Glossary

Term	Meaning
Agent	An AI program, such as Claude Code or Codex, that can use tabletop for you. It connects with MCP or the CLI. See Agents.
API token	A secret key that lets an agent or a script use tabletop as you. You make it in Organization settings > API tokens.
Approval	A pause after a node runs. The run waits until you click Approve. See Run nodes.
BYOK	“Bring your own key”. You use your own API key of a provider, and the run costs no tokens. See Your own API keys.
Canvas	The area where you add, move and link nodes. See A tour of the canvas.
CLI	The command line tool of tabletop. See CLI commands.
Group	Nodes that you put together in one box on the canvas. See Templates and groups.
Input	A port on the left side of a node. It takes a value from a link.
Library	The place where tabletop keeps the results of your org: images, videos, models and other files. See The library and versions.
Link	A line from an output of one node to an input of another node. The value moves along it.
Lock	A locked node keeps its result. A run does not run it again.
MCP	Model Context Protocol. A standard way for an AI agent to use a tool such as tabletop. See MCP tools.
Node	A box on the canvas that does one task, such as “make an image”. See Nodes.
Node run	One run of one node. The Jobs tray shows the node runs.
Note	A comment on the canvas, in Markdown. It has no ports and never runs. See The canvas and nodes.
Org	Organization. A team that shares workflows, a library, tokens and a plan.
Output	A port on the right side of a node. It holds a result.
Plan	What your org pays for each month: Free, Hobby or Pro. See Plans and limits.
Port	A connection point on a node: an input or an output.
Provider	The service that runs a node, such as OpenAI or Tripo. See Providers.
Result	A file or text that a node makes, such as an image or a model. tabletop keeps each result in the library.
Role	What a member can do in an org: Owner, Admin, Member or Viewer. See Teams, orgs and roles.
Run	One start of a workflow, or of some of its nodes. See Run nodes.
Template	A node that is made from other nodes, or a node with saved settings. See Templates and groups. On the Workflows page, a template is also a ready workflow that you copy into your org. See Workflows and sharing.
Token	The unit that you pay with for AI nodes. See Tokens and plans.
Version	One result of a node. Each run of a node adds a version. See The library and versions.
Workflow	A set of linked nodes on a canvas that makes one or more results.