Api key
A credential for the StealthQL CLI, used to launch servers from your terminal.
/ help & glossary
Words you’ll see, explained.
Every term that shows up in the StealthQL dashboard or Studio, defined plainly. If something on a page made you stop and Google it, it should be on this list.
Audit
A timestamped record of who did what, when, and what the app decided in response.
Build
The compiled, ready-to-run version of your app produced from your source code.
Capsule
Your backend code and configuration — schema, rules, functions — packaged together.
Droplet
A virtual server hosted on DigitalOcean. We provision and manage it for you.
Eject
Package your data, code, and config into a portable bundle so you can move to your own infrastructure.
Ledger
An append-only, tamper-proof log of every change. Anyone editing an old entry breaks the chain.
Policy
A plain-language rule that decides what a person can read, write, share, or delete.
Portal
A shared view of one or more rows that an outsider can use without making an account.
Proposal
A change submitted by someone with a share link. Already checked against your rules; you click approve.
Replay
See your data and what your app did at any past moment, exactly as it was.
Role
A named bundle of permissions — owner, admin, member, viewer.
Service token
A non-human credential — for cron jobs and webhooks — with its own narrow permissions.
Share
A link that gives someone temporary, scoped access to specific rows or files — no signup wall.
Tenant
Which company a row belongs to, when one app serves multiple companies.
Webhook
An automatic notification GitHub sends when you push code, so we can redeploy.
Snippets you might need
- Production launch checklist - env vars, provider checks, and the exact
prod:checkgate - Legacy database import guide - CSV/TSV migration flow for old SQL databases
- Accept-invite handler — drop-in
/auth/acceptroute for Next, Express, FastAPI, Hono
Other places to look
- Sign in to dashboard — the day-to-day view of your live server
- Open Studio after sign-in — designing your tables, rules, and code
- Email us — anything not on this page