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title: "Operations Overview"
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# 📋 Operations (Tier 1)

This section is for **business operators and team managers** who direct virtual employees, manage active projects, and coordinate daily operations within Tadpole OS.

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## Section Index

| Page | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [[Getting-Started|§1]] | Boot your local node, access the dashboard, and run your first swarm project |
| [[Dashboard-Guide|§1]] | Navigate the multi-tab layout, detach portals, and control page-level actions |
| [[Chat-&-Voice|§1]] | Issue commands via `SovereignChat` text and `VoiceClient` audio interfaces |
| [[Projects-&-Missions|§1]] | Manage project lifecycles, team scoping, workspace limits, and mission states |
| [[Daily-Workflows|§1]] | Step-by-step SMB scenarios: invoice review, feedback triage, SOP enforcement |

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## Key Concepts

- **[[Glossary#department-lead|Department Lead]] [Tier 1: Operator]**: The orchestrating agent that breaks down your goals and recruits specialists.
- **[[Glossary#project-workspace|Project Workspace]] [Tier 1: Operator]**: A collaborative local directory grouping virtual employees toward a single goal.
- **[[Glossary#private-swarm-environment|Private Swarm Environment]] [Tier 1: Operator]**: The secure, local-first runtime where all processing happens on your hardware.
- **[[Glossary#department-scope|Department Scope]] [Tier 1: Operator]**: Audience targeting that restricts chat broadcasts to a specific workspace or folder.

> [!TIP]
> If you are setting up Tadpole OS for the first time, start with [[Getting-Started]] to configure your node and run your first project.

→ *See [[Configuration|§1]] for environment variable reference.*
→ *See [[Vault-&-Credentials|§1]] for credential security details.*

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**Complete Lexicon**: For the authoritative technical breakdown, see the main repository [`GLOSSARY.md`](https://github.com/DDS-Solutions/Tadpole-OS/blob/main/docs/GLOSSARY.md). Every `[[Glossary#term|term]]` link on this page resolves to an entry there.

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