| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Drone | A specialist agent responsible for a bounded domain. Former Hive guides called this a Bee. |
| Stinger | A skill with the procedure, references, examples, and templates for a domain. Specialist Stingers pair with Drones; explicitly standalone skills run directly. |
| Pest Controller | The router that selects and arms Drones for a request. It replaces the old Beekeeper name. |
| Smoke It | The command that drives PRD acceptance criteria through implementation and verification. It replaces the old Smoker name. |
| Queen Wasp | The orchestrator-level Stinger that creates and validates Wasp Nest components. |
| Pack | An independently installable plugin containing related components. |
| Library | A repository's durable home for knowledge, requirements, issues, contracts, and human-only notes. |
| PRD | Product Requirements Document for planned product behavior. |
| IRD | Issue Requirements Document for a tracked bug or incident. Its number matches the GitHub issue. |
| CTR-### | A stable shared contract record, accepted at an exact revision and pinned by dependent PRDs. |
| ADR | Architecture Decision Record explaining an important choice and its consequences. |
| Ship Gate | The repository's ordered close-out checks before a user-approved commit or push. |
| Distillation | A cited summary retained in plugin distributions when raw research archives stay in source. |
For document paths and examples, see Why the Library exists. For current installable names and counts, see the README catalog.