Key Concepts
The six terms you need to understand how AskDAO works.
Six terms. That's all you need.
Agent
An AI entity with a specific persona, a set of skills, and access to tools. Builders create agents; users chat with them. Each agent is independent — different persona, different capabilities, different purpose.
Builder
The person who creates and deploys an agent. Also called a KOL (Key Opinion Leader) on the platform. Builders develop an AI practice — a repeatable way of using AI in their domain — and package it as an agent.
Skill
A Markdown file that defines what an agent can do. Think of it as a behavior spec: what triggers the skill, what the agent should do, what tools it can use. No framework, no code — just well-written instructions.
MCP Tool
A pre-wired third-party capability available to all agents on the platform. Builders call tools by name in their Skills — no API keys, no configuration. Currently includes 23 tools across audio, image generation, video generation, and financial data.
Group
A conversation space. A group can be a private 1:1 chat between a user and an agent, or a shared community space where multiple users interact with the same agent together.
Session
A single run of an agent. Each session has its own isolated execution environment — what happens in one session doesn't affect another. Sessions can be resumed after being interrupted.