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Glossary

# Clacky glossary

The words you’ll meet in Clacky and on this site, each in a line or two, with a link to where it lives.

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Access token (Mastodon)

A key made on your Mastodon server (Preferences → Development) that lets Clacky post for you. [Mastodon →](https://clacky.app/calendar/mastodon/)

AI visibility

The Dashboard view that shows AI answer engines and crawlers reading your pages: visits, providers, reasons and errors. [AI crawler analytics (AI visibility) →](https://clacky.app/use/ai-crawler-analytics/)

App password (Bluesky)

A separate password made in Bluesky for one app, which you can delete any time. Clacky asks for one instead of your main password. [Bluesky →](https://clacky.app/calendar/bluesky/)

Auto edit

Studio’s first pass on a recording: cuts the quiet, zooms on bursts of clicks, speeds up the waiting. Labelled Beta. [Auto edit →](https://clacky.app/features/auto-edit/)

Blip

Your own little character in Clacky. It levels up as you make things and sits by the notch. It stays on your Mac unless you turn on Friends. [Your Blip →](https://clacky.app/features/your-blip/)

Boop

Clacky’s mascot, a happy button. Ask Boop (⌘K) answers how-to questions with steps and pictures. [Ask Boop →](https://clacky.app/features/ask-boop/)

Bot token (Telegram)

The key @BotFather gives you for a new Telegram bot. Clacky posts as that bot to your channel. [Telegram →](https://clacky.app/calendar/telegram/)

Clackyland

A cozy harbour town inside Clacky with your Blip, cookies, a levels map, friends and games. [Clackyland →](https://clacky.app/places/clackyland/)

Click ripple

A ring drawn under the pointer on every click, so viewers of a recording or screen share see where you clicked. [Click Ripples →](https://clacky.app/features/click-ripples/)

Click sound family

A group of click sounds with one feel. Clacky has 37 click sounds in 8 families: Arena, Desk, Studio, Toybox, Tingle, Fidget, Analog and Spooky. [All sounds →](https://clacky.app/sounds/)

Coming soon (Calendar)

A platform shown dimmed in the Calendar while it waits for the platform’s approval or a developer app. It turns on by itself once ready. [Calendar platforms →](https://clacky.app/calendar/)

Cookie-free analytics

Analytics that sets no cookies and keeps no IP addresses, so it needs no cookie banner. Clacky’s Dashboard works this way. [Privacy-friendly website analytics →](https://clacky.app/use/privacy-friendly-website-analytics/)

Cookies (in Clackyland)

Clackyland’s points, baked by Boop daily and earned by using Clacky; spent on looks in Boop’s Bazaar. Not web cookies, and never cash. [How you earn cookies →](https://clacky.app/features/earn-cookies/)

Dashboard

Analytics, revenue, a newsletter and the social calendar for your own websites, inside Clacky. [Dashboard →](https://clacky.app/places/dashboard/)

Demo Mode

Clacky’s own controls are left out of your recordings; Demo Mode puts the ones you pick back in. [Clacky stays out of the video →](https://clacky.app/features/leave-clacky-out/)

Double opt-in

A newsletter signup that is only confirmed after the person clicks a link in an email. Clacky’s newsletter form uses it. [Newsletter →](https://clacky.app/features/newsletter/)

Drag loop

A sound that plays while you drag: Pencil, Zipper or Soft hum. [Sounds →](https://clacky.app/places/sounds/)

Filler words

Um, uh, hmm and phrases like “you know”. Studio finds them in the transcript and removes the ones you pick. [Remove filler words from video →](https://clacky.app/use/remove-filler-words-from-video/)

Input Monitoring

The macOS permission an app needs to hear mouse and key presses. Clacky uses it to play sounds; it never records, stores, logs or sends which keys you type. [Permissions, explained →](https://clacky.app/features/permissions/)

llms.txt

A plain-text file at a site’s root that tells AI tools what the site is and where its main pages are. Clacky’s AI visibility shows it next to robots.txt and sitemap.xml. [AI crawler analytics (AI visibility) →](https://clacky.app/use/ai-crawler-analytics/)

