Concepts

How Monark works and why it is built that way. Read these to understand a behavior before you change it or explain it; the steps themselves are in Build on Monark and Operate.

• Platform overview: what Monark is, what ships in every deploy, and how the pieces fit. Start here.
• Architecture: modules, boundaries, events, generated code, boot order, the web shell and integrations.
• Users and authentication: accounts, sign-in, two-factor, trusted devices and sessions.
• Permissions: roles, permissions and record scopes, and how they combine.
• Data models and queries: how custom models store records and how a query becomes SQL.
• How automations run: triggers, the run queue, retries, and how data moves between steps.
• Notifications: kinds, channels, preferences and how a notification is delivered.
• Files: uploads, buckets, validation and download links.
• Block editor: how long-form content is stored and rendered.
• How achievements are awarded: conditions, thresholds and the award worker.
• Identity and integration: how API keys, service accounts, webhooks and secrets fit together.
• Secrets: how integration credentials are stored, encrypted and kept write-only.
• How the AI assistant works: a turn, where tools come from, and why every write waits for you.