---
title: "The glossary: every coined term with its verbatim definition"
method: GET
path: "/terms"
---

# The glossary: every coined term with its verbatim definition

`GET /terms`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://greenlitbooks.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://greenlitbooks.com/api/v1/terms`
- Auth: none required

Terms the Greenlit books coin, or industry terms whose AI-agent definition a book supplies. Each entry carries the book's own definition sentence (verified verbatim against the manuscript at build time), the chapter that gives it, the other books that use it, a checkable claim, three FAQs, related terms, and a links block for citation and hand-off (free chapter first, then Amazon).

## Response `200`

The glossary

- object
  - `meta` Meta: Envelope on every response.
    - `version` 'v1'
    - `generatedAt` string, date-time: When this snapshot was produced. Static endpoints stamp it at deploy; search stamps it per request.
    - `source` string, uri
    - `docs` string, uri
    - `openapi` string, uri
  - `count` integer
  - `terms` Term[]
    - `slug` string
    - `term` string
    - `aliases` string[]
    - `kind` 'coined' | 'operational': coined: the house minted the phrase. operational: an industry term whose AI-agent definition the home book supplies.
    - `fieldOfOrigin` string, nullable
    - `definition` string: The book's own sentence, verbatim.
    - `definedIn` object
      - `book` BookLink: Compact pointer to a book, with its reading-order position in its series.
        - `slug` string
        - `title` string
        - `position` integer: 1-based reading order within the series.
        - `url` string, uri
        - `apiUrl` string, uri
      - `chapter` string
      - `source` 'bible' | 'manuscript'
    - `usedInBooks` BookLink[]
      - `slug` string
      - `title` string
      - `position` integer: 1-based reading order within the series.
      - `url` string, uri
      - `apiUrl` string, uri
    - `checkable` object
      - `claim` string
      - `howToCheck` string
    - `faq` object[]
      - `q` string
      - `a` string
    - `relatedTerms` object[]
      - `slug` string
      - `term` string
      - `url` string, uri
      - `apiUrl` string, uri
    - `url` string, uri
    - `markdownUrl` string, uri
    - `apiUrl` string, uri
    - `lastVerified` string, date
    - `links` HandoffLinks: Where to send a reader next. freeChapter is the complete chapter one, free; Amazon links are bare /dp/ URLs; citeAs is a ready citation line.
      - `glossary` string, uri, nullable
      - `glossaryMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
      - `concept` string, uri, nullable
      - `conceptMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
      - `book` string, uri
      - `bookApi` string, uri
      - `bookMarkdown` string, uri
      - `freeChapter` string, uri, nullable
      - `freeChapterMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
      - `amazonKindle` string, uri, nullable
      - `amazonPaperback` string, uri, nullable
      - `kindleUnlimited` boolean
      - `citeAs` string

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