# Tamely

> Tamely is a free, simple control panel for Cloudflare. Ask in plain words, get answers with sources, and make changes with one tap. No jargon, no maze of menus.

## Key facts
- What is Tamely? A simple control panel for Cloudflare. You ask in plain words, it looks things up, explains what it found with sources, and prepares changes you confirm with one tap.
- Is Tamely made by Cloudflare? No. Tamely is an independent project built on Cloudflare's public API. It isn't made or endorsed by Cloudflare.
- Does Tamely cost anything? No. It runs its assistant on Cloudflare's own AI inside your account, which is free up to 10,000 units a day. Most people never reach that.
- Is my Cloudflare token safe? Tamely stores nothing on its servers. Your sign-in is encrypted in a cookie that page scripts can't read, and it ends after 7 days without use. Sign in with Cloudflare is the safest option: access is short-lived and you can revoke it any time. To sign out on every device, use Sign out everywhere.
- What permissions does it need? One click opens Cloudflare's token page with everything filled in: reading your sites and stats, editing DNS, safety switches, email forwarding, redirects, clearing the cache, and running Cloudflare AI.
- Can it break my website? Changes never happen on their own. Each one shows a plain summary and a Confirm button, and risky changes are marked.
- Do I need to understand DNS or SSL? No. Every screen uses plain words, and every Cloudflare term is explained with a link to the official docs.

## Pages
- [Home](https://tamely.dev/): what Tamely is and how to connect
- [Cloudflare terms in plain words](https://tamely.dev/learn): glossary with examples

## Cloudflare terms
- DNS (Address records): The internet's address book. Each record says where a name like www.yoursite.com should go. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/
- A record (Point to a server): Sends a name to a server's number address (its IP). Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/
- CNAME record (Point to a service): Sends a name to another name, usually a hosting service. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/
- MX record (Receive email): Tells other mail servers where to deliver email for your domain. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/
- TXT record (Proof of ownership): A note on your domain that other services read to confirm you own it. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/
- Nameservers (Who runs your address book): The two names at your domain seller that hand control of your domain to Cloudflare. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/
- Proxied (orange cloud) (Protected by Cloudflare): Visitors reach Cloudflare first, which hides your server, blocks attacks and speeds things up. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/proxy-status/
- SSL/TLS, https (Secure padlock): Encrypts traffic so nobody in between can read it. Browsers show a padlock. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/
- Always Use HTTPS (Always use the secure address): Sends anyone who types http:// to the secure https:// version. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/
- Cache / CDN (Saved copies): Cloudflare keeps copies of your files near visitors so pages load faster and your server works less. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/
- Development Mode (Development mode): Pauses saved copies for 3 hours so you see changes instantly while you work. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/reference/development-mode/
- I'm Under Attack Mode (Under attack mode): Shows visitors a short check before they enter. Use only during an attack. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/
- DDoS (Flood attack): Many machines sending fake traffic at once to knock a site offline. Cloudflare blocks these for free. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/
- WAF (Firewall): Rules that stop known hacking tricks before they reach your site. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/
- Bot traffic (Bots): Automated visitors. Some are useful (Google), some steal content or spam forms. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/
- AI bots (AI crawlers): Bots from AI companies that read your pages to train or answer questions. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/block-ai-bots/
- 301 / 302 redirect (Redirect): Automatically sends visitors from one link to another. 301 means forever, 302 means for now. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/
- Email Routing (Email forwarding): Gives you addresses like hello@yoursite.com and forwards mail to an inbox you already use. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/
- Workers & Pages (Apps): Code and websites that run on Cloudflare's network instead of your own server. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/
- Workers AI (Cloudflare AI): AI models run by Cloudflare. Tamely's assistant runs on your account, free up to a daily allowance. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/

## Cloudflare dashboard, renamed in plain words
### Your address
- Address records (Cloudflare: DNS › Records): Point your domain at servers, apps and email. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/
- Address lookups (Cloudflare: DNS › Analytics): How often your domain is looked up. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/additional-options/analytics/
- Address settings (Cloudflare: DNS › Settings): DNSSEC, nameservers and other options. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/
- Secure padlock (https) (Cloudflare: SSL/TLS › Overview): How encryption is set up for your website. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/
