¶ Navigation And Surface Map
Jetstack exposes functionality through two broad navigation patterns:
- business and implementation areas surfaced through navigation modules
- administration and implementation tooling surfaced through system navigation and related presenters
This chapter translates that exposed product surface into the capability-driven structure used by this documentation.
The application navigation is useful for coverage, but it is not the best structure for learning the platform. Some important shared mechanics are used in many areas and deserve a dedicated reference. Some advanced tools are exposed outside the normal main navigation but still matter operationally.
The exposed navigation includes these major areas:
- Dashboard
- Data
- Users
- Groups
- Secrets
- Local storage
- Media files
- Filter lists
- Tags
- Links
- Folders
- Types
- Properties
- Views
- Queries
- Modules
- Canvases
- Email templates
- Permissions
- Automations
- Scheduler
- Implementation sync
- Versions
- Translations
- Customization
- AI agents
- General application settings
Each of those surfaces is documented, but not all of them deserve equal conceptual weight. For example, expressions are not a nav item, yet they influence types, properties, queries, views, canvases, and automations.
Used to explain the overall model, terminology, and the relationship between platform surfaces.
Used to explain:
- expressions
- code processor functions
- expression parsing and shortcodes
- scope resolution
- query parameter structure
- property-family filter operators
Used to explain:
- types
- properties
- modules
- views
- queries
- canvases
- automations
- scheduler
- email templates
¶ Governance And Operations
Used to explain:
- users
- groups
- roles and permissions
- folders and roots
- links and permalinks
- local storage
- media files
- filter lists and tags
- secrets
- legal grounds and purposes
- translations
- versions
- tenant synchronization
- customization
- application settings
Used to explain:
- REST API
- MCP
- webhooks
- AI agents builder
- AI sidecar
- Cloud Console
- Code Inspector
Used to explain composition patterns across the platform rather than isolated features.
Some important surfaces are adjacent to, rather than directly represented in, primary navigation:
- public module access
- public canvas access
- tenant routes and permanent links
- webhook entry points
- MCP endpoints
- AI sidecar runtime
- Cloud Console and Code Inspector endpoints
These are covered because they affect real implementations and operations.
If you are asking:
- "What should I configure?" start in Builder Guides.
- "Why is this field behaving dynamically?" start in Shared References.
- "Why can or can't a user do this?" start in Roles And Permissions.
- "How do I connect Jetstack to something else?" start in Integrations And Tools.