Glossary

Here are the words that come up often in Addness, summed up one line at a time. Where a term had an earlier name, it’s shown in parentheses. For terms you want to know in detail, head to the linked article.

Goal structure

Term	Meaning
Goal	A state you aim for. In Addness, both to-dos and objectives are all handled as goals
Goal tree	A tree structure connecting goals in parent-child relationships. The big objective on top, the decomposed small goals below
Top goal	The single biggest objective placed at the very top of the tree. Only one per organization; you can’t create a second (→ Getting started as an organization)
Child goal (sub-goal)	A goal one level down, made by decomposing a goal
Leaf goal	A goal with no children — the unit where you actually do the work
Ideal	The field where you write the state once the goal is achieved (formerly “Definition of done” / “Completion Criteria”) (→ Goal detail page)
Current status	How far that goal has progressed now. There’s no dedicated field for it; write it in the body of the goal detail

Thinking

Term	Meaning
Goal Loop	Addness’s central concept, combining the goal-achievement loop and the goal-update loop (→ AI Organization Mastery Course, Chapter 2)
Goal-achievement loop	The loop of making the next move from the gap between ideal and current, and updating the current with the result
Goal-update loop	The loop of learning from results and revising the ideal (the goal itself)
Gap	The gap between ideal and current
Bottleneck	The most stuck place on a goal right now

Daily execution

Term	Meaning
Home	The screen where your ToDos are listed (formerly “Goal page”). Open it from “Home” in the sidebar (→ Home)
ToDos	The list of to-dos you’ve decided to work on now (formerly “Today’s ToDo”). Add them from the goal tree with “＋”. They stay until completed or removed (→ Home)
Due-date badge	The “Today,” “in ◯ days,” ”◯ days overdue” display at the right end of a goal row. Press it to change the due date. Past-due ones are red, and ones due within 3 days from today are orange (→ Home)
Addness it	The operation that hands that goal, with an instruction, to an AI such as Claude Code, Codex, or ChatGPT from Addness it on the right of a goal row (formerly “Ask AI”). There’s “Work on it,” which has the AI move it forward as-is; “Brainstorm,” which decides child goals while talking; and “Ask,” which gets just an answer without changing the goal. With “Copy instruction,” you can hand it to other AI too. Set the “Instruction handoff” in My Settings, and it opens in one click (→ Home)
Routine	A setting that auto-adds a full template set on a set rhythm, like daily reports and regulars (formerly “Recurring goals” / “Standing goals”) (→ Templates page)
Streak	The number of consecutive days achieving to-dos. The 🔥 at the top right of the screen. There’s also freeze (declaring a day off) and a once-a-month revival
Deleting and restoring	How to tidy up goals you no longer use (goals can no longer be archived). A deleted goal can be brought back with its child goals from “Restore deleted goals” for 30 days after deletion. After 30 days it is permanently deleted (→ Goal detail page)

