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Glossary

Words we use

If a word on this site meant nothing to you, it is explained here in one line.

While you are building

The words that appear between writing a sentence and getting a screen.

  • Request — the sentence you send describing what you want. Also called a prompt.
  • Design direction — one of three looks shown before the first build: colour, spacing, mood.
  • Task class — how big the request is. T1 is a large change, T2 one feature, T3 a light edit.
  • Confirm card — the card shown before a T1 job. Nothing runs until you press it.
  • Credits — what a job costs. T1 is 6, T2 is 2.75, T3 is 0.5.
  • Halt — when repairs run out and the job stops. Half the credits come back.

On screen

What you are looking at, and what the buttons around it do.

  • Preview — your app, actually running, at an address only you and your guests know.
  • Publish — producing an address you can hand to a customer.
  • Restore point — the spot left behind by every change that worked.
  • Undo — going back to a restore point. It costs no credits.
  • Queue — the list of running and waiting jobs. One runs at a time.

Ways to change things

Four ways to alter an app, from talking to typing code.

  • Agent mode — the default. You describe it, it writes and repairs the code.
  • Plan mode — see what it intends to do before a single file changes.
  • Visual edits — click text and colours in the preview. No credits.
  • Code mode — open the code that actually runs and edit it by hand.
  • Theme — colours and type changed across every page at once.

Data and safety

Where things are kept, and what stops the wrong person reading them.

  • Template — a finished app you can copy. 336 of them, and copying costs nothing.
  • Table — where data piles up: products, bookings, enquiries, one row at a time.
  • Access rules — who may read or change which rows. This is what keeps customer details private.
  • Security scan — nine checks before publishing. Anything serious blocks the publish.
  • Deep scan — a read of the whole project rather than the changed parts. 2 credits.

Outside and around

The rest of the words you will meet.

  • Connector — wiring in an outside service: payments, email, sign-in.
  • Domain — a name you already own. A published app can be served on it.
  • Workspace — what projects and credits belong to. Everyone in it shares one balance.

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