A glossary can sound stiff.
That is not the version I want.
The useful version is a friction reducer.
When a body of thinking develops its own recurring language, every note has a choice:
Explain the term again.
Or assume the reader already knows it.
Both can get clunky.
A glossary gives the site a third option.
Short definitions.
Plain language.
Links back into the source trails.
Enough context for a human to keep reading.
Enough structure for an agent to understand the system.
That matters because some of the words are doing real work.
Texture.
Posture.
Cockpit.
Playhead.
Proof.
Context graph.
Living knowledge.
These words are not meant to become jargon.
They are handles for ideas that keep recurring.
The glossary should keep those handles useful without making the site feel like a manual.
Less official.
More helpful.