You don't need to memorize the jargon
Token, Agent, Skill, MCP, API… It looks like a lot, but you don't need it all at once.
The most common ones, one sentence each
- Token: how AI counts text. The more you send and it replies, the more tokens you use; APIs usually bill by them.
- Context: how much the AI can "hold in mind" at once. Bigger means more files and chat history per task.
- Agent: a normal AI answers question by question; an agent works like an assistant — give it a goal and it plans, researches and uses tools until done.
- API: the interface programs use to call AI. If you don't code, skip it for now.
The learning order is three steps
- First, learn to chat
- Then, learn to hand it files
- Then, let it operate your computer
Remember this
Learn each word only when you meet it.