Glossary

Term	Meaning
A2A	Agent2Agent, an open protocol that lets agents call each other. AireGlu Agents implement it.
Adapter	A custom task written in .NET with the AireGlu SDK, for behaviour the built-in tasks don't provide. See Adapters.
Agent	An LLM-backed agent hosted by AireGlu, with tools provided by MCP servers. In preview. See Agents.
Batch invocation	Running an endpoint once per item in a list, asynchronously, with an optional callback endpoint. See Batch Invocation.
Connection	A tenant-wide, reusable configuration for calling an external service, e.g. OAuth client credentials or Office 365 mail. Outbound, unlike endpoint authentication. See Connections.
Context Data	The panel in the task editor that lists the paths, functions, variables and secrets you can insert. See Working with Data.
Correlation ID	An ID, passed in the x-correlation-id header, that links steps across AireBlocks products in a wider journey. See Running an Endpoint.
Debug Mode	A per-version setting that records each task's inputs and outputs for troubleshooting. See Debug Mode.
Default version	The version of an endpoint that runs when no version is specified in the URL.
Endpoint	An HTTP API hosted by AireGlu that runs a series of tasks when called. See Key Concepts.
Endpoint Authentication	Inbound checks that decide who can call an endpoint. See Endpoint Authentication.
Filter	A JSONPath condition that decides whether a task runs. See Filters.
Function	A built-in utility used inside task settings, written as --*AG:Name(...)*--, e.g. AG:UUID(). See Functions.
Input schema	The JSON Schema (or equivalent) that incoming requests are validated against. See Endpoint Input.
Job	A scheduled run of an endpoint. See Jobs.
Liquid	The templating language used to build task settings from data. See Liquid Templating.
MCP Server	A configuration that exposes endpoints as tools and resources to AI clients over the Model Context Protocol. See MCP Servers.
MESH	The NHS Message Exchange for Social Care and Health. AireGlu can send MESH messages and receive them with a receiver.
Path	A reference to a value in the input or an earlier task's result, written as --*name*--. See Paths.
Receiver	A trigger that runs an endpoint when an email, GovNotify SMS or MESH message arrives. See Receivers.
Repository	A Git repository that AireGlu stores and syncs endpoint definitions with. See Repositories.
Route Mapping	A custom URL that forwards to an endpoint. See Route Mapping.
Secret	A private, write-only value such as a password or API key. See Secrets.
Stop on Task Failure	An endpoint setting that stops the run at the first failed task. On by default.
Task	One step in an endpoint, e.g. HTTP Request, Mapping or Email. See Tasks.
Tenant	Your organisation's isolated space in AireGlu. Part of every endpoint URL.
Transaction ID	An ID shared by every step of one business transaction, used to trace it in Usage Data. See Running an Endpoint.
Usage Data	The per-request log in the Metrics area. See Metrics.
Variable	A non-sensitive, tenant-wide setting that can be scoped per endpoint or version. See Variables.
Version	A saved revision of an endpoint. Each version can be enabled, disabled or debugged independently.