- Visitor certificates (Cloudflare: SSL/TLS › Edge Certificates): Certificates visitors see, plus always-https. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/
- Device certificates (Cloudflare: SSL/TLS › Client Certificates): Require devices to show a certificate. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/
- Server certificates (Cloudflare: SSL/TLS › Origin Server): Free certificates for your own server. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/
- Customer domains (Cloudflare: SSL/TLS › Custom Hostnames): Let your customers use their own domains. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/
- All my domains (Cloudflare: Domains › Overview): Every domain on your account. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/manage-domains/
- Buy a domain (Cloudflare: Domains › Registrations): Register a new domain at cost price. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/register-domain/
- Move a domain here (Cloudflare: Domains › Transfers): Transfer a domain from another registrar. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/
### Protection
- Security overview (Cloudflare: Security › Overview): What's being blocked, and what to fix. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/
- Security stats (Cloudflare: Security › Analytics): Attacks and suspicious traffic over time. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-analytics/
- Fake signup protection (Cloudflare: Security › Account Abuse Protection): Stop fake signups, spam accounts and takeovers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/
- Pages & APIs found (Cloudflare: Security › Web assets): Endpoints discovered on your website. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/
- Block & allow rules (Cloudflare: Security › Security rules): Block countries or IPs, limit request rates. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/
- Security settings (Cloudflare: Security › Settings): Bot fight mode, security level and more. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-fight-mode/
- Login gate (Cloudflare: Access): Put a login in front of any page. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/applications/http-apps/
- Security check-up (Cloudflare: Application security › Security insights): Issues across all your websites. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security/security-insights/
- Firewall (Cloudflare: Application security › WAF): Ready-made and custom rules against attacks. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/
- Bot management (Cloudflare: Application security › BotBase): Tell good bots from bad ones. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/
- Human check for forms (Cloudflare: Application security › Turnstile): Stop form spam with a friendly CAPTCHA replacement. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/
- Threat lookup (Cloudflare: Application security › Investigate): Look up an IP, domain or file. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/investigate/
- Threat intelligence (Cloudflare: Application security › Threat intelligence): Follow active attack campaigns. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/cloudforce-one/
- Server protection (Cloudflare: Application security › Infrastructure): Protect your servers and network. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/
- Team access (Zero Trust) (Cloudflare: Zero Trust): Secure how your team reaches apps. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/
### Speed
- Speed test (Cloudflare: Speed › Observatory): Test page speed and get tips. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/observatory/
- Server response time (Cloudflare: Speed › Origin Analytics): How fast your own server answers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/
- Real visitor speed (Cloudflare: Speed › Real user monitoring): How fast pages load for real people. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/observatory/rum-beacon/
- Scheduled speed checks (Cloudflare: Speed › Synthetic monitoring): Test speed on a schedule. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/observatory/
- Speed settings (Cloudflare: Speed › Settings): Compression, HTTP/3 and more. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/
- Server shield (Cloudflare: Speed › Smart Shield): Protect and speed up your server. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/
- Cache overview (Cloudflare: Caching › Overview): How much is served from saved copies. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/
- Cache settings (Cloudflare: Caching › Configuration): Clear the cache, browser cache time. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/
- Cache rules (Cloudflare: Caching › Cache Rules): Decide what gets saved. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/
- Tiered cache (Cloudflare: Caching › Tiered Cache): Fewer trips to your server. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/
- Long-term cache (Cloudflare: Caching › Cache Reserve): Keep files saved for longer. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/
- Faster routes (Cloudflare: Traffic › Argo Smart Routing): Route around internet congestion. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/
### Links & pages
- Redirects & rewrites (Cloudflare: Rules › Overview): Redirect pages, rewrite links, change headers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/
- Test a rule (Cloudflare: Rules › Rule simulator): Try a rule before turning it on. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/
