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title: "Introduction"
canonical: https://trickest.com/docs/key-concepts/introduction
description: "How Trickest organizes work, connects tools into workflows, runs jobs on machines, and stores results."
---

# Introduction

## Overview

In Trickest, you connect tools and scripts into workflows. Machines in a fleet
execute the workflow's jobs, and Live Tables store results for querying and reuse.
Workspaces and projects organize the work and control who can access it.

## Why Key Concepts Matter

These concepts help you choose where work belongs and how it runs. For example,
workflow jobs run on fleet machines. An agent uses a separate sandbox to run
commands, work with files, and preview apps across conversation steps.

## Explore Key Concepts

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workspaces & Projects" href="/docs/key-concepts/workspaces-and-projects">
    Group workflows by team, client, or project and manage access.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Workflows" href="/docs/key-concepts/workflows">
    Connect nodes into a graph that defines what runs and how data moves.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Building Blocks" href="/docs/key-concepts/building-blocks/introduction">
    Add tools and scripts, and reuse groups of nodes as modules.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Solutions & Database" href="/docs/key-concepts/solutions-database">
    Store, query, and analyze results with Solutions and their integrated datasets.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Machines & Fleet" href="/docs/key-concepts/machines-and-fleet">
    Execute workflows on managed or self-hosted machines and scale across your fleet.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Agent Mode" href="/docs/using-the-app/ai-agent/agent-mode">
    Chat with the agent, connect a workflow, and work beside the canvas.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Agent sandboxes" href="/docs/using-the-app/ai-agent/sandboxes">
    Give agents a working Linux environment for files, commands, and apps; understand what survives its lifecycle.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Roles & Permissions" href="/docs/key-concepts/roles-and-permissions">
    Control who can view, edit, and run workflows across your workspaces.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Community Plan" href="/docs/key-concepts/community-plan">
    What the self-serve plan includes: self-hosted execution, the agent with your own key, and CLI, SDK, API, and MCP access.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="How-to Guides" href="/docs/using-the-app/introduction">
    Step-by-step guides for workflows, database, users, and more.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Navigating the Editor" href="/docs/using-the-app/workflow-and-executions/navigating-the-editor">
    Learn the workflow editor layout and how to inspect runs.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Building and Debugging a Workflow" href="/docs/using-the-app/workflow-and-executions/building-and-debugging-a-workflow">
    Add nodes, configure them, and run workflows.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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_Markdown source of https://trickest.com/docs/key-concepts/introduction._