A

AgentAn AI that carries out a task in several steps on its own, with fixed instructions and the access you give it.Module 4

B

Building blockA result in the Werkbank that you can reuse and share: a prompt, an agent or a process ready to adopt.Module 1

C

Claude CodeAnthropic's programming tool that reads a project folder, changes files and runs commands.BasicsConnectorA link through which Claude can search, read and, with your approval, act in another tool such as a drive, a mailbox or a calendar.BasicsContext windowThe working memory of a single chat, meaning everything Claude currently sees in that conversation.BasicsCore competencyOne of the seven skills the course room builds and checks in the core check at the end of phase 3.CoworkThe working mode of Claude in which Claude completes tasks with files, apps and the browser itself instead of only answering in the conversation.BasicsCredentialsKeys, passwords and other details a person or an agent uses to get into a tool.Module 2

D

Data inventoryA table with one row per tool: which data is stored there, who has access, whether a data processing agreement exists and where the data is stored.Module 2Data processing agreement (DPA)The contract with a provider that processes personal data on your behalf.Module 2Done criterionOne sentence about the result that another person can answer with yes or no without asking for clarification.Module 3

E

Effort levelThe setting in Claude that decides how thoroughly Claude thinks before it answers.BasicsEncapsulationYou decide what an agent may see and touch, and what it may not.Module 2Evidence, assumptions and gapsThree kinds of statement that an answer from Claude should show separately: what is in the material, what is additionally assumed and what is missing.Module 9

G

.gitignoreThe file of the version control system Git that lists the folders and files that are never saved.Module 2GuardrailA measure that closes off a path to harm, without anyone having to read the rule.Module 8

H

Hard ruleOne of the few rules where a single breach can do real harm. Everything else is guidance.Module 8

I

If-then planA plan made of an if, a moment that is certain to come, and a then, exactly one first action.Module 12Impact BookThe place in the Werkbank where you show what has changed through your work with AI.Module 6

P

Personal dataDetails that can be linked to a specific person.Module 2Plain textStored in readable form, without encryption or placeholders.Module 2Project instructionsThe part of a Claude project that tells Claude how to work and that applies in every chat of the project.Module 4Project knowledgeThe documents in a Claude project that Claude uses as background in every chat of the project.Module 4PromptThe instruction you give an AI for one assignment.Module 8

R

RepositoryA project folder under version control, with every version that was ever saved.Module 2Rules fileA document with the permanent rules of a recurring task, in which every rule appears exactly once and hard rules are kept apart from guidance.Module 8

S

Security checkFive questions you use to check a project folder regularly.Module 2Self-checkTicking off the criteria of a mission yourself, after you have pasted in your result.Module 1SkillA written work instruction for a recurring task that Claude loads when the task fits.BasicsSparring partnerThe AI in the Werkbank that measures your results against the criteria of the task and tells you what is still missing.Module 1Stage modelThree stages that describe who presses the next button: Stage 1 I chat, Stage 2 I build, Stage 3 I orchestrate.Module 1Standing approvalThe decision to stop approving drafts of a defined kind one by one, only with evidence.Module 7

T

Test caseAn input for a project where, before the run, you write down what must be in the result or missing from it.Module 4Test dataMade-up data you use to practise a process, so that no test reaches real customers.Module 2Time sinkThe task you work on in the course: it comes back regularly in your work and eats up your time.Module 1TriggerWhat starts a step in a workflow: a person, a schedule or an event.Module 1

V

Version controlA tool that keeps every saved version of your files, so you can go back to any state.Module 2

W

WorkflowA sequence of steps that repeats, with a trigger for every step.Module 1