Terminology

A term is a word or phrase paired with a definition. SupaNet gives you a glossary where you can capture domain-specific language, organize entries into collections, and share them with your team. When you chat with a collection that includes terminology, the assistant has access to your glossary.

Why terminology is useful

Terminology helps ensure everyone shares the same understanding of jargon, acronyms, and domain-specific concepts:

Capture domain language — document the terms your team uses and what they mean.
Define once, understand everywhere — write the definition once and reference it across projects.
Add context and examples — include optional notes with examples or related information.
Organize into collections — group related terms so the assistant can access them as context when you chat.
Share with your team — mark a term as workspace-visible so everyone can see it, edit it, and stay aligned.

Where to find your terminology

On the sidebar under Assets, select Terminology. You'll see a page with a list of all your terms, organized by a quick-add form at the top and searchable by name or definition.

Creating a term

At the top of the Terminology page, enter a term and its definition in the quick-add fields, then click Add. The term is saved immediately and appears in the list below.

To add more detail to a term or edit it, click the Open button (arrow icon) next to it in the list. A detail modal opens where you can:

Edit the term — change the word or phrase (saves on blur).
Edit the definition — refine what it means (saves on blur).
Add notes (optional) — include examples, related terms, or additional context.
Set visibility — private (only you) or workspace (the whole team can see and edit it).
View or remove collections — see which collections the term is filed into and remove it if needed.

You can close the modal by clicking the Done button, clicking outside the modal, or pressing Escape.

Searching and filtering

Use the search box to find terms by name or definition. The search is case-insensitive and matches any substring.

Use the collection filter buttons to scope the list to terms filed in a specific collection. An All button shows all terms; click a collection name to filter to just that collection's terms. The count next to each shows how many terms are in each collection.

Collections and chat context

You can file terms into collections — the same named groups you use for artifacts, files, to-dos, and links. On the Terminology page, multi-select terms and click Add to collection to file them. When you use a collection in Chat (via the 📚 picker), the assistant has access to the terminology alongside artifacts, files, and tasks.

This is especially useful when you're working on a specialized project or domain where precise language matters — the glossary becomes part of the assistant's context, so it understands your terminology naturally.

Private terms — only you (and admins) can see or edit them.
Workspace terms — everyone on your team can see them, edit them, and file them into collections.

When a term is workspace-visible, your team sees live updates whenever anyone changes the definition or adds notes.

Terminology and the assistant

The assistant can manage terminology with tools like:

create_term — add a new term to your glossary.
list_terms — retrieve terms (optionally filter by collection).
update_term — refine a definition or add notes.
delete_term — remove a term.
add_term_to_collection — file a term into a collection.

For example, an agent can parse a design document and automatically populate a glossary with the domain terms it discovers. Or during a meeting, the assistant can capture new jargon into a "Company Terminology" collection that the team can chat with.