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Glossary

Terms the Wizard docs use, in alphabetical order.

Approved hours

The hours you submitted on pull requests merged in the month. See Submit time on a pull request.

Bug hours

Hours from pull requests attributed to you as the source of a bug, or that you approved before they were reported as bugs. They are deducted from your payout. See Report and dispute bugs.

Carry-forward

Bug hours or charges that did not fit into a month's payout because it reached $0. They move to the next month.

Charge

A dollar amount HR deducts from a retainer contractor's payout for a cost caused by negligence. See Charges.

Connection key

The key that unlocks the browser extension. A manager gives it to you.

Dispute Resolution Credit

Hours given back after you successfully dispute a bug attribution.

Draft Goal

A Goal still being shaped, with a [DRAFT] Goal: title. Wizard checks it the same way as a Goal.

Engagement mode

The engagement_mode field in profile.yaml: retainer (the default), employee or project. Only retainer contractors get monthly invoices from Wizard.

Expense

A work cost you paid yourself, added to your invoice once HR approves it. See Claim an expense.

Goal

A GitHub issue of type Goal, with a Goal: title, that states an outcome and links its spec. See Write a Goal.

HR repository

Your private repository (hr-member-<first name>-<last name>) that holds profile.yaml, leave.yaml, expenses.yaml and your onboarding and salary issues.

Net hours

Approved hours, minus bug hours, plus Dispute Resolution Credit and paid leave hours. The monthly hours cap applies to net hours. See How your payout is calculated.

Problem

A GitHub issue with a Problem: title that describes what a user cannot do. It sits under a Goal or an HR issue.

Quality adjustment

The invoice line that deducts bug hours at your hourly rate. See How your payout is calculated.

Retainer contractor

An independent contractor paid monthly for approved hours under the Standard Terms.

Salary issue

The issue in your HR repository where Wizard posts your monthly billing summary and invoice link.

Shared order

The single priority order of open work for the whole team, set by managers on the notifications board. See Notifications: signals and order.

Signal

A mark on the notifications board that something on an issue or pull request needs you, such as a mention, a review request or a reply. See Notifications: signals and order.

Spec

The file in docs/specs/ that describes a Goal in detail. Wizard creates it when the Goal is opened. See Spec files and Google Docs.

Whitelist

Wizard's list of organizations and people excluded from time tracking and spec checks. See Whitelist and time tracking rules.