- Code snippets (Cloudflare: Rules › Snippets): Small scripts that change requests. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/
- Route to cloud storage (Cloudflare: Rules › Cloud Connector): Send paths to S3, R2 or other clouds. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/
- Page rules (classic) (Cloudflare: Rules › Page Rules): The older all-in-one rules. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/
- Rules settings (Cloudflare: Rules › Settings): Link clean-up options. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/
- Error pages (Cloudflare: Error Pages): Customize pages visitors see on errors. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/custom-errors/
- App routes (Cloudflare: Workers Routes): Run an app on some paths of your website. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/routes/
- Redirect many links (Cloudflare: Delivery & performance › Bulk redirects): Redirect from a list, across sites. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/
- Site tags (Cloudflare: Delivery & performance › Web tag management): Analytics and marketing tags without slowdown. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/
### Email
- Stop email spoofing (Cloudflare: Email › DMARC Management): Stop others faking your address. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/
- Email security (Cloudflare: Email › Email Security): Filter phishing and spam. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/
- Forward email (Cloudflare: Email Service › Email Routing): hello@ your domain, forwarded to your inbox. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/
- Send email (Cloudflare: Email Service › Email Sending): Send email from your domain and your apps. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/api/send-emails/workers-api/
### AI & bots
- AI crawler overview (Cloudflare: AI Crawl Control › Overview): Which AI companies visit your website. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl-control/
- AI crawler stats (Cloudflare: AI Crawl Control › Metrics): How often AI bots visit. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl-control/
- Allow or block AI bots (Cloudflare: AI Crawl Control › Security): Choose which AI bots may visit. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/block-ai-bots/
- AI-friendly pages (Cloudflare: AI Crawl Control › Optimization): Serve AI bots a lighter version. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl-control/
- AI usage signals (Cloudflare: AI Crawl Control › Signals): Tell AI how your content may be used. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/
- Agent readiness (Cloudflare: Agent Readiness › Overview): How ready your site is for AI agents. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/
- Agent diagnostics (Cloudflare: Agent Readiness › Diagnostics): Find what blocks agents. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/
- Agent playground (Cloudflare: Agent Readiness › AI Playground): Try your site with an agent. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/
- WebMCP (Cloudflare: Agent Readiness › WebMCP): Expose website actions to agents. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/model-context-protocol/
- Charge AI for access (Cloudflare: Monetize › Monetization Gateway): Get paid when bots use your content. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl-control/features/pay-per-crawl/what-is-pay-per-crawl/
### Traffic & uptime
- Network options (Cloudflare: Network): IPv6, WebSockets and more. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/
- Load balancing (Cloudflare: Traffic › Load Balancing): Spread visitors across servers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/
- Load balancing stats (Cloudflare: Traffic › Load Balancing Analytics): How traffic was spread. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/
- Uptime checks (Cloudflare: Traffic › Health Checks): Get told when your server goes down. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/
- Waiting room (Cloudflare: Traffic › Waiting Room): Queue visitors during traffic spikes. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/
- Web3 gateways (Cloudflare: Traffic › Web3): Serve IPFS or Ethereum content. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/
### Visitors & logs
- Traffic (Cloudflare: Analytics › HTTP Traffic): Requests, bandwidth and countries. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/types-of-analytics/
- Visitors (Cloudflare: Analytics › Web analytics): Privacy-friendly visitor numbers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/
- Key numbers (Cloudflare: Analytics › Domain Dashboard): The important numbers in one place. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/
- Load times (Cloudflare: Analytics › Performance): Page load times over time. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/
- Dashboards (Cloudflare: Analytics › Dashboards): Build your own charts. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/
- Search logs (Cloudflare: Log Explorer › Log search): Search raw request logs. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/log-explorer/
- Export logs (Cloudflare: Log Explorer › Logpush): Send logs to your own tools. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpush/
- Account traffic (Cloudflare: Analytics › Account analytics): Traffic across every website. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/account-analytics/
### Apps & code
- Apps & sites (Cloudflare: Compute › Workers & Pages): Deploy websites, APIs and full apps. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/
- App logs & errors (Cloudflare: Compute › Observability): Logs and errors from your apps. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/
