SIGNAL//DESK

7 concepts · layman → expert

Glossary

Every term defined at three depths and split by sense — so harness (the agent runtime) never gets confused with Harness.io (the CI/CD product).

AI/agents

harness

the 'cockpit' that lets an AI model actually do things, not just chat

DevOps

Harness (Harness.io)

Harness.io — a commercial CI/CD and software-delivery platform

AI security

prompt injection

tricking an LLM into following attacker text instead of its real instructions

AI safety

guardrail

a rule or filter meant to stop an AI from doing something harmful

cyber

supply chain attack

attacking software by poisoning something it depends on, not the target directly

cyber

zero-day

a security hole the defenders don't know about yet, so there's no fix

AI/agents

model context protocol

a standard way to plug tools and data into an AI assistant