| Agent | A tool that can invoke OneQuery commands for approved context. | Coding agent, CI assistant |
| Audit history | Records of who asked, which source was used, what ran, and when. | Query and Source API records |
| Gateway | The OneQuery server runtime for local or self-hosted deployments. | onequery gateway start |
| Provider ID | The integration type passed to source setup. | postgres, github, sentry |
| Local name | The name you choose for one connection. | warehouse, github_main, sentry_prod |
| Source | A named connection to a provider. | PostgreSQL warehouse |
sourceKey | The JSON field for the local name during source setup. | "sourceKey": "warehouse" |
| Source identifier | The address used by the CLI and agents. | postgres://warehouse |
| Query-capable source | A source that supports SQL-oriented query execution. | PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery |
| Source API source | A source where the useful operation is a provider API request. | GitHub pull requests, Sentry issues |
| Read-only | Access intended for inspection, not mutation. | select 1, limited API tokens |
| Profile | A named CLI state selection for separate environments or organizations. | onequery --profile work auth login |
| OneQuery home | The local directory where CLI state and gateway runtime state live. | ~/.onequery/, or a custom ONEQUERY_HOME |
| Shared server | A OneQuery server operated for a team or organization. | https://onequery.example.com |
| Local gateway | A OneQuery gateway process you run yourself. | onequery gateway start |