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# Reference

### In this section

[**Glossary**](/reference/glossary.md) — Definitions of the core terms used across the platform, matched to the exact language the product uses.

[**Customer Model**](/reference/customer-model.md) — What a customer is, the fields on a customer record, identifiers, status, and per-customer quotas.

[**Connectors**](/reference/connectors.md) — The connector list, MANAGED vs PERSONAL badges, authentication types, and the connector-vs-connection distinction.

[**Workflows**](/reference/workflows.md) — The runtime API (`ctx`, `fastn.connector`, `fastn.db`, `fastn.state`, `fastn.secrets`), the editor, execution tiers, retry policy, and the workflow lifecycle.

[**Triggers**](/reference/triggers.md) — Webhook, Scheduler, and App Event triggers, their configuration fields, and the Dead Letter Queue option.

[**RBAC & Security**](/reference/rbac-and-security.md) — The six system roles, permission categories, custom roles, and data isolation.

[**MCP Gateway**](/reference/mcp-gateway.md) — The Control Plane (Admin MCP) and Data Plane (Customer Gateway) for exposing integrations as tools to AI agents.

[**Activity**](/reference/activity.md) — The admin view for monitoring events, connector traces, workflow executions, and alert rules across your workspace.

[**API Reference**](/reference/api-reference.md) — The workflow execution API: endpoint, authentication headers, and request/response shapes.

[**Alerts**](/reference/alerts.md) — Alert conditions (error rate, latency, throughput, failure count) and how to configure them.

[**Audit Log**](/reference/audit-log.md) — The record of administrative actions, its columns, and how to read entries.


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