Screens and features

Term	Meaning
Resources	Materials and files tied to a goal (formerly “Deliverables”). Placeable in the “Resources” field of the goal detail page; permissions inherit the goal’s (→ Goal detail page)
Widget	A part you can add into the memo on the goal detail page from ”＋ Add widget” at the right end of the “Memo” heading. Completion ranking, activity log, KPI chart, AI memory, goal review. You can also place widgets on Home from “Add” at the top right of the widget area (such as AI at work and Pulse)
AI memory	The record of when AI worked on that goal. Decisions, specs, findings, deliverables, progress, and constraints are kept automatically. When something’s off, it can be retracted with a reason
Goal review	A widget where the AI periodically reviews movement, gaps, and the next move and notifies you. It arrives as “Addy has a proposal”
Drive	Where the organization’s files gather. It has “My drive,” “Shared drive,” and “Trash,” and goal resources and minutes go here too (→ Drive)
Template	A goal-tree blueprint. You can turn a tree into a template and reuse it (→ Templates page)
Meeting	A voice/video call within Addness (formerly “Huddle”; the name “Huddle calls” also remains in places like the pricing table). Startable from a goal, DM, or group (→ Meetings and minutes)
Minutes	The summary and transcript auto-generated from a meeting recording. Saved to Drive
Thread	The unit of a post in a goal’s chat. Replies are grouped under it, and it’s closed with “Mark as resolved” once settled (→ Chat page)
Group / DM	Conversations not tied to a goal. A group is a per-project conversation; a DM is one-to-one
Screen recording	A feature to capture your screen, auto-save it, and share it with a link. Start it from “Recording, audio, meetings & notes” at the top of the screen. You can also add a transcript (Focus, Unlimited) (→ Screen recording)
Audio	A feature that records audio only. Like screen recording, start it from “Recording, audio, meetings & notes.” Up to 2 hours per recording on paid plans (Pro, Focus, Unlimited) (→ Screen recording)
File Send	A feature to hand a large file to someone with a share link. Retention is 1, 3, or 7 days (→ File Send)
Customer list	A table where customers walk through stages (a funnel). Built by talking with AI, and refreshed by AI every morning (→ Customer list (CRM))
Stage / current stage	The segments of the customer list’s path, and the stage a customer is in now. The bottom one, “Exit,” is where customers off the path go
Contact	The other party’s IDs such as email, phone, LINE. The “Reachable” mark and “Label” can be seen on the customer page (→ Customer list (CRM))
Activity	The record of exchanges with the other party. Ask AI to record new interactions with “Collect new interactions” in “Addness this customer.” Activities are recorded automatically when an intake receives data and when a related goal is completed. It’s listed newest-first on the customer page; to log it yourself, press “Write.” Other operations inside Addness are in “History” (→ Customer list (CRM))
KPI definition	What defines a single number’s “counting method, where the source of truth is, and update contract” (formerly “Data definition”). A dashboard part that can also be linked to goals (→ Analytics)
Dashboard	A screen where KPI-definition numbers line up as widgets. Built by talking to AI, refreshed by AI every morning
Organization settings	Settings that only organization admins can open (formerly “Settings”). It has General, Members, Plan and billing, Usage, Integrations, Meeting notes bot, and Network (→ Organization settings)
My Settings	Settings for changing your own Profile, Notifications, Display & language, AI, Integrations, Account, and more. Everyone can use them (→ Organization settings)
Lock / Challenge	The mark on features that aren’t open yet in a newly created organization, and the steps to open that feature. Finish the challenge, or press “Skip and use it (no points),” and the feature becomes available (→ Challenges and feature locks)
Proficiency level	A guide to how well you’re using Addness. It goes up with the “usage points” you earn as you use Addness, and shows as “Lv.” in the header (→ Proficiency level and points)

AI and teams

Term	Meaning
Prompt	An instruction to the AI
Context	The background info you hand the AI. Materials, the history so far, the work’s current status, and so on
Context window	The upper limit of how much the AI can read at once. The AI re-reads the whole of that conversation every time
Automation	Running work whose steps are fixed, triggered by a set time or event. The result is the same every time
Autonomy	Proceeding with work you can’t write a manual for, with the AI re-choosing a move while looking at the goal and current status
Connector	A connection linking AI with external tools like email and calendar. Choose from the app list and connect
Terminal	A way of operating by typing commands into a text-only screen. Claude Code is usable as a desktop app too
Local / cloud execution	Running on your own computer is local; running even when your computer is closed is cloud
Brainstorming	Organizing what’s in your head through dialogue with AI. With a goal’s Addness it → “Brainstorm,” you can start one with AI about that goal
MCP integration	A connection method that lets you operate Addness directly from your usual AI, like Claude Code, Codex, and ChatGPT (→ MCP integration)
Addy	The name of the AI that runs inside Addness. It’s used in Addy on LINE, goal review proposals, and Addy Unlimited mode. The in-app entry points for talking with Addy (such as “Ask Addy”) are gone; now you ask your usual AI with a goal’s Addness it
Addy Unlimited mode	A mode that lets you keep using Addness’s built-in AI beyond its usage allowance (formerly “Unlimited mode”). Usage beyond the allowance is billed by the amount used. Available on Focus and Unlimited (→ Plans and billing)
Owner	The one person with final responsibility for a goal. Can do all operations (formerly also “Author”)
Editor	A permission to edit that goal and to create and edit the child goals under it
Viewer	The permission to view and comment on a goal
Guest	Someone you can invite for free who doesn’t count as a seat. They can view goals and conversations and comment or chat. They can’t operate goals, use external integrations, or use meetings (→ Plans and billing)
Organization	The unit that manages a goal tree and members. Create one per company or team. Members join by invitation, so they don’t need to create an organization themselves
Overview	The right side of the members list page. The whole team’s goal completions per day are visible as a heatmap (→ Members list page)
Network	The place to connect with people outside your organization. It has public profiles, posts, search for people and organizations, rankings, and job openings. Open it from Network in “More” → “Other features” (→ Addness Network)
Public profile	Your own (or your organization’s) page shown on Network. Public by default, so people who aren’t signed in can view it too. Image, introduction, plan, completed-goal count, active days / streak / grass, diagnosis results, and affiliations can each be hidden (→ Addness Network)
Grass	A chart that shows activity as one square per day. Used on Network public profiles and in the customer list’s daily updates

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