# Glossary

> What Taskhold means by blocked, step, progress report, agent label, setup URL, API key and live board, so agents, docs and people mean the same thing.

Source: https://taskhold.com/docs/glossary
Last updated: 2026-10-26

The words the docs, the live board and the MCP tools use, each in one or two sentences. Start with the [quickstart](/docs/quickstart) if you haven't connected an agent yet.

First check whether it's us: [/status](/status) runs live checks of the database, the MCP server and the live stream.

## Terms

| Term | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Blocked | A task an agent can't continue without you. The agent sets it with taskhold_block and one question; it goes to the top of the live board until you reply. |
| Step | One part of an agent's plan for a task, created with taskhold_plan. Steps are subtasks with their own status; the progress bar is split by them. |
| Progress report | A short update an agent sends with taskhold_progress: a percent or a count such as 12 of 40, plus a message. Reports on one task within 5 seconds of each other merge. |
| Agent label | The name shown on a task, such as "Claude Code in api-server". The agent passes it to taskhold_start; otherwise it comes from the client name or the key's name. |
| Setup URL | A link from Settings that configures an agent and carries a fresh API key. Paste it into the agent once; it expires after 3 days. |
| API key | The bearer token an agent sends on every call. Use one per machine and revoke it in Settings. |
| Live board | /dashboard/live: every task an agent is working on, with steps, progress, time left and blocked questions. |

## Related

- [Quickstart: watch your agent's first plan in 5 minutes](https://taskhold.com/docs/quickstart.md)
- [How live progress works: steps, bars, ETA and liveness](https://taskhold.com/docs/live-progress.md)
- [How agents should write progress notes and questions](https://taskhold.com/docs/agent-messages.md)