Quasar product guide › Glossary
Agents and access
| Word | Meaning |
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| Agent | An AI coding agent, or any program, working in Quasar through its API under a person's key. Its actions carry an Agent mark. |
| MCP | The Model Context Protocol, the way coding agents talk to tools such as Quasar. |
| API key | A credential starting with qsk_ that lets a program act as its owner. It can be read-only. |
| Service account | A non-human member with its own keys, for CI and integrations. |
| Work session | The span of one agent turn, timed by Quasar's clock. It becomes a work log only when a person confirms it. |
| Pre-analysis | The plan an agent records before starting an issue, with the files it examined. It goes stale if those files change. |
| Agent contract | The versioned rules Quasar gives an agent about how to work. |
| Step-up | A fresh second-factor check before a sensitive action. |