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Pipedream Vocabulary

Normative vocabulary describing the resources, surfaces, and concepts exposed by Pipedream's REST API, Connect product, and MCP server. Terms here are referenced from apis.yml, capability definitions, JSON Schemas, and the JSON-LD context.

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Pipedream Vocabulary is a controlled vocabulary published by Pipedream on the APIs.io network, defining 5 terms.

Defined terms include Workflows, Connect, MCP, Authentication, and Billing.

A controlled vocabulary pins the words an API’s schemas, parameters and documentation use to one agreed definition each — the shared language a human or an agent needs to read the API the same way its authors do.

Terms

Workflows workflows
Pipedream's original event-driven workflow product - HTTP/timer/email sources triggering Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code steps.
Connect connect
Embedded integration toolkit for adding customer-facing integrations and AI agents to applications.
MCP mcp
Pipedream's Model Context Protocol server - 2,800+ apps as MCP tools over JSON-RPC.
Authentication authentication
How the platform authenticates developer-side and end-user-side requests.
Billing billing
Credit-based metering, plans, and rate-limiting concepts.

Controlled Vocabulary

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vocabulary: Pipedream
version: '2026-05-22'
source:
  provider: Pipedream
  url: https://pipedream.com/docs
  openapi: https://pipedream.com/docs/pipedream_openapi_swagger.json
description: >-
  Normative vocabulary describing the resources, surfaces, and concepts exposed by Pipedream's
  REST API, Connect product, and MCP server. Terms here are referenced from apis.yml,
  capability definitions, JSON Schemas, and the JSON-LD context.

domains:
  - id: workflows
    label: Workflows
    description: Pipedream's original event-driven workflow product - HTTP/timer/email sources triggering Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code steps.
    terms:
      - Workflow
      - EventSource
      - Subscription
      - Step
      - HttpSource
      - TimerSource
      - EmailSource
      - WorkflowDeployment
      - StepExport

  - id: connect
    label: Connect
    description: Embedded integration toolkit for adding customer-facing integrations and AI agents to applications.
    terms:
      - Project
      - ExternalUser
      - Account
      - ConnectToken
      - ConnectLink
      - App
      - AppCategory
      - Component
      - Action
      - Trigger
      - DeployedTrigger
      - ConfiguredProp
      - ConfigurableProp
      - Proxy
      - FileStash
      - Webhook
      - WebhookSigningKey
      - Environment
      - ConnectUsage

  - id: mcp
    label: MCP
    description: Pipedream's Model Context Protocol server - 2,800+ apps as MCP tools over JSON-RPC.
    terms:
      - McpServer
      - McpSession
      - McpTool
      - ToolList
      - ToolCall
      - ToolAnnotations
      - StreamableHttpTransport
      - SseTransport
      - AppSlug
      - ProjectId
      - ExternalUserId

  - id: authentication
    label: Authentication
    description: How the platform authenticates developer-side and end-user-side requests.
    terms:
      - OAuthToken
      - ClientCredentials
      - BearerToken
      - UserApiKey
      - ManagedAuth
      - OAuthClient
      - RefreshToken

  - id: billing
    label: Billing
    description: Credit-based metering, plans, and rate-limiting concepts.
    terms:
      - Credit
      - CreditConsumption
      - Plan
      - Quota
      - RateLimit
      - UsageRecord
      - PerWorkspaceLimit
      - PerEndpointLimit

tags:
  - Automation
  - Workflows
  - Integration
  - iPaaS
  - EmbeddedIntegrations
  - ManagedAuth
  - AIAgents
  - MCP
  - APIComposition
  - LowCode
  - ProCode
  - WebhookManagement