Reference
Glossary
Bitácora's words in one line each, from note to Resources, to understand Help and the app.
Who can do this
- For
- Designers, Your team, Your client, Developers
- Role
- Any Bitácora account
- Plan
- All plans, including Free
- Where
- On a computer, On your phone (Bitácora Lite)
| Word | What it is |
|---|---|
| Note | A change you ask for on your screens, dictated or written. It waits in the bottom bar until you run it. See Dictate a note |
| Batch | The notes that run together, all at once. The AI applies them and you go over the result in Review |
| Run | Send the notes to the AI so it applies them to the screens |
| Review | Where you see each change in a batch with its before and after, and approve it or revert it |
| Canvas | The space where all the project's screens are |
| Screen | Each view of your product: a web page or an app screen |
| Group | Screens gathered on the canvas under a name, with the person in charge of them |
| Sketch | A hand drawing on a board, which the AI turns into screens |
| Flow | The map of how you go from one screen to another |
| Hotspot | The area of a screen that takes you to another one when you click it |
| Version | One of several options for an element or a screen, to choose between them by seeing them |
| Shared piece | Something repeated across several screens that comes from a single piece: you change it and they all change |
| Design System | The project's colors, typography, borders, and pieces, and its style guide |
| Tokens | The Design System values with a name, like the brand color |
| Resources | The project folder with the brief, the images, and what the AI looks up |
| To-dos | The project's things to do, outside of the notes |
| Connector | The way for your AI tool (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) to work in Bitácora. See Connect Claude |
| API key | Your Anthropic key, so Bitácora runs on its own. See Use your API key |
| Delivery | What you publish for your client. Each time you publish it's a new update |
| Portal | The site where your client sees their deliveries, goes through them, and comments |
| Developer mode | The portal's Dev tab, with measurements, CSS, and assets for whoever codes |
| Owner | Whoever runs the studio and has every permission. See The roles |
| Seat | A person's place in a shared project |
| Collaboration pass | The one-time payment that opens a shared project or adds seats |
| At the door | Someone waiting for you to admit them into a shared project |
| Bitácora Lite | Bitácora on mobile, to dictate and review from your phone |
