# Core concepts

> The main ideas behind TulipFarm. Learn what workspaces, chats, agents, tables, files, approvals, and credits are, and how they fit together.

Source: https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/

This section explains the main ideas in TulipFarm. Read it to understand what each part of a workspace is, who can see it, and how the parts work together. For step-by-step instructions, go to the [guides](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/guides/index.md).

  - [What TulipFarm is](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/what-is-tulipfarm/index.md): A control panel for business operations carried out by AI agents.
  - [Workspaces, members, and teams](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/workspaces-members-and-teams/index.md): Your company's space, the people in it, and how teams share access.
  - [Chats and projects](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/chats-and-projects/index.md): Private conversations with the AI, and shared spaces for a team.
  - [Agents, skills, and workflows](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/agents-skills-and-workflows/index.md): Three ways to make work repeatable, and when to use each one.
  - [Tables and rows](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/tables-and-rows/index.md): Your business records, such as customers or invoices.
  - [Files and Knowledge](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/files-and-knowledge/index.md): Your file library, and the source material that chats can search and cite.
  - [Approvals](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/approvals/index.md): Proposed changes wait for a person to approve them.
  - [Saved, activated, and running](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/saved-activated-running/index.md): Why saving an agent or workflow does not turn it on.
  - [Credits](https://tulipfarm.ai/docs/concepts/credits/index.md): The units that measure AI model usage in your workspace.