Glossary

A list of key terms used throughout PEDAL documentation.

• Workflow: A sequence of automated steps for a product lifecycle stage

• Pipeline: A set of connected workflows

• Trigger: An event that starts a workflow (e.g., GitHub push)

• Integration: Connection to external tools (e.g., GitHub, Jenkins, Slack)

• Artifact: Output of a build or test (e.g., Docker image)

• Step: An individual action in a workflow

• DAG: Directed acyclic graph, used to model workflow dependencies

• API Key: Token used for authenticating API requests

• SSO: Single Sign-On, for unified authentication

• Plugin: Extension that adds new features to PEDAL (roadmap)

• Script: Custom code executed as part of a workflow

• Manual Trigger: Workflow started by user action

• Webhook: HTTP callback for event-driven automation

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