Pachca glossary

Pachca's permission hierarchy: Owner, Administrator, Employee, Editor and Guest, each with different capabilities

Your personal Pachca login, tied to an email address. One account lets you join several workspaces with a different role in each

A Pachca role with extended permissions: administrators manage members, configure the workspace, and create chats and bots

The software layer around a language model that turns it into a working agent: the execution loop, tools, context, memory and limits

What an AI agent remembers between steps and conversations: the conversation history, user preferences and results of past tasks

Coordinating how AI agents work: who picks up a task, what order the steps run in, how data gets passed along and what happens when something fails

Ready-made instructions that teach an AI agent to work with a specific service. Pachca's skills install with one command and work with 40+ agents

A process where an AI agent breaks a task into steps, calls tools and checks the result on its own, instead of following a predefined script

A program built on a language model that decides for itself which steps and tools a task needs. In Pachca, agents work in threads alongside your team

A short recap of a long text written by a language model: a meeting, a thread or a document. In Pachca, a call's AI summary arrives in the thread after the meeting

An AI agent that works on your team like another colleague: it has a name, people @mention it in threads and it replies right there

Pachca's programming interface for automation: send messages and manage chats and members over a REST API

A place for chats you no longer need in Pachca: they disappear from your main list but keep their history, show up in search and are easy to restore

A way of working together in a team chat app without expecting instant replies. Ideal for distributed teams and for protecting focus time

A file attached to a message in Pachca: documents, images and videos up to 4 GB, with previews right in the chat

Your profile picture in Pachca. It shows up in chats and mentions and helps teammates recognize you

Pachca's indicator for unread messages: a red circle with a number on the chat icon, in the sidebar and on the app icon

A virtual member in Pachca for automation: it pulls data from external systems and posts notifications to chats, without using a seat

Bring Your Own Key in Pachca: your company controls the encryption keys through its own KMS for maximum protection of company data

A text version of a Pachca video call: after the meeting, an AI summary (a short recap) and the full transcript arrive in the thread

A Pachca chat type for announcements: only editors can post and everyone else reads. Ideal for company news

A Pachca chat where every member can post. Great for team discussions and projects

Filter your Pachca chats by type, members and activity. Find the chat you need among hundreds of conversations

The list of employees who have access to a specific Pachca chat. It shows their roles and lets you manage who's in

The kinds of chats in Pachca: chats for discussion, channels for announcements and direct messages between employees

An interactive bot in Pachca that answers messages automatically based on set scenarios. Built with the API and outgoing webhooks

The umbrella term for every kind of conversation in Pachca: chats, channels and direct messages

A comment on a message inside a thread in Pachca. It keeps the context of the discussion and doesn't clutter the main chat

How much text a language model can take into account at once. It's measured in tokens and limits how much chat history and documentation an agent can see

A Pachca feature that lets you invite teammates into a thread even if they aren't in the main chat. Widen the discussion without adding people to the chat

Your company's own emoji for reacting to messages in Pachca: logos, team memes and special approval icons

A personal status with an emoji and text in your Pachca profile. It tells teammates whether you're busy, how you're doing or where you are

A short daily team meeting to sync on progress. In Pachca, you can run it over a video call or async in a thread

Data Encryption Key: a unique key that encrypts each message in Pachca. Part of the BYOK setup for maximum data protection

Check marks under a Pachca message: one means delivered, two mean read. They tell you whether your message got through

Pachca for your computer: native notifications, keyboard shortcuts and no browser required

A private chat between two people in Pachca. For one-on-one questions and confidential conversations

An unsent message that Pachca saves automatically. Your text won't get lost if you close the app or switch chats

A channel role in Pachca with permission to post. Regular members can only read, while editors create content

Icons for expressing emotions in Pachca messages and reactions. Standard emoji, plus custom ones your company can upload

The standard role in Pachca: access to chats, creating chats and joining calls, without admin permissions

How Pachca protects company data: encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest, plus the option to use your own keys (BYOK)

Download your Pachca message history as a file for archiving, audits or data migration

Documents, images and videos in Pachca's cloud storage. Share them by link and preview them right in the chat

A way to organize chats in Pachca: group them by project, department or topic for faster navigation

A video meeting in Pachca with several participants: screen sharing, in-call chat, recording and calendar integration

A way to group employees in Pachca by department or project. Mentioning a tag notifies everyone in it and adds them to chats

Rules and technical limits that keep an AI agent within the scope of its task: access controls, limits, filters and human approval

A free Pachca role for outside collaborators with access to one chat and limited features. Ideal for contractors and partners

Language model answers that sound convincing but aren't true: made-up numbers, links, quotes or API methods

A team where people and AI agents work together in the same chats and threads, on shared tasks. In Pachca, you bring an agent into a discussion with an @mention

An approach where a person reviews and approves an AI agent's actions at key steps. In Pachca, an agent can prepare a draft, and you send it

A mix of office and remote days. Pachca keeps everyone connected, wherever they happen to be working

A Pachca URL that receives automatic notifications from external services: CRMs, task trackers, monitoring and other systems

Connect your work tools to Pachca: CRMs, task trackers, monitoring and other systems via the API and webhooks

How employees share work information through a team chat app: chats, channels, calls and notifications in one place

A field in your Pachca profile that shows your role at the company. It helps teammates understand who's responsible for what

