fail open

A design where the system continues when a check fails. Sometimes acceptable for low-stakes actions; dangerous for regulated or write-capable workflows.
The team rejected fail open for regulated approvals.

productionized agent

An agent that is evaluated, observable, permissioned, supportable, and integrated into a real workflow with clear human handoffs — not just a prompt that works most of the time.
The productionized agent opened tickets only after passing policy checks.

runbook

A practical guide for operating, troubleshooting, escalating, and recovering a deployed system — written so the support team can use it without the FDE in the room.
The runbook told support how to disable write-back if the CRM API failed.

artificial general intelligence

A mostly automatic system that does better than people at a majority of commercially valuable roles.
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—by which we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work—benefits all of humanity. --OpenAI Charter at https://openai.com/charter

system of engagement

The interface where users interact with workflows, recommendations, and collaboration around work — the best place to embed an AI capability because users already live there.
The FDE embedded the assistant in the system of engagement users already opened daily.