Glossary

Account (acc_) One connected social account, such as a LinkedIn profile or an Instagram business account. Belongs to a profile. See Data model.

API key (key_, fh_…) The secret your code sends as Authorization: Bearer fh_…. Has scopes and can be limited to profiles. See Authentication.

Category The kind of a publishing error: auth_expired, rate_limited, rejected, platform_error, timeout or unknown. See Publishing errors.

Connect link (inv_) A link for one profile and one platform that lets someone connect their account without a FeedHorizon login. Called a platform invite in the API. See Connect links.

Connected app An AI assistant connected to FeedHorizon over MCP with OAuth. Listed and disconnected under API & Apps.

Default profile The profile every organization starts with. It cannot be deleted.

Draft A post without a time. Nothing is published until you schedule or publish it.

externalId Your own id for a profile, such as your customer id. Unique in the organization.

Idempotency key A unique value in the Idempotency-Key header that makes a retried request return the first answer instead of running twice. See Idempotency.

MCP Model Context Protocol, the standard AI assistants use to call tools. FeedHorizon's MCP server lets them plan and schedule posts. See MCP server.

Media (med_) An image, video or PDF in the organization's library, used by posts through mediaIds. See Media uploads.

Organization (org_) Your team: members, plan, profiles, keys and webhooks. Every API key belongs to exactly one.

Platform A social network, such as twitter, linkedin or instagram. The API id of each is on Platform support.

Post (post_) What you publish: text, media and time, sent to one or more accounts of a profile.

Profile (prof_) A brand, client or project in the organization, with its own accounts, posts, queue and time zone.

Queue The weekly posting times of a profile. A post with addToQueue: true takes the next free one. See The queue.

Reconnect, needs_reauth An account whose connection the platform ended. It has to be connected again before posts to it can go out.

Scope What an API key may do, such as posts:write or accounts:read. See Scopes.

Source Who can fix a publishing error: user, platform or system.

Target (tgt_) A post on one account, with its own status, optional own text and settings, and the link to the live post. See Post lifecycle.

Webhook (wh_) A URL of yours that FeedHorizon calls when something happens, such as a post being published. See Webhooks.