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## Agent concepts
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-**Ambient Agents** — Oz agents that run automatically in the background on a scheduleor trigger, without interactive input.
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*Usage note:*Capitalize as a feature/section name. Use lowercase "ambient agents" only when describing the generic concept of agents running in the background.
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-**Cloud Agents** — Agents that run in the cloud on a schedule, trigger, or integration, without interactive input. Managed by the Oz Platform.
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*Usage note:*Use lowercase "cloud agents" in most contexts. Capitalize as "Cloud Agents" only when referring to the product section or feature name.
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-**Agent Profiles** — Saved configurations that define how an Agent runs (for example, permissions and model selection).
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*Usage note:* Use when describing "choose how your Agent behaves."
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## Oz terminology
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### Oz vs Warp
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### Warp Agent vs Oz
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-**Warp**is the terminal and coding surface
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-**Oz**is Warp's programmable agent for running and coordinating agents at scale
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-**Warp Agent**— Warp's built-in agent harness. Use "Warp Agent" when specifically referring to the built-in harness, especially when contrasting with third-party agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.), or when referencing the Settings label (**Settings** > **Agents** > **Warp Agent**).
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-**Oz**— Warp's programmable platform for running and coordinating agents at scale
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- There is typically one Warp environment per user session. Oz can run many agents concurrently, across machines, repos, and teams.
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### Core Oz terms
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### Core terms
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-**Environment** — The execution context for an Oz agent, including repo access, dependencies, secrets, compute, and runtime configuration.
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-**agent** — A combination of agent instructions (skill or prompt), trigger (cron, webhook, manual), environment (local, cloud), profile, and host. Agents can be local or cloud. Use lowercase "agent" in most contexts; use "Warp Agent" only when referring specifically to the built-in Warp harness.
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*Example:* Launch an agent from the CLI, the web app, an API or SDK, or directly inside Warp.
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-**Oz** — Warp's programmable agent for running and coordinating agents at scale.
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*Example:* With Oz, you can orchestrate multiple agents to automate and parallelize complex workflows.
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-**cloud agent** — An agent running in the cloud, from a trigger, schedule, or started from someone's local machine.
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-**Oz agent** — A combination of agent instructions (skill or prompt), trigger (cron, webhook, manual), environment (local, cloud), profile, and host. Agents can be local or cloud, and interactive or ambient.
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*Example:* Launch an Oz agent from the CLI, the web app, an API or SDK, or directly inside Warp.
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-**conversation** — An interactive execution lifecycle within the Warp Terminal, regardless of whether it's local or in the cloud.
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-**Oz cloud agent** — An Oz agent running in the cloud, from a trigger, schedule, or started from someone's local machine. Cloud agents can be interactive or ambient.
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-**Environment** — The execution context for an agent, including repo access, dependencies, secrets, compute, and runtime configuration.
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-**Oz conversation** — An interactive execution lifecycle within the Warp Terminal. An Oz conversation is interactive, started in the terminal regardless of whether it's local or in the cloud.
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-**Oz** — Warp's programmable platform for running and coordinating agents at scale.
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*Example:* With Oz, you can orchestrate multiple agents to automate and parallelize complex workflows.
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-**Oz dashboard** — The app surface to manage all Oz runs, unified across the Warp app and web.
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-**Oz run** — A single execution lifecycle of an Oz agent, including actions, outputs, and logs. An Oz run is always ambient and cloud-based.
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-**Oz run** — A single execution lifecycle of an agent, including actions, outputs, and logs. An Oz run is always cloud-based.
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-**Oz subagent** — A child Oz agent created by a parent Oz agent to parallelize or delegate work.
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-**Oz web app** — The web app for configuring agents and managing runs.
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-**Oz web app** — The web app for configuring Oz agents and managing runs.
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-**subagent** — A child agent created by a parent agent to parallelize or delegate work.
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### Oz CLI commands
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-`oz agent run` — Run a local agent
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-`oz agent run-cloud` — Run an adhoc cloud agent
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-`oz environment create/list/get/update/delete` — CRUD on environments
-`oz run list/get` — Get info on ambient agent runs
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-`oz schedule create/list/get/update/delete` — CRUD on scheduled ambient agents
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-`oz run list/get` — Get info on cloud agent runs
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-`oz schedule create/list/get/update/delete` — CRUD on scheduled cloud agents
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-`oz secret create/list/update/delete` — CRUD on Warp-managed secrets
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### Preferred phrases
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- ❌ "Ozzies" → Use "Oz agents", "instances", or "Oz subagents"
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- ❌ "Oz is running" → Use "An Oz agent is running" or "A run is in progress"
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- ❌ "Oz agent" / "Oz agents" → Use "agent" / "agents" (or "Warp Agent" / "Warp Agents" when referring to the built-in harness)
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- ❌ "Oz cloud agent" → Use "cloud agent"
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- ❌ "Oz subagent" → Use "subagent"
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- ❌ "Ozzies" → Use "agents", "instances", or "subagents"
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- ❌ "Deploying an Oz" → Use "Deploying an agent"
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- ❌ "The Oz Agent" → Use "the agent" or "the Warp Agent"
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- ❌ "Oz is running" → Use "An agent is running" or "A run is in progress"
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- ❌ "AI agents" → Use "agents" (the "AI" prefix is redundant)
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- ❌ "Ambient Agents" / "ambient agents" → Use "Cloud Agents" / "cloud agents" ("ambient" is no longer a product term; acceptable only in code identifiers like `AmbientAgentConfig`)
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## Oz Terminology and Capitalization
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### Core Terms
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-**Oz** - Warp's programmable platform for running and coordinating agents at scale
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-**Oz agent** - A combination of agent instructions (skill or prompt), trigger (cron, webhook, manual), environment (local, cloud), profile, and host. Can be local or cloud, interactive or ambient
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-**Oz cloud agent (general)** - An Oz agent running in the cloud, from a trigger, schedule, or started from someone's local machine
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-**Oz subagent** - A child Oz agent created by a parent Oz agent to parallelize or delegate work
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-**Oz run** - A single execution lifecycle of an Oz agent, including actions, outputs, and logs. Always ambient and cloud-based
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-**Environment** - The execution context for an Oz agent, including repo access, dependencies, secrets, compute, and runtime configuration
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-**Warp Agent** - Warp's built-in agent harness. Use "Warp Agent" when specifically referring to the built-in harness, especially when contrasting with third-party agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.)
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-**agent** - A combination of agent instructions (skill or prompt), trigger (cron, webhook, manual), environment (local, cloud), profile, and host. Can be local or cloud. Use lowercase "agent" in most contexts.
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-**cloud agent** - An agent running in the cloud, from a trigger, schedule, or started from someone's local machine
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-**Oz run** - A single execution lifecycle of an agent, including actions, outputs, and logs. Always cloud-based
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-**Environment** - The execution context for an agent, including repo access, dependencies, secrets, compute, and runtime configuration
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- "Launch a Cloud Agent from the CLI"
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- "Running cloud agents lets you escape the limits of your local machine"
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