- Tooling API client. This a library that is embedded into applications, such as IDEs or CI agents, that allows them to act as a Gradle client.
- Worker processes. Long-running daemon processes that the Gradle daemon starts to run specific kinds of work, such as compilation or test execution.

The diagram below shows the relationships between the different processes:

```mermaid
    graph LR

            <artifactId>kotlin-script-runtime</artifactId>
            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- For tests only. Must be in compile scope such that the Teamcity generate goal is able to compile the tests -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.mockk</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockk</artifactId>
            <version>${mockk.version}</version>