Glossary

Words we actually mean

Short definitions for the personal AI category — agentic, proactive, operators, memory, MCP, RCS — without the hype fog.

What is personal AI?

AI configured around your life, tools, and memory — not a generic chat box.

Software that plans and uses tools toward a goal, not only a single reply.

AI systems that act toward goals with tools and feedback loops.

AI that initiates when something important happens — not only when prompted.

An AI that coordinates priorities, prep, and follow-through for a busy human.

Interfaces where humans achieve goals by talking naturally.

Long-lived context that survives beyond a single chat session.

Richer SMS evolution used by Zolk as a channel with fallback.

An AI that runs ongoing work across tools — Zolk's product category.

A standard way for AI systems to connect to tools and context sources.