vocabulary:
  name: Squillo Platform Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Key terms, concepts, and operational vocabulary for the Squillo SaaU
    (Software as a Utility) integration and automation platform.
  version: "1.0"
  created: "2026-05-02"
  modified: "2026-05-02"
  tags:
    - Squillo
    - Integration Platform
    - Workflow Automation

  terms:
    - term: SaaU
      label: Software as a Utility
      description: >-
        Squillo's core product philosophy — making enterprise software integrations
        as easy and on-demand as utility services. Contrasts with traditional
        SaaS by emphasizing process automation across entire IT systems rather
        than single-application functionality.
      category: Platform

    - term: Workflow
      label: Workflow
      description: >-
        A defined automation sequence consisting of a trigger and one or more
        steps that perform actions across connected systems. Workflows encode
        business processes that were previously manual or required custom
        development.
      category: Core Concepts

    - term: Trigger
      label: Trigger
      description: >-
        The event or schedule that initiates a workflow execution. Types include
        webhook (HTTP callback), schedule (cron-based), manual (API or UI
        invocation), and event (platform events from connected systems).
      category: Core Concepts

    - term: Step
      label: Workflow Step
      description: >-
        A single unit of work within a workflow. Step types include action
        (connector API call), condition (branching logic), loop (iteration),
        delay (time-based pause), and transform (data transformation).
      category: Core Concepts

    - term: Connector
      label: Integration Connector
      description: >-
        A pre-built integration module that provides authenticated access to
        a specific third-party system (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP).
        Connectors expose actions that workflow steps can invoke.
      category: Integrations

    - term: Connection
      label: Connector Connection
      description: >-
        An authenticated instance of a connector configured with credentials
        for a specific tenant account in the connected system. A single
        connector can have multiple connections (e.g., prod and staging).
      category: Integrations

    - term: Action
      label: Connector Action
      description: >-
        A specific operation exposed by a connector (e.g., "Create Record",
        "Send Email", "Update Ticket"). Actions correspond to API calls made
        to the connected system.
      category: Integrations

    - term: Execution
      label: Workflow Execution
      description: >-
        A single run of a workflow, triggered by its configured trigger or
        manually via API. Executions capture input data, step outputs, timing,
        and final status (running, success, failed, cancelled).
      category: Operations

    - term: Input Mapping
      label: Input Mapping
      description: >-
        Configuration that defines how data flows into a step from previous
        step outputs, trigger payload, or static values. Uses JSONPath or
        template expressions to reference data.
      category: Data

    - term: Output Mapping
      label: Output Mapping
      description: >-
        Configuration that defines which parts of a step's response are made
        available to subsequent steps as named variables.
      category: Data

    - term: Variable
      label: Workflow Variable
      description: >-
        A named value available across all workflows in an account. Variables
        can be plain (visible) or secret (encrypted, masked in logs). Used to
        store API keys, configuration values, and shared reference data.
      category: Configuration

    - term: Webhook
      label: Webhook Trigger
      description: >-
        An HTTP endpoint generated by Squillo that external systems can call
        to trigger a workflow. Each webhook trigger has a unique URL and
        supports authentication via HMAC signatures or API keys.
      category: Triggers

    - term: Schedule
      label: Schedule Trigger
      description: >-
        A cron-based trigger that fires a workflow at defined time intervals
        or specific times. Supports standard cron expressions with timezone
        configuration.
      category: Triggers