Glossary Software

SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)

Also known as: Standard Operating Procedure

A step-by-step document describing how to complete a specific task consistently. Traditionally human-readable. An OOS is essentially a collection of machine-readable SOPs with structured metadata.

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OTP encodes coordination intelligence so AI agent teams can run on it. If this term shows up in your team's playbook, it belongs in your OOS.

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