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Vocabulary

The words Tabular uses when an agent is working, waiting for you, or done. Each word names one state, so a label never means two things.

5 moments

  1. Asking

    Suggestions to start from, and the box you type in.

    Chat starter, Chat composer

  2. Thinking

    The agent’s reasoning, plan and reads, shown while it works.

    Agent reasoning, Agent plan, Tool

  3. Showing

    The figures, files and sources behind an answer.

    Lineage tree, Attachment row, Inline citation, Sources

  4. Waiting

    Where the run stops until a person answers or approves.

    Question, Confirmation, Agent block, Chat thread

  5. Recording

    What the run leaves on record, and its state.

    Run log row, Status badge

Three ways the agent waits for you

Three components stop the run for a person. Each needs a sentence that tells it apart from the other two.

  • Question

    The agent needs

    A fact or a choice it can’t work out alone.

    The person can

    Answer, skip, or let the agent decide.

    Kasane example

    Which entities should the variance cover: all of them, or KJP only?

  • Confirmation

    The agent needs

    Permission for one action before it runs.

    The person can

    Let it run once, or stop it.

    Kasane example

    Send the variance summary to the controller?

  • Agent block

    The agent needs

    Review of a change that would post to the books.

    The person can

    Approve, edit, or reject the exact entry.

    Kasane example

    Reverse the duplicate payment of $48,216.40

Status words

Status copy names the state. A role tag may say who, as AI; the agent is never a sentence’s subject. The words come from the components that show them.

Statuses

The state of a run or an item, from StatusBadge.

  • queuedneutral
  • runninginfo
  • passedsuccess
  • faileddanger
  • stalewarning
  • openneutral
  • needs reviewwarning
  • AI workingagent
  • proposedagent
  • skippedneutral

Activity lines

What is happening now: a present participle, no subject, ending in an ellipsis.

AI

Explain the H1 gap

    Drafting step 1

    Authorship labels

    Who wrote it, and its state: the role, or the role and a state.

    • AI

      Content the agent wrote.

    • AI · Awaiting review

      A proposal waiting for a person.

    • AI · Posted

      A proposal a person posted.

    • AI · Not posted

      A proposal a person declined.

    The words Tabular uses, and the ones it doesn’t.
    UseInstead ofSeen in shipping products
    needs reviewThe agent is waiting for you“Pending Approval”, “Waiting for your approval”
    Thinking…The agent is thinkingThought for 9s
    AI · PostedDone!“Action Complete”