Glossary
The words Treehouse uses, and what each one means in the app and in these docs.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Activity | The feed of every change in a workspace, marking which came from people and which from agents. See activity. |
| Agent | An AI teammate that works in your workspace, through a synced folder or the MCP server. See how agents work. |
| AGENTS.md | A file at the workspace root holding the rules agents follow. See write your AGENTS.md. |
| API key | A credential that lets an agent or script act as you. Labelled as agent or human, which decides how its changes are attributed. See API keys. |
| Calendar view | A folder of markdown files with date: front matter, shown as a month calendar. See folder pages. |
| Comment thread | A review conversation attached to text in a markdown file. See comments. |
| Conflicted copy | The second of two colliding edits, kept as its own file so nothing is lost. See conflicted copies. |
| Device | A computer running the desktop app or sync CLI, approved in the browser for one workspace. |
| Folder front page | A folder's README.md, index.md or index.html, shown when you open the folder. |
| Front matter | YAML between --- lines at the top of a markdown file, holding metadata such as title and date. See front matter. |
| Inbox | A folder where anything can be dropped unsorted and filed later, usually by an agent. See inbox and filing. |
| MCP server | The Treehouse endpoint agents connect to, at https://api.trytree.house/api/mcp. See MCP server. |
| Member | A person who has joined a workspace. Members are Owners, Admins or Members. |
| Member link | A link to a file or folder that only works for members. |
| Private | A file or folder only the person who marked it, and their own keys, can see. |
| Public link | A read-only link to a file or folder that works for anyone who has it, optionally with a password. See share links. |
| Seedling, Grove, Forest | The Treehouse plans. See plans and limits. |
| Synced folder | A folder on your computer kept in step with a workspace by the desktop app or CLI. See how sync works. |
| Version | A saved state of a file. Every save adds one, and earlier versions can be restored. See version history. |
| Workspace | A set of files and folders with its own members. Everything in Treehouse lives in one. |
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