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

A standard way for AI apps to use tools. Clacky’s MCP server lets Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex use a few local Clacky tools you allow. [Connect AI tools →](https://clacky.app/features/connect-ai/)

Modes

One click switches a set of tools on together: Record, Present, Code, Focus, Call, Quiet or your own. [Modes →](https://clacky.app/features/modes/)

Moments

Extra sounds for a double-click and a long press. [Sounds →](https://clacky.app/places/sounds/)

MRR

Monthly recurring revenue: what your subscriptions bring in each month. The Dashboard reads it from Polar or Stripe. [Revenue dashboard for Polar and Stripe →](https://clacky.app/use/revenue-dashboard-polar-stripe/)

My Kit

Clacky’s home of everyday tools as cards: add from Explore, drag to reorder, drag out to remove. [My Kit →](https://clacky.app/places/my-kit/)

Notch (and the drawn notch)

Clacky shows status and controls around the MacBook notch, and draws one on screens without it. It stays out of recordings unless you want it in. [Notch →](https://clacky.app/features/notch/)

Places

The five parts of the Clacky window: My Kit, Studio, Sounds, Clackyland and the Dashboard, picked with the pill switcher. [A–Z →](https://clacky.app/a-z/)

Post tags (UTM)

Short tags the Calendar adds to links to your own sites in scheduled posts, so Analytics can tell which post sent a visitor or a sale. [Calendar platforms →](https://clacky.app/calendar/)

Safe zones

Marks in Studio’s tall formats that show where TikTok, Reels or Shorts put their buttons, so nothing important hides under them. [9:16, 4:5, 16:9 and 1:1 →](https://clacky.app/features/vertical/)

Scroll tick

A soft sound for each notch of the scroll wheel. Clacky has 8 scroll styles. [Scroll wheel sound on Mac →](https://clacky.app/use/scroll-wheel-sound-mac/)

Secure Input

The macOS mode password fields use. Clacky’s keyboard sounds stay quiet there. [Keyboard Sounds →](https://clacky.app/features/keyboard-sounds/)

Studio

The place for the screen recorder, the video editor and the screenshot studio. [Studio →](https://clacky.app/places/studio/)

Webhook (Discord)

A link made in a Discord channel’s settings that lets an app post to that channel. [Discord →](https://clacky.app/calendar/discord/)

X handoff

Without your own X API keys, a due X post waits for you in Clacky with Copy and Open X, so you post it yourself. [X →](https://clacky.app/calendar/x/)

## Questions

What are the places in Clacky?

My Kit, Studio, Sounds, Clackyland and the Dashboard. A pill switcher at the top of the Clacky window moves between them.

What is Boop?

Boop is Clacky’s mascot, a happy button caught mid-press. Ask Boop (⌘K) answers how-to questions inside the app.

Related

-   [A–Z](https://clacky.app/a-z/)
    
    Everything Clacky does, A to Z: every place, feature, Calendar platform, use case, guide, comparison and glossary term, each with its own page.
    
-   [My Kit](https://clacky.app/places/my-kit/)
    
    My Kit is Clacky’s home for everyday Mac tools: the Notch, Now Playing, Mac Health, Keep Awake, Clipboard History, Focus Timer and more, as cards.
    
-   [Studio](https://clacky.app/places/studio/)
    
    Studio records your Mac screen with clicks heard and ripples seen, edits by transcript, adds captions on your Mac, and polishes screenshots.
    
-   [Dashboard](https://clacky.app/places/dashboard/)
    
    Cookie-free analytics for your own sites, a live globe, AI visibility, revenue from Polar or Stripe, a newsletter and a social calendar, inside Clacky.
    

[A–Z →](https://clacky.app/a-z/)[Pricing →](https://clacky.app/#plans)[Every feature →](https://clacky.app/features/)

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