---
title: "FitStep"
description: "one step of the search, a hypothesis settled by readings"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/fitstep
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# FitStep

one step of the search, a hypothesis settled by readings

[figure: FitStep is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `one of the candidate markets \| the rivals' shape \| the buyer profiles \| the sculpted offering \| the plays to test \| the readings \| the verdict` | yes |  |
| `hypothesis` | `id` | no |  |
| `state` | [Readiness](/concepts/readiness) | yes |  |
| `started_at` | `time` | no |  |
| `settled_at` | `time` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns FitStep directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.