Glossary

Each term here has one meaning across these docs. An entry gives the meaning, the label in the console at app.bonnard.ai, and the page that covers the term.

Verified 8 Nov 2026.

Access grant

A rule that lets people, a group, or a customer use one data source. Console label: “Give access” on the “Access” tab. See Give access.

Activity

The console page that records each call. Console label: “Activity”. See Activity.

Agent

The model in an AI client when it acts: it calls tools and writes SQL. The console has no label for it. See The basics.

AI client

The product a person installs and signs in to, for example Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. Console label: “AI client”. See Connect your AI client.

API key

A key for programs that covers all data sources or one, and expires after 90 days by default. Console label: “API keys”. See Manage API keys.

Call

One tool call from an AI client or an API key, the unit that plans count. Console label: “calls” on the billing page. See Billing and usage.

Chart

One SQL query, drawn in an AI client. Console label: “Charts”. See Chart spec.

Connection URL

The address a person adds to an AI client to connect Bonnard, https://app.bonnard.ai/mcp. Console label: “Copy connection URL”. See Connect your AI client.

Connector

What a person installs in an AI client, always named Bonnard. Console label: “Connect your AI client”, then “Connected to”. See Connect your AI client.

Console

The admin surface at app.bonnard.ai. The console has no label for itself. See The basics.

Context

What the agent reads about your data: descriptions, keys, time columns, joins, and metrics. Console label: “Context”. See Context overview.

Customer

An organisation your workspace serves. Console label: “Customers”, and ”+ Add customer”. See Manage customers.

Customer portal

The surface where a customer’s user signs in, at app.bonnard.ai/connect, to open charts, dashboards, context, and API keys. Console label: “Dashboards”, “Charts”, “Context”, and “API keys”. See Customer portal.

Dashboard

A saved set of tiles: charts, KPIs, and text. Console label: “Dashboards”. See Build a dashboard.

Data source

A connected data store that agents query. Console label: “Data”, and “Add data source”. See Connect data.

Draft

Context changes that agents do not get until someone publishes them. Console label: “Publish”, and “Discard draft”. See Publish context changes.

Group

A named set of team members. Console label: “Groups” in Settings. See Members and roles.

Identity provider connection

A link from Bonnard to an identity provider, so that a customer’s people sign in with it. Console label: “Identity”, and ”+ Add connection”. See Identity providers.

Member

A person in your workspace. Console label: “Members”, and “Invite”. See Members and roles.

MCP

Model Context Protocol, the protocol an AI client uses to call Bonnard’s tools. The console has no label for it. See OAuth.

Param

What a dashboard declares as an input. A filter is the control a viewer changes. Console label: “Add param”, “Shown as”, and “Starting value”. See Add filters to a dashboard.

Preview as

Running your own AI client’s questions on a data source with tenancy as one customer you select. Console label: “Preview as”. See Preview as.

Publish

To release a context draft to agents, or a dashboard’s changes to its viewers. These docs always name the object. Console label: “Publish”. See Publish context changes.

Role

A workspace role decides what a member can do in the console: Owner, Admin, Editor, or Viewer. A customer role labels a user’s calls and decides no access. Console label: “Owner”, “Admin”, “Editor”, and “Viewer”. See Members and roles.

Tenancy

How a data source keeps each customer’s data separate. Console label: “Tenancy” tab, with “None”, “Row-level security”, “Dataset per customer”, and “Database per customer”. See Tenancy.

Tenant

The database-side value that marks a customer’s data. A customer’s Tenant ID holds it. Console label: “Tenant ID”. See Tenancy.

Tool

One operation Bonnard offers to an agent. Console label: “AI tools”. See Tool reference.

User

A customer’s person. Console label: ”+ Add user”. See Manage customers.

Verified dashboard

A dashboard that carries a tick and comes first for AI clients. Console label: “Verified”, and “Verify”. See Mark a dashboard as verified.

Workspace

Your company’s account in Bonnard. Console label: “Workspace name”. See The basics.