> ## Knowledge Base Index
> Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.quely.io/sitemap.xml
> Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further.
> Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash).

# Quely glossary


## Account

Your individual Quely access. One Account can belong to several Organizations.

## Assign

A cross-Space Kanban for reviewing work, filtering by person, type, and status, and managing assignment and capacity. Self Assign is available when exactly one Space is selected.

## Attachment

A file or link added to a Unit. Supported content can become an Orbit signal.

## Context Unit

A Quely-native Unit used to build a living understanding of a subject. The current creation flow supports **Custom**. Other templates are marked **Soon**.

## Diagram

A collaborative visual created inside a Unit.

## Document

A collaborative rich-text document created inside a Unit. Documents remain in Quely.

## Folder

An Organization-level container used to arrange Spaces in the sidebar.

## Group

A container for related Units inside one Space. A Group is not a Unit type.

## Home Orbit

The Orbit experience on Home. It searches across every Space the current user can access and offers Find, Draft, and Schedule starting actions.

## Lens

A shared insight synthesized from one or more signals. Categories are Decisions, Actions, Risks, Opportunities, Open Questions, and Next Steps.

## Lens Map

A visual graph connecting source signals to the Lenses they produced.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/8/4/2/a842a666ac554800/a-lens-map-connecting-one-sour_asvm75.png)

## Meeting Orbit

Orbit scoped to a meeting, including its recording, transcript, notes, and meeting Lenses.

## Organization

The shared company or team environment containing members and Spaces.

## Orbit

Quely's AI layer. Its context depends on where it is used: Home, a Unit, or a meeting.

## Orbit chat

A private conversation between one user and Orbit. Lenses and content intentionally sent to shared surfaces are not private chats.

## Queue

The ordered navigation for the Units and Groups in a Space.

## Relationship

A connection between Units or source items, including dependencies.

## Signal

A piece of source information Orbit can use. Signals are inputs. Lenses are synthesized insights.

## Space

A persistent workspace for a project, initiative, team, or theme.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/8/4/2/a842a666ac554800/the-main-quely-workspace-and-t_1nrlxws.png)

## Thread

The team conversation attached to a Unit.

## Unit Orbit

Orbit scoped to the open Unit and its accessible signals.

## Unit

The main object inside a Space. Every Unit is either Work or Context.

## Work Unit

A task, ticket, or issue linked to a connected delivery tool.

## Legacy search terms

**Session:** The previous technical name for a Space. It still appears in parts of the code but not in current user-facing guidance.

**Topic:** A previous technical name for a Context Unit.

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## Next steps

**Next:** [Create or join your Quely organization](https://quely.crisp.help/en/article/create-or-join-your-quely-organization-1530ka0/)

**Related articles:**

* [How Quely works](https://quely.crisp.help/en/article/how-quely-works-otgllm/)
* [What Orbit is and where it works](https://help.quely.io/en/article/what-orbit-is-and-where-it-works-imibix/)

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