| Clip | Capability unit, identified by (hub, alias). Contains Knowledge (manifest) + Capability (execution logic) + Asset (composable) | Not a plugin, not an MCP tool |
| SDK Clip | Clip managed by the Runtime, written in TypeScript, installed via pinix hub add | Not an Edge Clip |
| Edge Clip | Clip that binds to hardware/OS APIs, implements the Provider protocol itself | Not an SDK Clip |
| Builtin Clip | Clip running inside the pinix daemon process (Go), registered via builtin.Registry | Not an SDK Clip, no IPC |
| Hub | Routing center — manages alias assignment and invoke routing. Single source of truth | Does not manage Clip lifecycles |
| Provider | Connection protocol (ProviderStream) — registers Clips and forwards invocations | Not the same as Runtime |
| Runtime | Lifecycle manager (RuntimeStream) — installs, starts, stops SDK Clips | Not a Provider (though it acts as one), does not route |
| Alias | Hub-assigned unique identifier for a Clip. Format: {name}-{4hex} or user-specified via --alias | Not the package name |
| Package | Publishing identifier for a Clip: @scope/name format | Not the alias |
| Scope | Owner identity carried by tokens (@cp, @pinixai). Determines Clip visibility | Not a tenant |
| Slot | Dependency declaration — a logical name mapped to a package constraint | Not a binding |
| Binding | Clip-side mapping of slot → alias (stored in bindings.json) | Does not exist on the Hub side |
| Manifest | Machine-readable Clip description: commands, patterns, entities, input schemas | Not just a description string |
| Portal / Console | Web UI for managing Clips, chatting with Agent, browsing Marketplace | Not an Agent Runtime, does not run LLM |
| Agent Runtime | LLM execution engine (Go). Local: builtin Clip agent in pinix daemon. Cloud: pinix-api /ai/* | Not a Clip (conceptually), though registered as one |
| Scheduler | Cron-based task scheduler, builtin Clip in pinix daemon | Not a separate service |
| Registry | Package repository for Clips. Publish with pinix registry publish, install with pinix hub add | Not npm |
| Marketplace | Discovery platform for shared Clips (running instances, not code packages) | Not the same as Registry |
| SharedClip | A user’s running Clip instance exposed to other users via Cloud Hub. Has access modes: public, unlisted, private, token | Not code distribution |
| Subscription | A user’s opt-in to access a SharedClip. Required before the SharedClip appears in their Clips list | Not automatic |
| Credit | Platform currency. 1 credit = 0.001 CNY. Used for cloud Agent conversations and shared Clip invocations | Not real currency, not withdrawable |
| BB-Browser | Browser automation Edge Clip. Turns Chrome into a structured API with 36 platform adapters | Not a scraper |
| clip-dock | Device capability pack — installs on a device to expose all its capabilities as Edge Clips | Not a Portal |
| IPC v2 | NDJSON protocol (stdin/stdout) between Runtime and SDK Clips | Not HTTP |
| ProviderStream | Bidirectional Connect-RPC stream between a Provider and a Hub | Not REST |
| Connect-RPC | HTTP/2 + Protocol Buffers RPC framework used for all Hub communication | Not gRPC (similar but HTTP-native) |
