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55One-sentence definitions for the terms you meet in Claude Science, from artifact to workspace.
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7**[Artifact](/docs/claude-science/artifacts.md)**: any file Claude makes and saves for you, listed in its session's Files view.
7**[Artifact](https://claude.com/docs/claude-science/artifacts.md)**: any file Claude makes and saves for you, listed in its session's Files view.
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99**Cell**: one block of code Claude runs in a kernel; the cell, its output, and the environment it ran in are recorded in the session's Notebook.
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1111**Cloud provider**: your own account at a cloud service where Claude can start jobs; you pay that provider directly.
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13**[Comment](/docs/claude-science/comments.md)**: a note you pin to part of an artifact by selecting it; Claude reads pending comments as instructions on its next turn.
13**[Comment](https://claude.com/docs/claude-science/comments.md)**: a note you pin to part of an artifact by selecting it; Claude reads pending comments as instructions on its next turn.
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1515**Connector**: an outside data source or tool wired into Claude over MCP; Claude Science includes a featured set, you can access partner connectors from the Connectors Directory, and you can add your own under Settings > Connectors.
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1717**Data directory**: the `~/.claude-science` folder on your computer holding the database, artifacts, session workspaces, and logs.
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19**[Environment](/docs/claude-science/tools-and-environments.md)**: a named set of installed packages (conda) that a kernel runs in, reused across sessions.
19**[Environment](https://claude.com/docs/claude-science/tools-and-environments.md)**: a named set of installed packages (conda) that a kernel runs in, reused across sessions.
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2121**Execution log**: the slice of a session's Notebook cells that produced a given artifact version, shown as a tab in its Provenance pane.
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3333**Provenance (the artifact record)**: the panel behind every artifact version showing the code, cells, conversation, environment, and findings that produced it.
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35**[Reviewer](/docs/claude-science/the-reviewer.md)**: the independent agent that re-examines Claude's claims and artifacts at checkpoints, recording each issue it raises as a finding on the artifact's Review tab; on some plans it runs in the background automatically.
35**[Reviewer](https://claude.com/docs/claude-science/the-reviewer.md)**: the independent agent that re-examines Claude's claims and artifacts at checkpoints, recording each issue it raises as a finding on the artifact's Review tab; on some plans it runs in the background automatically.
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3737**Sandbox**: the isolated environment all of Claude's code runs in; reaching outside it needs your approval.
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4747**SSH host**: a remote machine (server, cluster node, or a job submission host) added by its SSH name, that Claude can run jobs on, or dispatch jobs from.
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49**[Use case](/docs/claude-science/safeguards.md#choose-a-use-case)**: a research purpose that Anthropic has approved for your organization under the Life Sciences Verification Program (beta); if you have more than one, you choose which one a session uses.
49**[Use case](https://claude.com/docs/claude-science/safeguards.md#choose-a-use-case)**: a research purpose that Anthropic has approved for your organization under the Life Sciences Verification Program (beta); if you have more than one, you choose which one a session uses.
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5151**Version**: one immutable save of an artifact; saving again adds a new version on top instead of overwriting.
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