AI AI Workforce OS v1.0.0

Appendix

Glossary, keyboard shortcuts, and API/HR terminology reference.

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Overview#

Reference material used across this documentation set: term definitions and keyboard shortcuts for this documentation site itself.

Purpose#

A single place to look up an unfamiliar term or shortcut instead of re-explaining it on every page.

Step-by-Step Instructions#

Keyboard shortcuts (this documentation site)#

  1. / or Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on Mac) — focus the search box from anywhere.
  2. ↑ / ↓ — move through search results.
  3. Enter — open the highlighted search result.
  4. Esc — close search results or the mobile navigation menu.

HR terms#

  1. ESS — Employee Self-Service: the portal employees use for their own profile, attendance, leave, and payroll information.
  2. MSS — Manager Self-Service: the portal managers use for their team and approvals.
  3. PIP — Performance Improvement Plan: a formal, milestone-tracked plan for addressing performance concerns.
  4. OKR — Objectives and Key Results: a goal-setting framework where an objective is measured by specific key results.
  5. KPI — Key Performance Indicator: a tracked metric assigned to an employee or role.
  6. 360 Review — a performance review that gathers feedback from multiple reviewer types (self, manager, skip-level, HR, and peers).
  7. Carry-forward — unused leave balance rolled into the next period, subject to policy limits and expiry.
  8. Comp-off — compensatory time off earned for working on an off-day or holiday.
  9. Calibration — a review-cycle step where ratings across a group are compared for consistency before being finalized.

API and security terms#

  1. MFA — Multi-Factor Authentication; here, real TOTP via an authenticator app.
  2. SSO — Single Sign-On; supported via SAML 2.0 and OIDC.
  3. SCIM — System for Cross-domain Identity Management; a standard protocol this system supports for user provisioning (with a group-creation limitation, see Security).
  4. OAuth2 — an authorization protocol used both for API client access and for connecting third-party integrations.
  5. Webhook — an HTTP callback the system sends to your endpoint when a subscribed event occurs, signed with HMAC for verification.
  6. PWA — Progressive Web App; an installable, offline-capable mode of the web application, used instead of a native mobile app.
  7. SDK — Software Development Kit; official client libraries exist for TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python.
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