> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.workmore.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> The words we use, in the words you already use.

You don't need new vocabulary to get value from Workmore — but you'll see a few
terms in the product, and it helps to know what they map to in your own work.
Read this as "the thing I already say" → "what Workmore calls it."

## Your words → our words

| You'd say…                         | Workmore calls it         | What it means                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| "the work I do over and over"      | a **process**             | A task you repeat that we can run for you.                                         |
| "a step in what I do"              | a **node**                | One action in the process — get data, send an email, decide.                       |
| "what kicks it off"                | a **trigger**             | The first step; it starts the process (a schedule, a button, an incoming request). |
| "the whole thing, start to finish" | a **workflow**            | All the steps connected in order.                                                  |
| "where I lay it out"               | the **canvas**            | The space where you arrange the steps.                                             |
| "a named bundle I turn on"         | a **section**             | A group of related workflows you publish together.                                 |
| "turn it on for real"              | **publish**               | Make the process run on its own from now on.                                       |
| "one time it ran"                  | a **run** (or **record**) | A single pass through the process for one item of work.                            |
| "do this for each one"             | **split into records**    | Handle each item in a list on its own.                                             |
| "put them back together"           | **combine records**       | Gather the per-item results into one.                                              |

## A few more, when you meet them

* **Trigger** — every process starts with one. Think of it as the answer to
  "when should this happen?"
* **Section vs. workflow** — a workflow is one start-to-finish flow; a section is
  a bundle of related workflows you publish (turn on) as a unit.
* **Run / record** — when a process runs, each item of work travels through the
  steps as a *record*. If last week had 40 signups, that's 40 records flowing
  through the same steps.
* **Publish** — until you publish, you're drafting. Publishing is what makes it
  run automatically.

If a term ever gets in your way, that's a docs bug — tell us. You should be able
to automate your work without learning ours.