# Glossary

## A

**Acceptance criteria** — Observable checks used to decide whether a task or deliverable is complete.

**Artifact** — A file or structured deliverable created during a task.

**As-of time** — The date and time through which retrieved information is intended to be current.

## C

**Capability** — A type of work Neo can perform, such as research, writing, analysis, or file transformation.

**Checkpoint** — A review point in a multi-step workflow before work continues.

**Connected service** — An external account or system made available to Neo through an authorized connection.

**Context** — Background, inputs, prior decisions, and conversation history that shape a response.

## D

**Delegated work** — A bounded assignment given to a specialized worker and later integrated by Neo.

**Delivered** — A status indicating confirmed receipt when the connected service provides that evidence. It is stronger than drafted or submitted.

## G

**Grounded answer** — An answer tied to identified evidence, sources, or retrieved data.

## K

**Knowledge** — Structured, durable information organized for future retrieval.

## L

**Long-running work** — A multi-step objective that may require planning, checkpoints, tool use, and validation.

## M

**Memory** — Durable context such as preferences, decisions, or ongoing project facts.

**Milestone** — A stage of work that produces a reviewable intermediate outcome.

## P

**Primary source** — Original, authoritative material closest to a claim, such as official documentation, a filing, law, dataset, or research paper.

## R

**Research cutoff** — The latest date included in a research result.

## S

**Source of truth** — The designated authoritative input when several files or statements may conflict.

**Submitted** — A status indicating that an external service accepted an action request; it does not always prove final delivery or completion.

## T

**Tool** — A capability Neo can invoke to search, browse, inspect files, create artifacts, schedule work, or retrieve specialized data.

## U

**Uncertainty** — A limitation in evidence, access, interpretation, or confidence that could affect a result.

## V

**Validation** — A check that an output meets technical or structural requirements, such as tests, schema checks, or link checks.

**Verification** — Human or automated review that claims, calculations, edits, links, and actions are correct before they are relied on.