# Glaze Manual > Turn an idea into a real desktop app from a single prompt. The Glaze Manual is your complete guide to building, refining, and sharing apps with Glaze. ## Full Manual - [Full Glaze Manual](https://manual.glaze.app/llms-full.txt): Complete Glaze Manual as a single markdown file. ## Basics - [Quickstart](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/quickstart.md): Build your first Glaze app in minutes by chatting with the agent, then run it and share it with others. - [Core Concepts](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/core-concepts.md): The core concepts behind Glaze, and what each part does to turn your ideas into real desktop apps. - [What Glaze Can Build](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/what-glaze-can-build.md): Discover the kinds of real Mac apps you can build with Glaze, from personal tools to internal dashboards. - [Glaze Dashboard](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/glaze-dashboard.md): Find your projects, browse the Store, manage installed apps, and start something new from your home base in Glaze. - [Managing Your Projects](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/managing-projects.md): Manage your apps from the detail panel to rename, change icons, archive, delete, move them between Macs, and open a project's source in your own editor. - [Settings](https://manual.glaze.app/basics/settings.md): Control how Glaze looks and behaves, from themes and the agent shortcut to keyboard behavior, text zoom, and custom instructions. ## Prompting - [Agent Chat](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/agent-chat.md): Prompt the agent in the composer to build your app, adding context, attaching images, annotating, and queuing follow-ups as it works. - [Plan & Build Modes](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/plan-and-build-modes.md): Build mode changes your app right away while Plan mode agrees on an approach first, so you plan big changes and build small tweaks directly. - [Iterating](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/iterating.md): Shape your app one focused prompt at a time, queuing what comes next, steering the agent mid-run, or rolling back a change that went wrong. - [Approvals](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/approvals.md): Answer the agent's clarifying questions and approve any action before it runs, right in Agent Chat. - [Annotate](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/annotate.md): Point at any element in your running app to show the agent exactly what to change, instead of describing where it is in words. - [Version History](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/version-history.md): Every change the agent finishes becomes a saved version, so you can experiment freely and roll back the moment a build goes wrong. - [Writing Effective Prompts](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/writing-effective-prompts.md): What makes a strong prompt, what to include, and how to get back on track when the agent builds the wrong thing. - [Advanced Prompting](https://manual.glaze.app/prompting/advanced-prompting.md): What advanced prompting adds, which techniques to reach for, and how to keep the agent on track through big or complex builds. ## Capabilities - [Running Your App](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/running-your-app.md): How a Glaze app runs, from the live preview to a real window you launch from the Dock or Spotlight. - [AI](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/ai.md): Add AI to your Glaze apps with no API keys or setup requrired. Usage is billed to each user's own credits. - [System Integration](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/system-integration.md): Your apps plug into macOS with deep system integration, reachable from anywhere you work. - [Device Access](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/device-access.md): Your apps can tap into your Mac's hardware, and macOS asks your permission before any access. - [Files & Data](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/files-and-data.md): Your apps read and write real files, keep data and settings on your Mac, and store secrets safely in the macOS Keychain. - [Notifications, Menu Bar & Tray](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/notifications-menu-bar-tray.md): Your apps reach you through native notifications and can live in the macOS menu bar with their own icon, menu, and actions. - [Windows](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/windows.md): Take on any window shape, from standard and frameless to floating always-on-top, modal, or a transparent click-through overlay. - [App Icons](https://manual.glaze.app/capabilities/app-icons.md): Generate your apps own icon from a short description, refine it with reference images, or upload your own artwork. ## Integrations - [Overview](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/overview.md): Connect your apps to GitHub, Linear, Slack, or any OAuth 2.0 service so they work with your real data, authorized when you run them. - [Connect GitHub](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/connect-github.md): Sign in with GitHub so your app works with your repositories, issues, and pull requests as you, authorized in the running app. - [Connect Linear](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/connect-linear.md): Sign in with Linear so your