Words with
specific meaning.
Precise language keeps observation, inference, and uncertainty distinct. These are the terms behind Glimmer’s intelligence.
- Decoy
- A controlled synthetic MCP or x402 endpoint used to observe hostile interaction without executing attacker input or moving value.
- Raw Telemetry
- The unmodified, immutable event record captured from a Decoy before normalization.
- Indicator
- A customer-visible, versioned intelligence assertion about an observable — a wallet, TLS fingerprint, IP, domain, or fingerprint.
- Anonymous Cluster
- A provisional grouping of related observations that does not assert a named real-world actor.
- Evidence Summary
- A provenance-safe explanation of an Indicator, safe to disclose without revealing collection sources or exact observation details.
- Feed
- The signed channel (Snapshot plus cursor-based Delta) through which corroborated Indicators and Anonymous Clusters reach customers.
- Snapshot
- A full-state Feed delivery: the complete current set of published Indicators and Anonymous Clusters.
- Delta
- A cursor-based incremental Feed update, published between Snapshots.
- Entitlement
- What a given Organization is authorized to access, tied to its usage.
- Public Lookup Tier
- An x402-paid lookup API open to autonomous agents directly, alongside self-serve Organization accounts.
- Organization
- A customer account on Glimmer, created by self-serve signup.