| Controller UI | The customer-facing MergeLoom web app at https://controller.mergeloom.ai. |
| Local Worker UI | The Self Hosted worker gateway UI, usually http://127.0.0.1:8010/. |
| Cloud Hosted | Execution mode where MergeLoom operates the worker runtime and managed provider path. |
| Self Hosted | Execution mode where the customer operates the worker gateway and executors. |
| Work tracker | The system that supplies work, such as Jira, GitHub Issues, GitLab Issues, Azure Boards, monday.dev, or Linear. |
| Code host | The system that hosts repositories and receives PR/MR output, such as GitHub, GitLab, or Azure Repos. |
| Repository Catalog | Controller UI page where repositories, aliases, roles, branches, context, and validation are configured. |
| Routing label | A work item label such as repo-api that selects the target repository alias. |
| Run | One MergeLoom execution attempt for a ticket, issue, campaign node, or manual smoke job. |
| Retry Publish | A publish-stage recovery action that reattempts PR/MR creation from stored branch artifacts without rerunning AI. |
| Continuation comment | A ticket comment starting MergeLoom -, MergeLoom:, or MergeLoom -> that asks for another AI pass. |
| Run credit | Product usage credit tied to PR/MR outcome allocation and plan enforcement. |
| Cloud AI credit | Credit used for managed AI provider usage in Cloud Hosted mode. |
| Ticket Audit | Run-stage evidence for a specific ticket execution. |
| Code Audit | Line/file evidence that links MergeLoom-written changes back to tickets and runs. |
| Controller Audit | Controller-side activity for intake, routing, integration, queue, and publish coordination. |
| Quality Agents | MergeLoom workflow stages such as Clarity, Investigation, Repair, Review, and Diff Guard. |
| Context Engine | Context indexing and context-pack capability available where enabled. |