Key Encryption Key: a key that encrypts other keys in Pachca's BYOK setup. It's derived from the master key stored in your KMS, fully under your company's control

Hotkeys that speed up your work in Pachca: Ctrl+K to search, Ctrl+Enter to send, Ctrl+/ for the full list

Key Management Service: an external service that stores master encryption keys. Pachca supports Yandex Cloud KMS and HashiCorp Vault

A large language model: a neural network trained on massive amounts of text. LLMs power ChatGPT, Claude and the AI agents you connect to Pachca

The unit of text a language model counts in: a word or part of one. Tokens measure the context window, the length of a request and what an LLM costs to run

A file that describes a website for language models. Pachca has llms.txt files for the site and the API: drop one link into your prompt and the agent figures out the API

The screen where you pick a workspace after logging in to Pachca. It shows every company you belong to

A markup language for formatting Pachca messages: **bold**, *italic*, `code`, lists and headings without a complex editor

Model Context Protocol: an open protocol for connecting AI agents to external data and tools. Pachca's docs are available to agents through the Context7 MCP server

Get a teammate's attention in Pachca with @name or @tag. They'll get a notification even if the chat is muted

Ready-made text you can send in a click in Pachca. Saves time on answers and instructions you repeat often

Pachca for iPhone and Android: push notifications, chats, calls and full sync with the desktop app

Several AI agents that split a task into parts: each one handles its own piece, and the results come together at the end

An extended guest role in Pachca that gives outside collaborators access to several chats. A good fit for long-term partnerships

Turn off notifications for a specific Pachca chat. Messages still arrive, but no sounds or pop-ups distract you

Your unique handle in Pachca for @mentions. It makes it easy to find a teammate and get their attention in a chat

Pachca's alert system: push notifications about messages, mentions, calls and other events

Getting new employees up to speed in Pachca: learning materials, guides and automatically adding them to the right chats

A standard for describing REST APIs in a machine-readable way. Developers generate clients and SDKs from Pachca's OpenAPI spec, and AI agents use it to learn the API

A URL that receives events from Pachca: new messages, reactions and chat updates. The foundation for building integrations and bots

The highest access level in Pachca: full control over the workspace, managing administrators, data export and deleting the company

A command-line tool for working with the Pachca API. It runs without installation via npx and works well for AI agents, scripts and CI

An important message pinned to the top of a Pachca chat. Everyone in the chat can see it, which makes it handy for announcements and key links

A Pachca chat with restricted access: only invited members can read and post. Ideal for confidential discussions

An employee's personal page in Pachca: contact details, job title, department, avatar and other info for teammates

A text request to a language model or AI agent. In Pachca, a prompt is just a regular message where you @mention an agent in a thread

A Pachca chat any employee can join on their own. Ideal for general discussions and company news

An important announcement or set of instructions pinned in a Pachca chat. Everyone can see it, and it won't get lost in the message feed

A Pachca alert on your phone: you hear about new messages instantly, even when the app is closed

Retrieval-augmented generation: the model first finds the right documents, then answers based on them. It's how an AI agent answers from your company's knowledge base

A quick way to respond to a Pachca message with an emoji. It shows how you feel about something without writing a reply

Pachca's built-in task tool: create reminders, set deadlines and track progress right in the team chat app

Working outside the office. Pachca keeps remote teams connected through chats and video calls

How permissions are split up in Pachca: Owner, Administrator, Employee and Guest, each with a different set of capabilities

Send a Pachca message at a time you choose. Handy for teams across time zones and for planning communication ahead

Show your screen to teammates during a Pachca video call: for presentations, collaboration and walkthroughs

When employees use AI tools for work outside company rules, for example through personal accounts. According to Pachca's research, 58% of AI users do this

The navigation panel on the left side of Pachca: chat folders, pinned contacts, search and workspace settings

An approach where all your work communication, from chats to calls to notifications, lives in one team chat app

Move your chat history, messages and files from Slack to Pachca so your team can switch over seamlessly

Single sign-on to Pachca with your company account: works with Active Directory, Google Workspace, Keycloak and other IdPs

A large image for expressing emotions in Pachca chats. Upload your own sticker packs to give chats your company's style

Pachca's cloud file storage: documents, images and videos are available to the whole team from any device

The maximum amount of files you can store in a Pachca workspace. It depends on your plan, and each file can be up to 4 GB

Instant syncing of your Pachca messages, files and settings across all your devices

Baseline instructions an AI agent gets before any user request: its role, rules of behavior, available tools and limits

Formatting options in Pachca messages: bold and italics, lists, code and links

A string of comments under a Pachca message. It keeps the context of the discussion, doesn't clutter the main chat and notifies only the people involved

A secret key that authorizes requests to the Pachca API. You create it in your workspace settings, and bots and integrations use it

A language model's ability to use external functions like APIs, search and databases. It's what lets an AI agent take action, not just answer

An extra layer of protection for your Pachca account: along with the code from your email, you enter a code from an authenticator app when you log in

An automatic Pachca section with all your unread chats. It helps you catch important messages and keep your inbox under control

Video meetings in Pachca: up to 1,000 participants, screen sharing, recording and calendar integration

A role in Pachca group video calls: the moderator manages mics, cameras, screen sharing, recording and transcription, and can appoint co-moderators for big calls

Technology for online meetings with video and audio. In Pachca, video conferencing is built right into the team chat app for seamless work

Your company's own isolated area in Pachca, with its own chats, members, settings and file storage