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# NHI Data Model

### 📖 **Key Concepts**

Cakewalk stores **non-human identities (NHIs)** in a dedicated entity that is separate from the **User** model.

NHIs can include identities such as bots, service accounts and AI agents discovered through supported app integrations.

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### 🗂️ **NHI Fields**

| Field                | Description                                          | Example             |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| **Name**             | Display name returned by the source app integration. | `Slackbot`          |
| **External ID**      | Source-system identifier for the discovered NHI.     | `U08ABC123`         |
| **App**              | Application where the identity was discovered.       | `Slack`             |
| **Discovery Source** | Integration that reported the identity.              | `Slack` integration |
| **Discovered On**    | Date the identity was first discovered in Cakewalk.  | `2026-02-20`        |

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### 🔗 **Relationship to Users and Apps**

* **Users** represent human identities used for lifecycle governance and approvals.
* **NHIs** represent non-human identities discovered from integrations.
* NHIs are shown in:
  * the NHI table under Users, and
  * the NHI tab in app detail views (when data exists).


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