Catalog entries

What is a catalog entry?

An application is typically a program someone installs and starts — a desktop assistant, an editor with AI features. A service is operated by a vendor and called over the network, such as a hosted model API. A component ships inside other software: a library, a runtime, an SDK, a model file.

We tell the three apart because they are found in different ways: a single piece of evidence can be enough for a component or a service, while an application is recognised only from a combination of several.

Every piece of evidence is a very concrete pattern such as a process name, a package, or a network host that points to AI being used. An entry needs at least one piece of evidence before it appears in a published catalog.