Glossary
Definitions of key terms used throughout the docs.
Glossary
Key terms and concepts used throughout the Optima Forge documentation.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bifrost | Sidecar service that handles provider failover and load balancing for LLM requests. |
| Blackboard Pattern | Shared memory pattern where multiple agents read from and write to a common knowledge store. |
| CRDT | Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type. Used in Redis for state memory that resolves concurrent writes automatically. |
| ELO Score | Rating system for ranking LLM model quality, continuously updated based on response evaluations. |
| Forge Connect | Layer 29. Universal API connectivity layer providing access to 3,000+ external APIs. |
| ForgeBot | A custom AI agent built and deployed on the Forge platform. |
| ForgeGuard | 7-layer security pipeline that scans inputs and outputs for threats, PII, and policy violations. |
| Forge Mesh | Agent-to-agent communication network for coordinating multiple ForgeBots. |
| Golden Path | The recommended deployment approach: Oracle ARM64 + PM2 + Cloudflare Tunnel. |
| Intent Classifier | 3-tier system (regex, semantic-router, LLM) that determines query complexity and category. |
| Layer | An architectural component of Forge. There are 29 layers total. |
| MCP | Model Context Protocol. Standard for AI tool interaction. Forge exposes 55 MCP modules. |
| Pillar | A major feature grouping in Forge. There are 26 pillars total. |
| Prime Agent | The coordinator agent in a multi-agent ForgeBot that receives all messages and delegates to specialists. |
| Prime-First Routing | Default ForgeBot UX pattern where every message goes to the Prime agent first. |
| Provider | An LLM service (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.) that Forge can route requests to. |
| Quality Router | The routing component that ranks models by ELO score, cost, latency, and capability match. |
| Semantic Cache | Caching layer that matches semantically similar queries, not just exact matches. |
| SpiceDB | Google Zanzibar-inspired authorization system used for fine-grained permissions. |
| Tier | Subscription level: Free, Pro ($49/mo), Ultimate ($149/mo), Enterprise ($36K-$150K+/yr). |
| x402 | Micropayment protocol used for per-use billing of MCP modules and premium features. |