Dashboard The notebook's first page, with the **Chat with Godspeed** button and cards such as **Tell Godspeed about you**. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook). ### Deadline The last day before something costs you, such as a late fee. Compare [target](#target). See [Get reminded of a deadline](/guide/deadlines). ### Desktop AI app An AI program you install yourself, such as Claude Code or Codex. Started in your mission control folder, it reads Godspeed's instructions and skills. See [Use Godspeed in VS Code, Claude or Codex](/guide/use-ai-apps). ### Docker A widely used program that runs containers on a server. The one-line server command installs it on Debian and Ubuntu. See [Install on a server](/guide/install-server). ## E ### Evening habit check One question at 21:00 about each habit you planned that day and have not tracked. Answer "yes", "no" or "skip". See [Build a habit](/guide/habits). ### Evening list A list of your open journal tasks that the journal is meant to send in the evening. It does not arrive, even when switched on; see [Known issues](/guide/known-issues). ### Extra instructions Short instructions about style and preferences, such as which language to answer in, added on **Godspeed's brain**. See [Change its rules and instructions](/guide/change-its-rules). ## F ### Fact One dated thing that is true about you, someone you know or the world. A new value closes the old one, which stays in the history. See [How it remembers](/guide/memory). ### From your routines The notebook folder where your routines leave one note per run when Telegram is not connected. See [How the daily work runs](/guide/daily-work). ## G ### Getting to know you A chat of about five minutes in which Godspeed asks where you live, a little about you and what you want help with first. Send the word `context` to start it. See [Tell it about yourself](/guide/tell-it-about-you). ### Git Bash A terminal for Windows that comes with Git, which the installer adds. A few commands run only there. See [Terminal commands](/guide/terminal-commands#windows). ### Goal Something you want to achieve, kept as one card in `goals/`. Your first goal starts the [routines](#routine). See [Add, change or stop a goal](/guide/goals). ### Goal research The routine that researches each of your goals every night at 00:15. It reads web pages and contacts no one; with an API key it costs money. See [How the daily work runs](/guide/daily-work). ### Godspeed chat The chat inside the notebook: **Chat with Godspeed** on the dashboard, or **Godspeed chat** in the sidebar. See [Chat with Godspeed](/guide/talk-to-it). ### Godspeed Mission Control Your own free AI assistant. It knows you, keeps your notes and works on your goals, and it is not tied to one app. You pay only for your AI account, and for a server if you want one. See [What Godspeed Mission Control does](/guide/what-it-does). ### Godspeed's brain The notebook page where you change who your assistant is, its rules and what it knows about you. Every change there can be undone. See [Change its rules and instructions](/guide/change-its-rules). ## H ### Habit Something small you want to do regularly, such as ten minutes of stretching, kept with a record that does not punish a missed day. See [Build a habit](/guide/habits). ### Health address A web address that shows whether Godspeed runs: `http://127.0.0.1:47831/health` on your computer, or your server's address with `/health`. See [Check that it is running](/guide/check-it-works). ### Hermes Hermes Agent, a free, open-source program by Nous Research that runs your assistant, its chat and its routines. See [Chat with Godspeed](/guide/talk-to-it). ### Hostinger A company that rents out servers, which it calls VPS. A Hostinger server is installed with the one-line command, like any other. See [Install on a server](/guide/install-server). ## I ### Inbox The `inbox/` folder, where Godspeed puts anything it is unsure about for you to decide. See [Folders and files](/guide/folders). ## J ### Journal A running log of what you start, what done means and what you finished, kept by writing "journal" in the chat. See [Keep a work journal](/guide/journal). ## M ### MCP A common way for AI apps to use tools. Through it, apps such as Claude Code can read and write your notes. See [Use Godspeed in VS Code, Claude or Codex](/guide/use-ai-apps). ### Media Pictures, PDFs and other files attached to your notes. They are stored apart from the notes, and backups include them. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook). ### Mission control "Your mission control" is your own installation. Its folder holds everything Godspeed knows, on a computer by default `godspeed-v2` in your home folder. See [Folders and files](/guide/folders). ### Model provider The AI company whose models do the thinking, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or OpenRouter. See [Switch to another AI](/guide/switch-ai). ### Moment One dated event on the notebook's **Timeline**, marked by how much it affects your life, from Everyday to Life-defining. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook). ### Morning brief An optional short message each morning with what needs you and the day's dates. It is off until you ask for it. See [Get a morning brief](/guide/morning-brief). ### My Profile A notebook page of facts about you, mainly for copying an "About Me" text into another AI tool. To teach Godspeed itself, use [Godspeed's brain](#godspeeds-brain). See [Tell it about yourself](/guide/tell-it-about-you). ## N ### Notebook The web page where you talk to Godspeed and see what it knows and does. Every page in it is also a text file in the `notebook/` folder. