Glossary¶
Canonical names for Altimate products and terms. Use these spellings everywhere.
| Canonical name | What it is | Also seen as (avoid) |
|---|---|---|
| Altimate Code | Open-source data engineering harness / CLI | altimate-code, altimate (CLI), "the harness" |
| Power User for dbt | VS Code / Cursor extension | "dbt Power User" (old name), DataPilot |
| Altimate Workspaces | Integrations, knowledge, memory and skills for your AI agent, used from the VS Code / Cursor extension of the same name, Altimate Code, or any MCP client | "Datamates" and "Altimate MCP" (old names), "Altimate Code Chat" (a feature inside the extension) |
| Enterprise Platform | Snowflake / Databricks cost + governance SaaS | "Altimate Platform", "the platform", DataPilot (legacy) |
| LLM Gateway | Managed multi-model routing | "Altimate LLM Gateway", "the gateway" |
| Studio | Natural-language agent inside the Platform | "DataPilot Assist" (legacy) |
Terms
- ADE-Bench — agentic data engineering benchmark; Altimate Code ranks #1 (74.4%).
- BYOK — bring your own key; use your own LLM provider credentials, free.
- Agent modes — Builder (read/write), Analyst (read-only), Plan (minimal).
- Knowledge Hub / Memory Hub — workspace components for context and recall.
- Workspace — what you set up in the web app: integrations, knowledge, memory, skills and sharing. Called a datamate before the rename.
- Data Contracts — the Platform's CUE-based data quality and performance guardrails.