> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.patchline.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Music industry + Patchline-specific vocabulary. ISRC, ISWC, DSP, MCP, sonic features, smart link, project anchor, fan graph, and the rest.

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Music industry + Patchline-specific terminology. Organized
alphabetically.

## A

**AGENTS.md** — A markdown file with rules of engagement for AI
agents. The docs-site version lives at
[docs.patchline.ai/AGENTS.md](https://docs.patchline.ai/AGENTS.md).
See [AGENTS.md explained](/for-agents/agents-md-explained).

**AI credit** — Patchline's unit of metered AI consumption. See
[Plans & credits](/account/plans-credits).

**ASCAP** — American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. US
performance rights organization (PRO).

## B

**BMI** — Broadcast Music, Inc. US PRO (peer to ASCAP).

## C

**Catalog** — The set of tracks (yours + your roster's) Patchline holds
metadata + intelligence for. See [Catalog](/catalog/import).

**Catalog search** — User-scoped search across your Patchline catalog by
title, artist, ISRC, mood, genre, and similarity signals.

**Curator** — A person who runs a Spotify (or other DSP) playlist.
Patchline ranks curators by "responsiveness score" — see
Aria's `find_playlists` MCP tool.

## D

**DDEX** — Digital Data Exchange. Music industry standards body. DDEX
DSR (Digital Sales Report) is one music-industry data exchange format.

**DSP** — Digital Service Provider. Streaming platform (Spotify, Apple
Music, YouTube Music, etc.).

## E

**EPK** — Electronic Press Kit. Industry term for an artist's press
bundle (bio + photos + press + streaming proof points). Patchline
ships this as a public **press kit link** through the
[Launchpad](/launchpad/overview), not a downloadable PDF.

## F

**Fan graph** — Patchline's cross-roster + storefront audience network
view. Surfaces overlap between artists, cluster identification, bridge
artists. See [Audience](/artists/audience).

## I

**ISRC** — International Standard Recording Code. 12-character ID that
uniquely identifies a recording. Patchline [deduplicates](/catalog/import)
by ISRC.

**ISWC** — International Standard Musical Work Code. The ID for a
musical work (composition), not a specific recording.

## J

**JSON-LD** — JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data. Structured
data format Patchline ships on every page so search engines and AI
extractors understand page content. See [AGENTS.md explained](/for-agents/agents-md-explained).

## L

**llms.txt** — A markdown file convention from [llmstxt.org](https://llmstxt.org)
that serves as a site index for AI crawlers. These docs publish one at
[docs.patchline.ai/llms.txt](https://docs.patchline.ai/llms.txt).

## M

**MCP** — Model Context Protocol. Open standard from Anthropic for
giving AI tools access to external services as callable functions.
Patchline ships [two MCP servers](/for-agents/mcp-overview).

**Mintlify** — The platform hosting these docs. Provides MDX rendering,
search, `llms.txt`, `.md` twins, and the hosted docs MCP server.

## O

**OAuth 2.0** — Authorization framework Patchline's MCP uses for
user-scoped access.

## P

**PKCE** — Proof Key for Code Exchange. OAuth 2.0 extension Patchline
uses to make the MCP OAuth flow safe for AI clients.

**Project anchor** — Patchline's persistent state for a release
campaign — track list, status, tasks, dates. Concurrent-write-safe.
See [Release planner](/releases/release-planner).

**PRO** — Performance Rights Organization (ASCAP, BMI, SoundExchange,
PRS, etc.). Industry organizations that collect performance income.

## R

## S

**S4A** — Spotify for Artists. Spotify's artist-facing dashboard.

**Smart link** — A routing URL that takes fans to their preferred
streaming platform. Patchline [creates](/storefront/smart-links) these
via the `create_smart_link` MCP tool.

**AI track caption** — The natural-language description Patchline generates from uploaded audio so AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor) can discover and reason about your music. See [AI-discoverable tracks](/catalog/sonic-analysis).

**Storefront** — A branded artist page on Patchline at `patchline.ai/store/<slug>`
where fans buy music direct. See [Storefront](/storefront/overview).

## T

**Tier** — Patchline's plan level: Free / Starter / Pro / Scale /
Enterprise. See [Pricing & plans](/get-started/pricing).

**TikTok**-driven — Audience growth specifically attributable to TikTok.
Surfaces in the Audience tab.

## V

## W

**Workspace** — A Patchline account container. Enterprise customers can
configure multi-user workspace access.

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