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Words you’ll see

Term Meaning
Partner The organization connecting its platform to Roster.
Workspace Your organization’s area in the portal.
Enrollment One recurring giving arrangement between a donor and a church.
Donation or deposit A payment received under a recurring giving arrangement.
API The connection your software uses to request information or actions from Roster.
API key A private key that gives your software permission to use the API.
Event A record that something happened or changed.
Webhook A message Roster sends automatically to your software.
Endpoint The address where your software receives those messages.
Signing secret A private value used to verify incoming webhook messages.
Field One piece of information inside a request, response or event.
Prefill Filling in information you already know so the donor does not have to type it again.
MCP A connection that lets compatible AI tools read documentation or use API operations.
ChMS Church-management software used by a church.
UTC The shared time standard used for timestamps in several portal tables.