Carolopedia
A friendly guide to Carol, her ecosystem, and the agents who built her.
📖What it means
The execution of a single step of an initiative: converting a step into tasks/activities and running them (blocks plan_step, execute_step, review_step). Owned by Merlin (the Orchestrator) and carried out by the Step Execution Orchestrator/Sequencer and the step-execution engine. Formerly called pipeline execution; the pipeline refers to the whole 10-block build pipeline, whereas step execution is specifically Merlins per-step task-running machinery. Distinct from initiative-level planning and review, which are Elronds.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Attempt
A step execution is one step inside one attempt; the attempt is the whole try.
Not: Run
A step is a unit of the PLAN; a run is one droid actually executing.
🧭The nuance
Carol: engine carried out via Merlin droids po-s1 (Step Execution Orchestrator) and sq-01 (Step Execution Sequencer); the execution engine module is Merlin-owned.
🗣️Also called
stepexecution step