> Discover all available Postdom documentation from the machine-readable index: https://postdom.com/llms.txt # Words agents can act on. One definition layer for the humans setting boundaries, the agents doing the work, and the systems reading the result. Friendly language explains the product. Exact wire values still travel unchanged. Last verified: 26 August 2026 ## Definitions ### Account Category: Workspace & setup A saved social account record inside one Postdom workspace. Agent calls use its account ID when selecting a publishing destination or measurement scope. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/availability Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#connected-account · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace ### Autonomy level Category: Authority The human-selected L0–L3 authority mode on a connected account. It determines whether publishing is manual, reviewed per post, approved by plan, or allowed inside saved bounds. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#plan · https://postdom.com/glossary#quiet-hours · https://postdom.com/glossary#strictest-account ### Availability state Category: Measurement The evidence status attached to a modeled metric field: available, delayed(2-3d), estimable, never, or unverified. It must remain attached to the returned value or null. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#available · https://postdom.com/glossary#null · https://postdom.com/glossary#numeric-zero ### Available Category: Measurement Exact value: `available` An availability state saying the modeled evidence baseline exposes the field. The returned value can still be null and must be preserved exactly. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time · https://postdom.com/glossary#null ### Best-post ranking Category: Measurement A ranking of one connected account's posts by one supported metric inside a 7-day or 30-day publication window. Null observations are excluded, never ranked as zero. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-best-posts Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#excluded-observation · https://postdom.com/glossary#normalized-metric · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time ### Connected account Category: Workspace & setup A social account whose provider authorization has been completed by a human and whose Postdom record can be selected by account ID. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/availability Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#account · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace ### Daily cap Category: Authority The maximum number of posts an L3 account policy authorizes in that account's local day. A human can edit the cap or choose a stricter authority mode. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level · https://postdom.com/glossary#quiet-hours · https://postdom.com/glossary#visibility-allowlist ### Delayed Category: Measurement Exact value: `delayed(2-3d)` An availability state saying a field is expected after a two-to-three-day evidence delay. It is not a guarantee that a value will arrive. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#null · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time ### Destination Category: Execution One provider-and-account target selected for a post. A single post can have several destinations, and each destination keeps its own state and outcome. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/runs-and-outcomes Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#connected-account · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#post ### Destination state Category: Execution The exact state of one destination inside a post: queued, sent, published, or failed. It is separate from the post's overall state. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#sent ### Estimable Category: Measurement Exact value: `estimable` An availability state saying suitable evidence could support a derived value. Postdom does not promise that the value has been estimated or that a computation exists. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#normalized-metric · https://postdom.com/glossary#null ### Excluded observation Category: Measurement A post observation left out of a best-post ranking because the requested metric value is null. The exclusion retains its availability state and reason where supplied. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-best-posts Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#best-post-ranking · https://postdom.com/glossary#null · https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state ### Failed (destination) Category: Execution Exact value: `failed` A destination state entered when the provider or local watchdog records failure for that destination. The returned error code and detail remain part of its answer. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#failed-post · https://postdom.com/glossary#partial ### Failed (post) Category: Execution Exact value: `failed` A post state entered when every destination fails or execution fails locally. It can retain recoverable evidence, but remains a recorded failure until reconciliation changes it. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#failed-destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#terminal-outcome ### MCP tool Category: Workspace & setup A named Postdom operation exposed to a configured agent through the Model Context Protocol, with a machine-readable input and return schema. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-key · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-brief ### Missed schedule Category: Execution Exact value: `missed_schedule` A recoverable post state entered when execution begins more than 15 minutes after the scheduled time. Postdom stops instead of publishing late and returns control to a human. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#publish-at · https://postdom.com/glossary#terminal-outcome ### Never Category: Measurement Exact value: `never` An availability state saying the platform does not expose the field. The normalized value remains null and includes an explicit reason. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#null · https://postdom.com/glossary#unverified ### Normalized metric Category: Measurement A Postdom field that gives comparable meaning to evidence returned from supported destinations while preserving its source, observation time, and availability state. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/measurement Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time · https://postdom.com/glossary#performance-snapshot ### Null Category: Measurement Exact value: `null` The absence of an evidence-backed metric value. Null is not zero and must stay paired with its availability state; only never and unverified guarantee a reason. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/measurement Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#numeric-zero · https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#never ### Numeric zero Category: Measurement Exact value: `0` A measured numeric value of nothing. Zero is evidence and must never be converted to null or treated as missing. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/measurement Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#null · https://postdom.com/glossary#normalized-metric · https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state ### Observation time Category: Measurement The timestamp attached to evidence showing when Postdom observed or generated that read. It is not the post's scheduled or published time. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-performance Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#performance-snapshot · https://postdom.com/glossary#publish-at · https://postdom.com/glossary#best-post-ranking ### Partial Category: Execution Exact value: `partial` A post state used when published and failed destination outcomes coexist. Every destination answer remains visible; partial is not a vague sent status. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/runs-and-outcomes Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#terminal-outcome ### Pause Category: Authority A human control that blocks execution for one account or blocks agent write activity across the workspace. Only a human can resume paused activity. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/human-authority Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace · https://postdom.com/glossary#strictest-account ### Performance snapshot Category: Measurement A set of normalized metric observations for a post at a recorded observation time, with source and availability metadata preserved for every modeled field. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/measurement Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#normalized-metric · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time · https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state ### Plan Category: Scheduling A stored proposal for selected accounts, a UTC time window, an objective, and a maximum number of posts. At L2 it becomes an authorization boundary only after human approval. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-authorization · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-window · https://postdom.com/glossary#schedule ### Plan authorization Category: Authority The recorded result of evaluating a publish request against an approved plan's accounts, window, state, and remaining capacity. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-publish Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#plan · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-window · https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level ### Plan outcome Category: Measurement Descriptive evidence for one approved plan's completed work. An agent can read it before proposing later work, but Postdom does not turn it into a recommendation. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-performance Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#plan · https://postdom.com/glossary#performance-snapshot · https://postdom.com/glossary#week-over-week ### Plan window Category: Scheduling The UTC start and end timestamps bounding when an approved plan can authorize eligible posts. It is not the schedule itself. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#plan · https://postdom.com/glossary#publish-at · https://postdom.com/glossary#schedule ### Post Category: Execution The durable Postdom record for one submitted video, caption, intent, schedule, authorization evidence, and one or more destination outcomes. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/runs-and-outcomes Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#run ### Post state Category: Execution The exact overall state of a durable post record. It describes authorization and execution across all selected destinations and must not be renamed by an agent. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#terminal-outcome ### Published (destination) Category: Execution Exact value: `published` A destination state entered when the provider confirms publication for that destination. It retains the provider identifiers and publication evidence returned to Postdom. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#published-post · https://postdom.com/glossary#sent ### Published (post) Category: Execution Exact value: `published` A post state entered only when every selected destination is recorded as published. It is distinct from one destination publishing successfully. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#published-destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#partial ### Publish at Category: Scheduling Exact value: `publish_at` The optional RFC 3339 UTC timestamp on publish_video that asks Postdom to schedule the post for an exact future time. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/publish-video Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#schedule · https://postdom.com/glossary#missed-schedule · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-window ### Quiet hours Category: Authority A saved local-time window in an L3 account policy during which new work is not authorized. The account timezone determines how the window is evaluated. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#daily-cap · https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level · https://postdom.com/glossary#visibility-allowlist ### Queued (destination) Category: Execution Exact value: `queued` A modeled destination state reserved in storage before provider handoff. No configured production path currently creates it, so agents must not expect it from the provider result. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#sent · https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state ### Run Category: Execution A buyer-facing name for one durable post record moving from accepted work through destination outcomes and measurement. The public wire contract exposes a post, not a separate run resource. Reference: https://postdom.com/product/social-media-publishing Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post · https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination ### Schedule Category: Scheduling The future publishing work Postdom holds against exact UTC targets. It is a product concept represented by durable posts, not a separate public API resource. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#publish-at · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan · https://postdom.com/glossary#run ### Sent Category: Execution Exact value: `sent` A destination state saying the provider accepted the destination request. Sent is not published; the agent must keep reading for authoritative destination evidence. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#destination-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#published-destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#terminal-outcome ### Strictest account Category: Authority The selected destination account with the lowest autonomy level in a multi-account request. Its level governs the whole request; Postdom does not split authorization. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level · https://postdom.com/glossary#destination · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-authorization ### Terminal outcome Category: Execution A recorded completion state: published, partial, or failed. It ends normal polling, although recoverable local evidence can later reconcile partial or failed outcomes. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/runs-and-outcomes Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#post-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#partial · https://postdom.com/glossary#published-post ### Unverified Category: Measurement Exact value: `unverified` An availability state saying recorded evidence has not verified whether the field is exposed. The normalized value is null and includes an explicit reason. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#availability-state · https://postdom.com/glossary#never · https://postdom.com/glossary#null ### Visibility allowlist Category: Authority The set of publishing visibility values a human permits in an L3 account policy. Work outside the saved allowlist is not authorized. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/schedules-and-plans Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#daily-cap · https://postdom.com/glossary#quiet-hours · https://postdom.com/glossary#autonomy-level ### Week-over-week Category: Measurement A comparison between the latest two completed account-local weeks. It describes movement in returned evidence; it does not establish causality or recommend the next action. Reference: https://postdom.com/product/social-media-analytics Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#performance-snapshot · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan-outcome · https://postdom.com/glossary#observation-time ### Workspace Category: Workspace & setup The human-owned Postdom boundary containing members, keys, connected accounts, policy, the Workspace Brief, plans, posts, and returned evidence. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-key · https://postdom.com/glossary#connected-account · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-brief ### Workspace Brief Category: Workspace & setup Versioned workspace guidance for brand voice, captions, hashtags, timing context, and never-dos. A connected agent reads the current version before planning or writing. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs/tools/get-brief Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-key · https://postdom.com/glossary#plan ### Workspace key Category: Workspace & setup A scoped credential an owner, admin or member creates for a configured agent connection. Postdom shows its exact MCP configuration once; the key stays out of chat and source control. Reference: https://postdom.com/docs#agent-onboarding Related: https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace · https://postdom.com/glossary#mcp-tool · https://postdom.com/glossary#workspace-brief ## Small differences change behavior. - **Plan vs Schedule:** A plan is an approval boundary. A schedule is the future work Postdom holds and executes. - **Post vs Destination:** A post is the durable overall record. A destination is one provider-and-account outcome inside it. - **Sent vs Published:** Sent means the provider accepted a request. Published requires later destination evidence. - **Zero vs Null:** Zero is measured evidence. Null means no evidence-backed value was returned. - **Estimable vs Estimated:** Estimable says suitable evidence could support a value. It does not say a value was computed. ## Preserve the exact value. Use these definitions to interpret the contract, never to rewrite it. Keep state names, IDs, timestamps, numeric zero, null, availability, and supplied reasons exactly as returned. - Agent contract: https://postdom.com/agent-contract.md - Run states: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/run-states.md - Availability states: https://postdom.com/docs/reference/availability-states.md ## When the word matters, follow the source. The glossary explains meaning. Tool schemas and reference pages remain authoritative for callable fields and exact state transitions.