Glossary and quick reference

Every term used across this documentation, followed by the facts you are most likely to need while integrating.

Glossary

Term	Meaning
Tenant	A client organisation using Aegis.
Application / case	One counterparty’s onboarding record.
Pair	A form plus a risk engine, bound and validated together.
Intake label	The pointer that makes a pair live and selectable.
Related party	A person or entity screened for an application: a UBO, director, or the company itself.
Analyst sign-off	The mandatory analyst confirmation of criteria the form cannot answer.
Maker-checker	Two-person approval: one proposes, a different admin approves.
Completeness gate	The conditions that must all pass before an approval is allowed.
Screening exception	An attributed MLRO sign-off allowing a case to proceed despite a blocking screening result.
Escalation	A rule forcing the risk class to High regardless of the score.
Information request	A structured ask your team sends after submission: questions, corrections to specific answers, or documents, answered in the applicant portal over one or more rounds.

Item	Value
Compliance dashboard	https://aegis-outpost.theauroraedge.com
Applicant portal	https://aegis-gateway.theauroraedge.com
Onboarding API	https://aegis-api.theauroraedge.com
API authentication	Authorization: Bearer aegis_<key-id>_<secret>
Provision and get a link	POST /v1/login-sessions
Provision only	POST /v1/applications
Sign-in link lifetime	3 days, single use (read expiresAt)
Rate limits	60 per minute per key, 240 per minute per IP
Application reads	GET /v1/applications/{clientId}
Outcome reporting	Webhooks trigger reconciliation; application reads provide current status
Webhook notifications	Signed HTTP POST events; see Webhooks and callbacks

Endpoint contracts are in API reference, and event delivery is in Webhooks and callbacks, and the surfaces are introduced on the documentation overview.