> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fabricate.build/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Understand the terms used while building and publishing with Fabricate.

| Term               | Meaning                                                                                                   |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Fabricate account  | Your account for signing in to the builder and managing your projects and plan                            |
| Project or app     | The application you are building, together with its conversation, code, preview and settings              |
| Prompt             | A message describing a task or asking a question in the builder                                           |
| Credits            | The allowance used for work in the chat; see current [plans and credits](/docs/introduction/plans-and-credits) |
| Preview            | The working version you interact with while building                                                      |
| Published app      | The version made available at a live address after you publish                                            |
| Redeploy           | Publish a later version of an app that is already live                                                    |
| Database           | Persistent records used by the app; preview and published apps use separate databases                     |
| Authentication     | Checking who is signed in to your generated app                                                           |
| Authorization      | Checking whether that person may access a record or perform an action                                     |
| Environment secret | A sensitive configuration value supplied to the published app's server code                               |
| API                | A defined way for software components or services to request data or actions                              |
| Webhook            | An HTTP request a provider sends when an event happens                                                    |
| Custom domain      | An address you control and connect to a published app, subject to plan availability                       |
| Canonical URL      | The preferred address declared for a page when equivalent addresses exist                                 |
| Sitemap            | A list of public URLs supplied to help crawlers discover pages                                            |

## Common distinctions

**Your builder account and your app's users are separate.** Signing in to Fabricate does not test registration or permissions in the app you generate.

**Preview and publishing are separate.** A preview update does not automatically change the live version, and preview records are not copied into the published database.

**Generation and validation are separate.** Review the app's behavior and test its important journeys before relying on it.

Start with [Your project workflow](/docs/introduction/project-workflow) or [Quickstart](/docs/introduction/quickstart).