Glossary | UnifiedStacks

Each term has one meaning across the product and these docs. Terms are listed in alphabetical order.

Term	Meaning
Agent	A reusable AI worker with instructions, a model, tools, skills, knowledge, memory, channels and guardrails.
App, portal, form and chat widget	Published, branded surfaces for the people you work with.
Connection	An authorized link to an external app, an MCP server, a database or a payment provider. Secrets stay in the vault.
Dashboard	A page of widgets from any number of workflows and sources, with filters, refresh schedules and actions.
Data source	A connection to an external database or warehouse, queried live or synced into the platform.
Dataset	Large tabular data from files or syncs, stored in columnar form and passed by reference.
Environment	The Development, Staging or Production copy of a workspace's work, with its own connections and variables.
Guardian	The policy layer that allows, blocks or sends to a person every action a run takes in the outside world.
Knowledge base	Documents, synced sources, tables and datasets that are indexed so agents can find them, with citations.
Model key	An OpenRouter key or a direct provider key, such as OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, that your workspace brings.
Node	One step in a workflow, with typed inputs and outputs, settings and a cost estimate.
Organization	The billing and identity account. It holds members, single sign-on, plans and one or more workspaces.
Outcome	A verified business result, such as a meeting booked or an invoice paid, linked to the run that caused it.
Personal agent	An always-on agent in a personal workspace, with a heartbeat, routines and goals.
Run	One execution of a workflow or an agent, with its story, trace, decisions, cost and outcome.
Saved query	A named SQL query, written by hand or generated from plain language, that can take parameters.
Skill	A reusable instruction pack that agents load when it is relevant.
Table	Structured records with typed fields, views, relations and timelines.
Widget	A chart, KPI, table, text or control on a dashboard.
Workflow	A graph of nodes and edges, started by a trigger.
Workspace	An isolated space for a team, a department, an agency client or one person.