Troubleshooting
Glossary
Key Addness terms explained in one line each.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 (→ Goal page) |
| 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 (→ Goal page) |
| Ask AI | The operation that hands that goal, with an instruction, to an AI (Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT) from the ✦ on the right of a goal row (inside "…" at mobile widths). 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 (→ Goal page) |
| 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 below the memo on the goal detail page. Completion ranking, activity log, KPI chart, AI memory, goal review |
| 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 (formerly "Pattern"). 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 project channel; 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" 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." 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 "Ask AI." 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) |
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 "Ask AI" → "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 from a goal's "Ask AI" |
| 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 |
| Member | 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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