app reads and updates your issues, projects, and cycles as you, authorized in the running app. - [Connect Slack](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/connect-slack.md): Sign in with Slack so your app reads channels and posts messages in your workspace as you, authorized in the running app. - [Custom OAuth](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/custom-oauth.md): Connect any OAuth 2.0 service with your own provider details, and your app signs you in just like a built-in preset does. - [Model Context Protocol](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/model-context-protocol.md): Add MCP servers to a project to give the agent extra tools, or expose your own app as an MCP server for other AI tools. - [Managing Connections](https://manual.glaze.app/integrations/managing-connections.md): Review, re-authorize, and revoke the service connections your apps use, with access tokens stored encrypted in your Mac's Keychain. ## Share - [Store](https://manual.glaze.app/share/store.md): Browse, search, and install apps other people have built in the Store, then update or remove them from your Mac later. - [Remix](https://manual.glaze.app/share/remix.md): Get your own editable copy of an app from the Store, use another app as a reference while you build, or turn off remixing for apps you publish. - [Publish Apps](https://manual.glaze.app/share/publish-apps.md): Choose who can install your app, prepare its listing and screenshots, and pass review before it goes live. - [Visibility Levels](https://manual.glaze.app/share/visibility-levels.md): Publish to the Public Store, your Team Store, or an unlisted link, and move an app between them whenever you like. - [Updates](https://manual.glaze.app/share/updates.md): Ship a new version with release notes so your app's users know what changed. - [Creator Hub](https://manual.glaze.app/share/creator-hub.md): See how your published apps are doing, with installs, active users, Store conversion, and feedback for each app in one place. ## Account - [Plans](https://manual.glaze.app/account/plans.md): Discover the different Glaze plans, and manage your subscription from the Account tab. - [Credits](https://manual.glaze.app/account/credits.md): Credits track how much the agent does when building and editing your apps, with monthly allowances, top-ups, and free actions. - [Invite Friends](https://manual.glaze.app/account/invite-friends.md): Share your Glaze invite link and you and your friends each earn 50 credits when they subscribe to Pro. - [Manage Account](https://manual.glaze.app/account/manage-account.md): Update your Glaze profile, check your plan and credits, and sign in or out from Settings. - [Use Credits Efficiently](https://manual.glaze.app/account/use-credits-efficiently.md): Be specific, plan before building, annotate instead of explaining, and revert rather than patch to make every credit count. - [Glaze Privacy & Data](https://manual.glaze.app/account/privacy-and-data.md): What stays on the Mac, what Glaze sends to build an app, and what an app sends when it uses Glaze AI. ## Team - [Get Started with Teams](https://manual.glaze.app/team/get-started.md): Bring your team into Glaze to build internal apps together and share them through a private Team Store. - [Members & Roles](https://manual.glaze.app/team/members-and-roles.md): Invite people by email, handle pending invitations, and configure each member's role in your team. - [Team Store](https://manual.glaze.app/team/team-store.md): Publish apps to a Team Store only your team can install from, and browse apps from other members. - [Team Billing & Credits](https://manual.glaze.app/team/billing-and-credits.md): Discover how team billing and credits work during the free beta in Glaze. - [Single Sign-On](https://manual.glaze.app/team/single-sign-on.md): Verify your company email domain so anyone who signs up with it joins your Glaze team automatically as a member. - [Team FAQ](https://manual.glaze.app/team/team-faq.md): Common questions about using Glaze at work, from where company data goes to what happens when you share an app with your team. ## Advanced - [Editing Code](https://manual.glaze.app/advanced/editing-code.md): Open your app's source in an editor and change the code manually whenever you want fine control over a change. - [Subagents](https://manual.glaze.app/advanced/subagents.md): Watch the agent split a big build into tasks and hand self-contained pieces to focused specialists. - [Bring Your Own Agent](https://manual.glaze.app/advanced/bring-your-own-subscription.md): Connect your Claude subscription to build with your own Claude models instead of spending Glaze credits, currently in beta. - [Custom Instructions](https://manual.glaze.app/advanced/custom-instructions.md): Set standing guidance or conventions once and the agent applies it across everything you build. - [Large Files & External Tools](https://manual.glaze.app/advanced/large-files-and-tools.md): Build apps that stream large video, audio, or datasets and call external command-line tools to get their work done. ## Resources - [Troubleshooting](https://manual.glaze.app/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Glaze issues, from a stuck agent to a blank app or a connection that stopped fetching data. - [Contact Support](https://manual.glaze.app/contact-support.md): Get in touch with the Glaze team to ask questions, report bugs, request billing help, or join the Slack Community.