Streaming Hub 0.2

Glossary

Short definitions of recurring Streaming Hub terms.

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ReferenceUpdated 2026-10-27

Short definitions of the core concepts used throughout Streaming Hub documentation.

Terms

  • Action — an operation that a sequence step can execute.
  • Automation — a saved definition that connects a signal to a sequence and its execution policy.
  • Condition — a rule that determines whether an automation, branch or step should run.
  • Core — the background process that owns the active project and service connections and runs automations.
  • Editor — the desktop client used to create and change projects and configure automations.
  • Entity — a reusable structured record defined by a plugin and managed in a workspace.
  • Macro — a named reusable sequence with declared inputs and outputs.
  • Plugin — an extension that can provide integrations, actions, signals, settings and entities to Core.
  • Project — a saved collection of automation definitions and transferable configuration.
  • Project variable — a named project value that automations can read or update across runs.
  • Runtime variable — a temporary value available to one automation run.
  • Sequence — an ordered collection of steps executed by an automation or macro.
  • Service profile — local configuration for integration connections, endpoints and credentials.
  • Signal — a configured event source that can start an automation and provide event data.
  • Step — a configured operation in a sequence, including its action and parameters.

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