What is a Connection?
A Connection is access you have authorised. It is what turns a Connector, which is a requirement written in a Playbook, into a tool a run can actually reach.
Where it sits
YAMO's vocabulary is a ladder: a Playbook is the method, a Play is one step inside it, a Service is what other people run, an Instance is one customer's ongoing context against a Service, and a Run is one execution. A Connector is a tool a Playbook declares it needs, and a Connection is the access that satisfies it. A Reference file is a document a Playbook reads while it works.
Connection is one rung of that ladder. The rung next to it is Reference file.
Why the word matters
One word for one thing. A Connection is the access you authorised, and a Connector is the requirement it satisfies. The Connector travels with the method; the Connection belongs to your account.
The longer answer
What is a Connection? is the page for this one: where it sits, what it is confused with, and a worked example from a real template.
The rest of the ladder
What is a Reference file?
What a Reference file is on YAMO: a document a Playbook reads while it works, such as your house style, your offer, or the list you keep watch on.What is a Playbook?
What a Playbook is on YAMO: the method an expert captures, written down as a document the runtime follows exactly, every single time it is run.What is a Play?
What a Play is on YAMO: one step inside a Playbook, with its own job, its own inputs and its own share of what the finished artifact contains.What is a Service?
What a Service is on YAMO: the thing people run, which exists from the moment you start making it and passes through three stages before anyone sees it.What is an Instance?
What an Instance is on YAMO: one customer's ongoing context against a Service, holding their setup and their data separately from everybody else's.What is a Run?
What a Run is on YAMO: one execution of a Playbook from its trigger to its artifact, and the unit that is metered, receipted and charged for.Pricing
How YAMO charges: you pay for the runs you make, and nothing for the ones you do not. What a run is, what it includes, and what publishing costs.Who it's for
The six kinds of expert YAMO is built for, and what changes when the method you already follow becomes a Service that somebody else can run.
Read a Playbook that uses it
Every template in the library publishes its contract and a real example output.