Glossary

Definitions for category, mission, MCP, pricing, and production governance — the vocabulary buyers should land on, not just CMS brand names.

Terms

All terms

AI-era Backend Platform →
The category for a durable backend humans and agents share — because app code got cheap, but backend ownership did not.
Never build backends again →
The outcome of an AI-era Backend Platform: stop rebuilding auth, content, forms, and APIs for every site.
Backend platform for apps and agents →
A backend that treats coding agents as first-class operators alongside humans — same record, different surfaces.
Hosted Backend Platform →
A managed control plane on the edge — you operate the backend, you do not own the runtime.
MCP for CMS / backend ops →
Model Context Protocol servers that let coding agents operate schema, entries, and publish against a real backend.
Seat tax (CMS pricing) →
Pricing that meters human editor seats — poorly aligned when agents and APIs are first-class operators.
Agent API key →
Scoped credentials for agents (content vs schema) so automation cannot delete control-plane primitives by accident.
Production governance →
Humans keep control of what ships while agents build and operate — scoped keys, approval bounds, one audit trail.