Glossary
Web3 and Modus terms used throughout these docs.
Plain-English definitions for the jargon you'll meet across these docs, both web3 terms and Modus-specific ones. Skim it whenever something needs a quick check.
Modus terms
Spec
The ideation agent you talk to in Chats, and the name above the conversation. It sharpens ideas, does its own research, keeps notes as you talk, and distills the chat into the brief a project is built from.
Hub
The home screen for a project, holding the seven chapter cards plus activity. See The Project Hub.
Chapter
One of the seven stages of a build: PRD, Design, Code, Docs, Deck, Token Launcher, CMS. (Deploy is an action on the hub, not a chapter.)
PRD
Product Requirements Document, the spec for your project. The first chapter, and the thing every other chapter reads from.
Design handoff
When screens generated in the Design chapter are passed to Code as reference for building the real UI.
Drift
When a project change (new code, a deploy, a contract) makes an existing doc stale. The Docs chapter flags it.
Crew
The AI employees you hire to run a live company. Part of the "run it" half of Modus.
Web3 terms
Wallet
Software that holds your private key and signs transactions. Modus connects to your wallet to deploy; it never holds your keys or funds.
Chain
A blockchain network. Modus builds on EVM chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, BSC, Avalanche, Robinhood Chain, Arc) plus their testnets, and on Solana. The guided Token Launcher launches tokens on both; full Solana programs are built in the Code chapter.
Gas
The fee to run an onchain transaction. You always pay it from your own wallet.
Testnet vs mainnet
A testnet is a free practice network (Sepolia, Base Sepolia). Mainnet is the real one with real value. Always test first.
Audit
An automated security review of a smart contract. The Token Launcher runs a three-layer audit (static analysis, AI semantic, spec conformance) before you deploy.
OpenZeppelin
The battle-tested Solidity library Modus's contract templates build on, including ERC-20, ERC-721, and Ownable.
Verification
Publishing a contract's source to a block explorer (Etherscan, Basescan) so anyone can read it. Modus does this automatically after deploy.