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook). ### Notebook's own command `godspeed.mjs`, the notebook's maintenance program for checks, exports, backups and restores. See [The notebook command](/guide/notebook-command). ## O ### One-line server A Linux server where you installed Godspeed by pasting one command. It runs in a [container](#container), has an `https://` address and talks to you in Telegram. See [Install on a server](/guide/install-server). ## P ### Page watch See [watch](#watch). ### PATH The list of folders your terminal looks in for commands. The installer adds the folder with the `mc-` commands. See [Terminal commands](/guide/terminal-commands). ### Profile pages Four pages about you that Godspeed reads: About me, My people, My projects and priorities, and My voice. See [Tell it about yourself](/guide/tell-it-about-you). ## R ### Recipe Another word for [skill](#skill), used in some files and places in the app. ### Record sync Keeps your notebook in an empty private GitHub repository of your own, so another computer can share it. See [Use it on two computers](/guide/several-devices). ### Recovery code A code a server shows you once, when you make your account. It lets you choose a new username and password, so keep it somewhere private. See [First setup](/guide/first-setup). ### Release One published version of Godspeed Mission Control, named by its date. This guide describes the release of 17 October 2026. See [Update Godspeed Mission Control](/guide/update). ### Research watch A question Godspeed keeps researching on a rhythm, telling you only what is new. See [Watch a web page or a question](/guide/watches). ### Review queue The notebook page where things the AI found in your notes wait for you to **Keep**, **Roll Back** or **Never Again**. See [Correct what it remembers](/guide/correct-memory). ### Routine A job Godspeed runs by itself on a schedule, such as the nightly goal research. **Settings**, **Routines** lists them. See [Pause, move or run a routine](/guide/routines). ### Routine delivery The choice in **Settings** of where routine results go: the notebook, or Telegram once it is connected. See [Pause, move or run a routine](/guide/routines). ### Rules Short lines Godspeed follows in every job, such as "Never spend my money". A new installation starts with eight. See [Change its rules and instructions](/guide/change-its-rules). ## S ### Schedule owner The one computer or server that runs your routines when you have several. See [Use it on two computers](/guide/several-devices). ### Server A rented computer in a data centre that stays on, so your routines run while your own computer is off. See [Your computer or a server](/guide/choose-an-installation). ### Server without Docker A Linux server where you ran the Mac and Linux installer instead of the one-line command. It has an `https://` address but no Telegram. See [Install on a server](/guide/install-server). ### Setup code A private code that makes whoever uses it first the owner of a new server's notebook. It is in the link the installer prints. See [Install on a server](/guide/install-server). ### Skill Step-by-step instructions for one job, kept as a folder in `skills/`. Godspeed picks a skill by what you ask. See [Skills](/guide/skills). ### Step One piece of work the daily round plans for a goal. A step that costs money, or reaches a person in a way you have not allowed, waits for your yes. See [Approve, stop or allow a step](/guide/steps). ### Sync Keeping the same mission control on several computers, through a private GitHub repository. See [record sync](#record-sync). ## T ### Talk Short for [coaching talk](#coaching-talk). ### Target A day you would like something done by, which costs you nothing if it slips. Compare [deadline](#deadline). See [Get reminded of a deadline](/guide/deadlines). ### Telegram A free chat app for phones and computers. Only the one-line server talks to you there. See [Chat with Godspeed](/guide/talk-to-it). ### Telegram bot Your own bot in Telegram, made with [BotFather](#botfather), through which Godspeed talks to you. See [First setup](/guide/first-setup). ### Terminal A window where you type commands, such as PowerShell on Windows or Terminal on a Mac. Everyday use needs none. See [Terminal commands](/guide/terminal-commands). ### Thing you say A plain request in a chat, such as "track belly 92 cm": the main way to use Godspeed. See [Things you can say](/guide/things-you-can-say). ### Tracker A list of numbers or answers you keep by saying "track", such as your weight. See [Track your weight, or anything else](/guide/trackers). ### Trash Where a deleted note goes first, to **Restore** it or **Delete Forever**. See [Make a note and find it again](/guide/notes). ## V ### VPS Short for virtual private server: a server you rent from a hosting company. See [server](#server). ## W ### Watch Short for page watch: a web page or subject Godspeed keeps an eye on, quiet until something that matters to you changes. See [Watch a web page or a question](/guide/watches). ### Weekly check-in The coaching talk your first goal sets up: on Sundays at 18:00 Godspeed looks at how your goal went and asks you one question. See [Start a coaching talk](/guide/coaching). ### Weekly review The tidy-up you can ask for once a week, which files waiting notes and writes a line on each goal. The notebook's **Weekly Review** page is a different thing, a summary of what you wrote. See [Set up a weekly review](/guide/weekly-review). ### Wingman An add-on that looks through profiles on the dating site Flirtual each evening and brings you matches with reply ideas. See [Install the Wingman dating helper](/guide/wingman). ### Workspace The word some messages and commands use for your mission control folder. See [Folders and files](/guide/folders). ### World The notebook page for the facts of your life beyond your notes: things, events, and facts with the dates they were true. See [Your notebook](/guide/notebook).