Knowledge Base
Everything you need to know
Plain-language guides to help you understand what Prism does, how your architecture works, and how to make the most of every feature.
Getting Started
What is Prism?
Prism turns your app idea into a complete, production-ready architecture plan.
Getting Started
How the Process Works
Answer ten questions. Get a complete architecture. Choose how to build it.
Build Paths
Two Ways to Build
Blueprint or Autopilot, choose the level of help you need.
Understanding Architecture
The Five Layers of Every App
Every application, from a simple tool to a global platform, has the same five building blocks.
Understanding Architecture
How Cost Estimates Work
Real monthly hosting costs at three traffic levels so you can plan your budget.
Understanding Architecture
The AI Architecture Review
An expert-level analysis of your architecture's strengths, risks, and opportunities.
Running Agents
Agent or App? How to Decide
An app is a power tool you pick up. An agent is an intern that works while you go get coffee.
Running Agents
The Agent Lifecycle, End to End
From describing your idea to watching your agent run on its own, the six stages.
Running Agents
Connecting Google Calendar
One-click OAuth with encrypted token storage. Calendar only, Gmail is deliberately separate.
Running Agents
The Approval Dashboard
Everything your agent proposes waits for your click at /portal/dashboard/[id]/actions.
Running Agents
How Trust Progression Works
Every tool earns autonomy independently. Five approvals to promote. One rejection to reset.
Running Agents
Reading the Memory Timeline
The audit trail at /portal/dashboard/[id]/activity, everything your agent said, proposed, and did.
Running Agents
Schedules and Email Digests
Four presets, your browser's timezone, and a digest email only when there's something to review.
Running Agents
Safety Guarantees for Autonomous Agents
The six guardrails that make 'your agent acts on its own' safe by construction, not by luck.
Iterating on Apps
Requesting a Revision on a Live Autopilot App
Describe what you want changed. Prism opens a pull request. You review and merge.
Iterating on Apps
Canceling Your Subscription, What Happens to Your App
Cancellation returns the keys. It does NOT delete your infrastructure. Destruction is a separate, opt-in click.
Trust & Security
How We Protect Your Data
Enterprise-grade security built into every layer of the platform.
Your Account
Accounts and Saving Your Work
The core experience is free and requires no account. Sign in to save and manage your blueprints.
Your Account
Sharing Your Blueprint
Every saved blueprint gets a unique link you can share with anyone.
For Developers
Setting Up Your Own Instance
Deploy your own Prism instance with progressive configuration, start with zero config.
For Developers
Setting Up Stripe Payments
Connect Stripe for checkout, subscriptions, and webhooks, starting in test mode.
For Developers
Testing Payments Without Real Money
Use Stripe's test mode and test card numbers to verify the full checkout flow risk-free.
For Developers
Going Live with Real Payments
Switch from test mode to live mode when you're ready to charge real customers.
For Developers
Managing Environment Variables in Vercel
Best practices for handling API keys, secrets, and per-environment configuration.