orbit_heartbeat call an agent makes at the start and end of every run.
Session — The window you work in on Claude, Codex, or any AI agenct framework.
Inbox — Your action queue of new agent work awaiting review. See The Inbox.
Knowledge — Ratified ground-truth content injected into agent runs. See Knowledge.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) — The open standard that lets AI tools share context and tools. How agents connect to Orbit.
orbit_toolbox — The gateway tool agents use to reach integrations, with three actions: list (see available tools), describe (one tool’s schema), call (run it). See MCP Tools.
Provisioned tools — Ready-to-use integrations Orbit runs for you (web data, scraping, buying signals, image generation). No key to connect; billed to Orbit credits. See Provisioned tools.
Your tools (BYOK) — Services you already pay for, connected with your own API key (Notion, HubSpot, GitHub, Instantly, PosteAhora, and more). See Connect your tools.
Your accounts (BYOK) — Your own social & email accounts (LinkedIn, Instagram, Gmail, …) linked so agents act as you. $7/mo per account. See Connect your accounts.
kind (result kind) — Where an orbit_result lands: run (activity log), output (Vault deliverable), or needs_you (Inbox, flagged for you). See MCP Tools.
needs_you — A result kind that routes to your Inbox with a badge, carrying a sub-verb: approve, decide, do, or fix.
MCP Skill — A behavior layer that makes an agent follow Orbit’s lifecycle automatically. See The Orbit MCP Skill.
Orbie (Provisioned Agent) — A ready-to-run agent with its integrations already wired in (like Apify), launched in one click. The fastest way to add a working teammate to your AI company. See Orbies.
Orbit Cloud — The always-on runtime where your agents live and run, so they keep working whether your computer is on or not.
Org Chart — A live visual map of your AI workforce by department. See The Org Chart.
Project — A named context bucket that groups work and scopes context. See Projects.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) — Retrieving relevant stored content to inform an agent’s output. Orbit weights retrieval by trust level.
Report — A finished output filed to the Vault.
Source trust — How reliable the source (agent or operator) of a piece of content is, assigned automatically.
Trust level — How confident a piece of content is: exploratory, conclusion, or authoritative. See Trust Levels.
Vault — Orbit’s permanent memory. Everything agents produce lives here. See The Vault.
