Glossary
The language of the agent economy.
Definitions for every Covia concept and every agent economy term you will encounter, from business fundamentals to technical primitives.
Fundamentals
Plain-English terms for business readers — what execution is, why a runtime matters, and the core problems Covia exists to solve.
Core Infrastructure
The foundational layers of the Covia Grid — lattice, venues, convergence, and immutable state chains.
Industry & Standards
Open protocols and industry terms you need to navigate the agent economy — MCP, A2A, DID, and common agent framework terminology.
Most readers continue with these
Three terms readers tend to look up next, after they've grasped the basics.
- System of Record — what makes Covia the source of truth for AI action
- The Covia Grid — the substrate-level guarantees the Grid provides across every agent and venue
- BYOA — bringing existing-framework agents onto the Grid
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