Glossary

Term	Meaning
Builder	A person who creates or changes team tools in Applane. This is the role that uses a paid seat.
Tool or app	A form, tracker or other web app your team builds with Applane. The guides use both words for the same thing.
Preview	A way to try the draft with sample data, before deploying it to Google.
Deploy	Save a test version in Google so you can check it against real data.
Publish	Update the version people open from the app’s published link.
Seat	One builder, in the console’s terms. A seat is created at the first sign-in and stays active until reclaimed or blocked. Builders and seats are the same thing.
Viewer	Someone who opens a deployed app. Never counted, never seen by Applane.
Tenant	A company in Applane: one verified domain (more on Enterprise), one OAuth client, one configuration, its seats and its subscription. “Company” on this site.
Applane admin	A person who can sign in to the Applane console for a tenant. Owners can also manage billing and other admins.
Audience	Who an app serves: internal (your domain), external (named accounts from the access index), public (an anonymous link). Fixed when the app is created.
Advisory	A notice on an app that needs a fix because the platform changed after the app was built. Shows how urgent it is and what action to take.
Consent screen	The Google page an employee sees at first sign-in listing the permissions. In Applane it is Internal and carries your own app name.
OAuth client	The credential, in your GCP project, that the builder signs in with. Web application type, two redirect URIs.
Licence	A signed token Applane issues to a seat. Valid 72 hours, renewed daily, 7 days of grace offline.
Cap	The maximum number of active seats. 10 on trial.
Open and allowlist modes	Who may take a seat: anyone at the domain, or only listed addresses.
Bot account	applane-bot@ by convention. A Workspace user that publishes external and public apps so they outlive their builder.
Admin group	applane-admins@ by convention. A Google Group made editor on every published app.
Builders group	applane-builders@ by convention. The Google Group that gets roles/aiplatform.user.
MCP bridge	A local connection that lets an approved AI assistant work on an app through your Applane session.
Setup checker	The console’s Run checks button and the script’s --check mode.
Re-push, re-publish	Pushing the platform’s files to an app again; repointing the live deployment at the newest version. Two of the advisory fixes.