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

# Terminology

> How to translate between the words in these docs and the words on your screen.

These docs call the six units of work **Initiative**, **Program**, **Project**, **Task**,
**Cycle**, and **Team**. Your workspace runs a **terminology preset** that relabels them. A Cycle
called a Season behaves exactly like a Cycle.

## The three presets

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Startup">
    The default, and the language these docs are written in.

    | Concept in these docs | Shown in your workspace |
    | --------------------- | ----------------------- |
    | Initiative            | Initiative              |
    | Program               | Program                 |
    | Project               | Project                 |
    | Task                  | Task                    |
    | Cycle                 | Cycle                   |
    | Team                  | Team                    |
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Nonprofit">
    Mission-oriented labels. You plan work in seasons.

    | Concept in these docs | Shown in your workspace |
    | --------------------- | ----------------------- |
    | Initiative            | **Campaign**            |
    | Program               | Program                 |
    | Project               | Project                 |
    | Task                  | Task                    |
    | Cycle                 | **Season**              |
    | Team                  | **Chapter**             |
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Agency">
    Client-services labels. You bill a retainer and staff a pod.

    | Concept in these docs | Shown in your workspace |
    | --------------------- | ----------------------- |
    | Initiative            | **Engagement**          |
    | Program               | **Retainer**            |
    | Project               | Project                 |
    | Task                  | Task                    |
    | Cycle                 | **Sprint**              |
    | Team                  | **Pod**                 |
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

All three presets use the same word for `Project` and `Task`.

## Per-word overrides

Override any single word on top of the preset. Rename `Program` to `Service` and leave the rest
alone, and the words on your screen match no preset exactly.

Set the preset and any overrides in **Settings → General → Terminology**. In a shared workspace
that is an admin setting.

## The API uses the defaults

The API, the MCP tools, and the [REST reference](/docs/developers/rest-api) always use the default
words. `project`, `cycle`, and `initiative` are the field names whatever your workspace displays.
So these docs and the API agree. Use the tables above when you read these docs beside the app.

Changing a preset moves, renames, and re-parents nothing. Every rule in
[Core concepts](/docs/guides/concepts/workspaces) still applies: a Cycle called a Sprint is still
team-scoped and still a fixed window of time.

<Note>
  Set terminology per workspace. Your personal space has its own setting under the same
  **Settings → General**, and starts on the default words.
</Note>