> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.flash.im/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.flash.im/whitepaper/appendix.md).

# Appendix

### A. Glossary

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>Term</th><th>Definition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Intelligence layer</td><td>The sum of the judgments FLASH produces. The news judgment layer running on partner screens and the API</td></tr><tr><td>Embedded news layer</td><td>FLASH's delivery form, rendered inside the partner screens where trading happens. Where the intelligence layer is mounted</td></tr><tr><td>Card</td><td>FLASH's delivery unit for one event, composed of content, intelligence, and source and joins</td></tr><tr><td>impact</td><td>The event's importance. Integer 2 to 5, dots = value. Noise judged as 1 is blocked at publication and never appears in the field</td></tr><tr><td>impactScore</td><td>Fine-grained score within one impact tier (0 to 100)</td></tr><tr><td>sentiment</td><td>How the market reads the event. Bullish / Mildly Bullish / Neutral / Mildly Bearish / Bearish. Absent for politics and geopolitics</td></tr><tr><td>eventType</td><td>The kind of event. A fixed classification of 18 types (B below)</td></tr><tr><td>entities</td><td>The subjects involved, recorded in three layers: full name, aliases, ticker. The join key for contract, asset, and cover matching</td></tr><tr><td>whyItMatters</td><td>One or two sentences on why this matters today. The only narrative-reasoning field, generated at impact 4 and above</td></tr><tr><td>cluster</td><td>The bundle of reports covering one event, delivered as one representative card plus a related-coverage count ("+N more")</td></tr><tr><td>Terminal</td><td>The console where institutional teams verify the data and get an API key</td></tr><tr><td>Newsroom</td><td>The desk where KOLs pick, edit, and publish news to social</td></tr><tr><td>NewsCover Library</td><td>The library of publication-grade cover images matched to headlines. 3,000 entities, 10,000 covers</td></tr><tr><td>MCP</td><td>Model Context Protocol. The standard by which AI agents call tools directly (planned)</td></tr><tr><td>x402</td><td>The micropayment standard by which AI agents pay per call</td></tr><tr><td>TGE</td><td>Token Generation Event. The initial issuance and circulation of $FL</td></tr></tbody></table>

### B. eventType Definitions

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>eventType</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>policy-decision</td><td>Policy decisions by central banks or governments (rate decisions, executive orders)</td></tr><tr><td>data-release</td><td>Scheduled official data releases (inflation, jobs, GDP)</td></tr><tr><td>regulation-action</td><td>Regulators acting: approvals, sanctions, rulemaking</td></tr><tr><td>legal-action</td><td>Lawsuits, indictments, court rulings</td></tr><tr><td>security-incident</td><td>Hacks, exploits, breaches</td></tr><tr><td>corporate-action</td><td>Corporate actions executed: M&#x26;A, listings, launches, restructuring</td></tr><tr><td>funding-deal</td><td>Fundraises and fund formations</td></tr><tr><td>geopolitical-event</td><td>Conflicts, sanctions, and security events between states</td></tr><tr><td>official-statement</td><td>Officials or institutions speaking (a statement, not an action)</td></tr><tr><td>market-move</td><td>Coverage of market moves themselves: prices, flows</td></tr><tr><td>analysis-commentary</td><td>Analysis, outlooks, opinion (commentary, not an event)</td></tr><tr><td>ops-notice</td><td>Exchange or service operational notices (listings, maintenance)</td></tr><tr><td>data-point</td><td>A single data point or statistical observation</td></tr><tr><td>digest</td><td>Round-up coverage bundling several events</td></tr><tr><td>election</td><td>Elections and voting: primaries and results, candidacies, schedules and rules, polls</td></tr><tr><td>appointment</td><td>Appointments, nominations, resignations, dismissals, and successions to key posts</td></tr><tr><td>disaster</td><td>Natural disasters and extreme weather</td></tr><tr><td>diplomatic-event</td><td>Diplomatic processes between states: summits, negotiations, treaty signings, ceasefires</td></tr></tbody></table>

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