# AI glossary cheat sheet: the 30 terms you meet most > A free one-page cheat sheet of 30 AI and automation terms in plain English: models, prompts, n8n workflows, apps and data. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/ai-glossary-top-30 · Updated 2026-10-01 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) [Topic cheat sheet](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets#kind-topic) · One page · US letter · [ChatGPT](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/chatgpt) · [n8n](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/n8n) · [Lovable](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/lovable) By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) · Published October 1, 2026 · From the free lesson [Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format) A free one-page cheat sheet of 30 AI and automation terms in plain English: models, prompts, n8n workflows, apps and data. 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It prints on one letter-size page; the whole sheet is below. *▶*StepthroughFree printable cheat sheet · learn.ynteractive.com AI glossary cheat sheet: the 30 terms you meet most Thirty AI and automation words from the free lessons, each in one line from the Stepthrough glossary. ## AI basics **Generative AI** Creates new text, images or audio from a prompt. **Large language model (LLM)** The AI that reads and writes text behind ChatGPT. **AI model** The trained engine an AI tool runs on. **Token** A small chunk of text; API usage is counted in tokens. **Context window** How much text a model can consider at once. **Hallucination** A confident answer that is false or unsupported. **Knowledge cutoff** The date a model's training data ends. **Training data** The text, images or examples a model learned from. ## Prompting **Prompt** Your request plus the facts or files to use. **Role, Context, Task, Format** Who writes, the facts, the job, the answer's shape. **Prompt template** A proven prompt with blanks for details that change. **Few-shot prompting** Give a few examples so AI copies the pattern. **Output format** The answer's length, order, layout and sections. **Prompt constraints** Rules like word limits and "don't invent details." **Iterative prompting** Improve an answer with specific follow-ups. **Grounding** Tie the answer to facts you provide or a trusted source. ## Automation and n8n **Automation** Software does a repeatable task on its own. **Workflow** A saved chain of steps, from trigger to result. **Trigger** The event that starts a workflow, like a form. **Node** One step in an n8n workflow, like sending an email. **Webhook** A URL that waits for data, then starts a workflow. **AI agent** Decides what to do and uses tools to do it. **Tool calling** The model asks software to act, like adding a row. **Human in the loop** A person reviews or approves AI work before it takes effect. ## Apps and data **API** Lets one app ask another for data or tell it to act. **API key** A secret code letting software use your account. **JSON** The plain-text format apps use to send structured data. **Google Sheets** Used as a database: tabs as tables, row 1 as field names. **Lovable** An AI app builder: plain English in, web app out. **PII** Details that can identify a person. Leave out what the task doesn't need. **Remember:** If an AI answer sounds sure but you can't trace it to your facts, check it. Practice it free: [Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/prompt-writing-101) at learn.ynteractive.com/modules/prompt-writing-101. This sheet: learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/ai-glossary-top-30. Businesses in the lesson examples are made up. By Robert Breen, October 1, 2026. ## Practice it in the free lesson **Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format**. Ask ChatGPT for the same customer email twice, once vaguely and once with a four-part prompt, and see exactly why structure gets a better answer. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts. [Start the free lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/prompt-writing-101) [Or read the full step-by-step guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format) ## Lessons on this sheet - [Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format): Ask ChatGPT for the same customer email twice, once vaguely and once with a four-part prompt, and see exactly why structure gets a better answer. - [n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Save Social Media Ideas to Google Sheets](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tutorial-google-sheets): Build an AI agent for BrightPath Marketing that generates social media post ideas and saves them to Google Sheets — chat trigger, AI Agent, system prompt, model… - [Lovable + n8n: Build a Web App with an AI Backend](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/lovable-n8n-web-app-ai-backend): Build a contact form in Lovable and connect it to an n8n workflow — webhook trigger, AI Agent, Google Sheets, Gmail, and a Respond node that ties it all together. ## Related terms Plain-English definitions, each with an example from a free lesson. [Generative AI](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/generative-ai) · [Large language model (LLM)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/large-language-model) · [Hallucination](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/hallucination) · [Prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/prompt) · [Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/role-context-task-format) · [Workflow](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/workflow) · [AI agent](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/ai-agent) · [Human in the loop](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/human-in-the-loop) [The full AI glossary](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary) ## Related prompts - [Buyer inquiry reply prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/buyer-inquiry-reply-prompt): Reply to a buyer's listing inquiry from your facts sheet: fees, rules and showing times, with sources instead of opinions on… - [Discovery call prep prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/discovery-call-prep-prompt): Prep for a discovery call with a ChatGPT prompt that separates what you know from what you're assuming, then gives open… - [Email subject lines prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/email-subject-lines-prompt): Get ten honest subject lines for a finished email, each with preview text and a character count, grouped by approach so you can… - [Listing description prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/listing-description-prompt): Write listing remarks and a social caption from your verified property facts, describing the home and never who should live… [All free prompt templates](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts) ## More cheat sheets - [Lovable + n8n Form Flow Cheat Sheet](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/lovable-n8n-form-flow): A free one-page cheat sheet: a Lovable form posts to an n8n webhook, and an AI Agent logs it in Google Sheets and replies by Gmail. - [n8n AI Agent to Google Sheets Cheat Sheet](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/n8n-ai-agent-google-sheets): A free one-page cheat sheet for an n8n AI agent: chat trigger, AI Agent, system message, OpenAI model, Simple Memory and a Google Sheets tool. - [Role, Context, Task, Format Prompts Cheat Sheet](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/role-context-task-format-prompts): A free one-page cheat sheet: the four parts of a good prompt, a vague vs four-part example and a fill-in template you can save and reuse. 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