Glossary

AI council

Several AI models from different vendors answer the same question independently and then decide by vote, with the minority view kept. In Kirat: Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.Read more: What is an AI council?

Majority vote

In Kirat, two of the three members agreeing. Without a majority the outcome is needs_human and the call is yours.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP · Cross-check an AI answer

Dissent

The position that lost the vote, kept on the record with its reasons, so you see the objection and not only the verdict.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP · Cross-check an AI answer

Model family

Models from one vendor, such as Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI) or Gemini (Google). Families fail differently, which is why a council mixes them.Read more: Code review in Claude Code

Round cap

Kirat ends a debate after at most two rounds, enforced in code, so no model can talk its way past the limit.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP · Cross-check an AI answer

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

The open standard Claude uses to call tools in other programs. Kirat is an MCP server with nine tools.Read more: Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP

Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb)

An MCP server packaged as one file that Claude Desktop installs through its own extension dialog, with settings and keys entered there.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP

Claude Code plugin

A package Claude Code installs with /plugin commands. Kirat's plugin brings the same tools plus templates such as /kirat:decide.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Code review in Claude Code · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP

Claude Code cloud session

A Claude Code session that runs on Anthropic's servers in a cloud environment, for example Claude Code on the web. Kirat runs there after a one-time setup of that environment.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Code review in Claude Code · What it costs · Where it runs

Network secret

A key stored in a Claude Code cloud environment that the network proxy adds to outgoing requests, so nobody in a session can read it.Read more: Where it runs · Keys and data

API key (bring your own)

Your own access key at OpenAI or Google. Kirat uses your keys, and the providers bill you directly for what you use.Read more: Second opinion in Claude · Code review in Claude Code

Budget guard

Kirat reserves the worst-case cost before every call and blocks calls that could exceed the daily budget, $5 per UTC day by default.Read more: What it costs · Where it runs · Kirat, llm-council, PAL MCP

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