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

# Glossary

> Every Polymet term in one place, with the names that have changed.

Each term links to the page that explains it.

## The product

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Polymet Agent** | The AI that designs and builds in your project. Called "the agent" after its first mention. See [Prompt the agent](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/prompt.md). |
| **Generation** | One run of the agent, from the moment you send a prompt until it stops. |
| **Generation input** | Where you type a prompt. See [Prompt the agent](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/prompt.md). |
| **Organization** | Where your projects, members, credits and plan live. See [Your organization](https://docs.polymet.ai/settings/organization.md). |
| **Project** | One app you are building. See [Your projects](https://docs.polymet.ai/get-started/projects.md). |
| **Canvas** | The board that shows a project's screens. See [The canvas](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/canvas.md). |
| **Canvas node** | One item on the canvas. Pages, components and prototypes each get one, and so does a comparison. See [The canvas](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/canvas.md#canvas-nodes). |
| **Page** | A screen in your app. |
| **Component** | A reusable part that pages are built from. |
| **Prototype** | A set of linked pages that works as one app and can be published. See [Publish a prototype](https://docs.polymet.ai/publish/publish.md). |
| **Thread** | One conversation with the agent inside a project. See [Threads, context and queued messages](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/threads-and-context.md). |
| **Branch** | A parallel copy of a project that you can merge back. See [Branches](https://docs.polymet.ai/team/branches.md). |

## History, publishing and releasing

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Version** | A saved state of a project. Every generation and every save makes one. See [Versions and rollback](https://docs.polymet.ai/team/versions.md). |
| **Roll back** | Return a project to an earlier version. |
| **Publish** | Put a prototype on a live link. Only projects are published. See [Publish a prototype](https://docs.polymet.ai/publish/publish.md). |
| **Live link** | The address of a published prototype, on polymet.app or on your own domain. |
| **Design system** | Its own kind of project, released so other projects can follow it. See [Design systems](https://docs.polymet.ai/design-systems/overview.md). |
| **Release** | Make a version of a design system available to other projects. Only design systems are released. See [Release a design system](https://docs.polymet.ai/design-systems/release.md). |
| **Theme** | One project's colors, fonts, radius and shadows. See [Themes](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/themes.md). |

## Editing

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Select and edit with AI** | Click elements, write what should change on each, and send them to the agent together. The toolbar button is **Select**. See [Select and edit with AI](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/select-and-edit.md). |
| **Visual editor** | Change styles, text and layout directly, then save. The toolbar button is **Edit**. See [Edit visually](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/visual-editor.md). |
| **Code editor** | Edit your app's files by hand, then save. See [Edit code](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/code-editor.md). |
| **Project rules** | Standing instructions the agent follows on every generation in a project. See [Project rules](https://docs.polymet.ai/canvas/project-rules.md). |

## Connecting things

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Integrations** | Your own GitHub and Figma accounts, connected to Polymet once. |
| **Agent connectors** | Tools the agent can call while it generates. They are personal to you. See [Agent connectors](https://docs.polymet.ai/connectors/agent-connectors.md). |
| **Project integrations** | What one project uses: its Backend, its GitHub repository, its custom domain. |
| **Backend** | A project's database, sign-in, file storage and functions. See [Add a backend](https://docs.polymet.ai/backend/overview.md). |
| **Polymet MCP server** | Polymet, used from Claude, Cursor and other coding agents. See [Use Polymet from your coding agent](https://docs.polymet.ai/mcp/overview.md). |
| **Link** | Attach a project to a GitHub repository or to a design system. |

[Integrations, connectors and the MCP server](https://docs.polymet.ai/connectors/how-connections-differ.md) compares the four.

## Plans and credits

| Term | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Credits** | What generations cost. They belong to the organization. See [How credits work](https://docs.polymet.ai/plans/credits.md). |
| **Plan** | Free, Pro, Team, Enterprise or Keep Alive. See [Plans](https://docs.polymet.ai/plans/plans.md). |
| **Credit pack** | A one-time purchase of extra credits. See [Buy more credits](https://docs.polymet.ai/plans/buy-credits.md). |

## Names that changed

If you see an older name in a screenshot, a video or an old post, this is what it is called now.

| Older name | Now |
| - | - |
| Revisions, "Pending revisions" | Select and edit with AI, "Pending edits" |
| Iteration | Version |
| Publishing a design system | Releasing a design system |
| Connecting a project to GitHub | Linking a project to a repository |
| Connecting a design system | Linking a design system |
| Workspace | Organization |
| The AI | Polymet Agent, or "the agent" |
| MCP Server (in Settings) | Polymet MCP server |
| Design folders | The sections of the file navigator: prototypes, components, pages and data |
| Preview link | Live link, from publishing a prototype |


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