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

# Glossary

> Understand Our Terminology

Not sure what a term means? You're in the right place! Here's a quick guide to Teammates lingo. You can do it!

* **Teammate:** A virtual colleague (autonomous AI agent) that collaborates with you and your team, chats in Slack and other channels, plans work, operates SaaS tools, and so much more.
* **Assignment:** Work given to your Teammate. The Teammate will understand your objectives, plan it out, and begin working on it.
* **Skill:** An ability given to a Teammate, such as reading documents, performing online research, or generating images.
* **Smart Tool:** One of *your* digital software tools that your Teammate can operate, such as Salesforce, Linear, or Google Sheets.
* **Handbook:** Background information, policies, and procedures that Teammates use to plan and complete their work.
* **Rules:** A collection of when-this-then-that logic that Teammates use when events like a new email arrives, a deal closes, or a new document is created.
* **Events:** External events like webhooks, inbound emails, or triggers that initiate Rules.
* **Users:** The humans authorized to use Teammates.
* **Squad:** A group of Teammates that can work together on complex, multistage tasks.

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If you ever get stuck, just ask your Teammate for help!