Glossary

Short definitions for every term used throughout these docs.

Pipeline
A named, versioned workflow that moves data from a source connector, through optional transforms, to a destination connector.
Connector
A pre-built integration to an external system — a source, a destination, or both.
Event
The atomic unit of data moving through a pipeline, or a platform lifecycle notification like pipeline.failed.
Webhook
An outbound HTTP request KMP sends to a URL you control when a subscribed event occurs.
Dead-letter queue
Where an event goes after exhausting its retries, rather than being dropped. See Handling errors & retries.
Cursor pagination
The pagination style used by every v2 list endpoint. See Rate limits.
Workspace
The top-level account boundary an API key is scoped to.