> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oneshotagent.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Core concepts

> The vocabulary behind discovery, review, sending and measurement.

| Term       | Meaning                                                                             | What to do                                                                 |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ICP        | Ideal customer profile: the people and organizations your product can help.         | Write roles and relevant needs, not just a broad industry.                 |
| Finder     | A source-specific discovery routine, such as GitHub stars or funding announcements. | Choose a source that carries evidence of your audience's needs.            |
| Trigger    | A finder's saved configuration and schedule.                                        | Check its readiness, interval and spend limit.                             |
| Queue      | Candidates waiting for review or execution.                                         | Inspect the evidence before approving a person.                            |
| Play       | A named outreach strategy and its target inputs.                                    | Match the play to the reason for contacting someone.                       |
| Drain      | Process approved queue rows for a selected play.                                    | Preview with dry-run; a live drain can draft and send.                     |
| Cadence    | The scheduled sequence of touches for one prospect.                                 | Review follow-ups and stop when the conversation changes.                  |
| Breakup    | A final follow-up that closes an unanswered sequence.                               | Give the recipient room to decline or defer.                               |
| Receipt    | A signed record of a OneShot action and its cost.                                   | Use it to inspect what was paid for and why.                               |
| Dedupe key | A stable identifier connecting a candidate to its queue row and draft.              | Let retries reuse recorded state instead of creating a second first touch. |

## Two ICP gates

The topic gate judges the source, such as a repository or event, before further paid work. The person gate judges the individual's role using available text and, when needed, enrichment. A relevant event does not automatically make every attendee a suitable prospect.

## A score is not permission to send

[Shadow scores](/oneshot-gtm/shadow-score) summarize evidence for review. They are not conversion probabilities. Eligibility checks, review approval, sender capacity and suppression rules remain separate.

[Soft gates](/oneshot-gtm/soft-gates) advise on scaling decisions. [RoCS](/oneshot-gtm/rocs) compares confirmed attributed value with action spend.