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Stackmint glossary

Plain definitions of the terms you meet when you set up an AI operating system and build on the Stackmint platform.

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Buyer terms

What you get with every OS

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AI operating systemRuns a firm’s expert work end to end: AI specialists built from your playbooks, workflows with approval gates and a branded client portal.PlatformHuman approvalNothing reaches a client until a named person approves the exact version.GovernanceAudit logImmutable, granular records of every request, decision, change and result.GovernanceKill switchStops any agent or workflow at once, at run, workflow or org level.GovernanceExecution gatewayAgent actions run through a controlled gateway, with credentials kept server-side.GovernanceClient data isolationEach client and matter has its own context. Documents are treated as content, never as instructions.Client data

Platform terms

How the platform is built

Under the hood, specialists are agents (Dendrites) that run workflows (Branches) made of steps (Buds).

Governance and control

runtime and business architecture primitive

Governed AI Capability

A governed AI capability is a packaged AI workflow tied to a specific business outcome, controlled by human approval gates, audit logs, scoped permissions, budget limits, and policy checks.

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Human-in-the-Loop Gate

A human-in-the-loop gate pauses an AI workflow until an approved reviewer confirms, edits, or rejects the next action.

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Execution Control Plane

An execution control plane manages approvals, audit logs, permissions, model routing, budgets, memory, and policy checks for AI workflows.

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Runtime architecture

execution primitive

Bud

A Bud is a reusable Stackmint primitive for logic, UI, connectors, prompt instructions, or review steps.

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Branch

A Branch is a complete Stackmint workflow that connects Buds into a governed execution path.

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Dendrite

A Dendrite is a Stackmint routing layer that chooses the right workflow, tool, model, or execution path.

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Headless AI Workflow

A headless AI workflow runs without a dedicated user interface, triggered by APIs, schedules, webhooks, Slack, CRM, or background jobs.

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MCP Tool

An MCP tool exposes a workflow or capability to agent-ready environments using the Model Context Protocol.

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Workspace and client delivery

deployment environment

Client Workspace

A client workspace is a secure Stackmint environment where a partner deploys and manages capabilities for a specific client.

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Capability Cloud

A capability cloud is the execution platform used to build, deploy, govern, and monetize AI capabilities across clients.

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Commercial model

partner operating model

AI-Native Agency

An AI-native agency uses governed AI capabilities to operate client workflows, expand delivery capacity, and create recurring AI-powered services.

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Revenue Rails

Revenue rails are the pricing, billing, usage metering, credit, revenue split, and payout systems that let partners monetize AI capabilities.

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