Glossary

Common terms used in TrendGate and quality monitoring.

A-F

Baseline: The quality standard against which new code is compared.

Coverage: Percentage of code executed by automated tests.

Flaky Test: A test that passes and fails without code changes.

G-L

Quality Gate: Automated check that blocks code merging if standards aren't met.

Lighthouse: Google's tool for measuring web performance.

M-R

MCP: Model Context Protocol - enables AI integration.

Pass Rate: Percentage of tests that successfully pass.

Regression: When code quality decreases compared to baseline.

S-Z

Test Run: Single execution of a test suite.

Trend: Pattern of quality metrics over time.

Webhook: Automated notification sent when events occur.