Getting started

Glossary

Terms you will see in the sidebar, setup guide, and billing — aligned with in-app labels.

4 min readUpdated June 2026

Core records

  • Lead — a prospect in your pipeline; has timeline, owner, stage, and activities
  • Contact — a person record; may link to multiple leads or deals
  • Deal — opportunity with amount and stage toward close
  • Listing — property record (real estate workspaces only)

Outreach

  • Cadence — multi-step sequence (email, SMS, call, LinkedIn) run on a lead
  • Cadence template — blueprint at Cadences → Templates
  • Cadence instance — active run of a template on one lead
  • Campaign — broadcast-style send (distinct from per-lead cadences)

Workspace

  • Assignee / owner — user responsible for follow-up on a lead
  • Schedule — sidebar name for calendar, meetings, and tasks (/dashboard/calendar)
  • Integrations — connect email, calendar, phone, Meta, and more
  • Credits — metered usage for enrich, verify, SMS, voice, and AI features
  • Merge — combine duplicate leads while keeping timeline history

Capture

  • Form — public lead capture at opaque URL /f/…; name is for CRM source only
  • onLeadIngest — shared automation on new leads: assign, cadence, enrich, notify

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