- Apps for your customers (Cloudflare: Compute › Workers for Platforms): Let your users deploy code. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/
- Containers (Cloudflare: Compute › Containers): Run container images close to users. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/
- Live shared state (Cloudflare: Compute › Durable Objects): State for chats, games and collaboration. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/
- Background jobs (Cloudflare: Compute › Queues): Do work later, in the background. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/
- Multi-step jobs (Cloudflare: Compute › Workflows): Long tasks, step by step, with retries. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/
- Headless browser (Cloudflare: Compute › Browser Run): Screenshots, PDFs and page crawling. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/
- Private network access (Cloudflare: Compute › VPC): Let apps reach private services. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-vpc/
- Plan & limits (Cloudflare: Compute › Workers plans): Your apps plan and usage limits. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/
- Feature flags (Cloudflare: Compute › Flagship): Turn features on or off without redeploying. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/
### AI building blocks
- Model catalog (Cloudflare: AI › Models): AI models you can use. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/
- Run AI models (Cloudflare: AI › Workers AI): Call AI models from your apps (powers this assistant). Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/
- AI request gateway (Cloudflare: AI › AI Gateway): Cache, log and limit calls to AI providers. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/
- Vector database (Cloudflare: AI › Vectorize): Store embeddings for search and memory. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/
- AI search (Cloudflare: AI › AI Search): AI-powered search over your content. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-search/
- Agent tracing (Cloudflare: AI › Agent tracing): Follow what your AI agents did. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/
### Data & files
- File storage (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › R2 Object Storage): Store files with no download fees. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/
- Connect your database (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › Hyperdrive): Speed up your Postgres or MySQL. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/
- Key-value store (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › Workers KV): Fast storage for settings and small data. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/
- SQL database (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › D1 SQLite Database): A simple SQL database for apps. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/
- Custom metrics store (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › Analytics Engine): Write and query your own metrics. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/
- Data pipelines (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › Pipelines): Move and transform streaming data. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/basin-pipelines/
- Secrets vault (Cloudflare: Storage & databases › Secrets Store): Keep API keys in one place. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/secrets-store/
### Images, video & calls
- Resize & optimize images (Cloudflare: Images & Stream › Transformations): Resize and compress images on the fly. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/optimization/transformations/overview/
- Image hosting (Cloudflare: Images & Stream › Hosted images): Upload and serve images. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/storage/upload-images/methods/
- Video hosting (Cloudflare: Images & Stream › Hosted videos): Upload and stream videos. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/
- Live streaming (Cloudflare: Images & Stream › Live inputs): Broadcast live video. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/
- Video calls kit (Cloudflare: Realtime › RealtimeKit): Add calls and meetings to your app. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/realtime/
- Call relay (Cloudflare: Realtime › TURN Server): Help calls connect through firewalls. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/realtime/turn/
- Media server (Cloudflare: Realtime › Serverless SFU): Route audio and video between many people. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/realtime/sfu/
### Networks
- Tunnels (Cloudflare: Networking › Tunnels): Put a local server online without opening ports. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/
- Network overview (Cloudflare: Networking › Overview): Your connected networks. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/
- Mesh (Cloudflare: Networking › Mesh): Connect your devices and offices. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/
- Your IP ranges (Cloudflare: Networking › IP addresses › Address space): Bring your own IP ranges. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/
### Your account
- Team members (Cloudflare: Manage account › Members): Invite people and set what they can do. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/manage-members/
- Billing (Cloudflare: Manage account › Billing): Plans, invoices and payment. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/
- API tokens (Cloudflare: Manage account › Account API tokens): Keys for scripts and tools. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/
- Activity history (Cloudflare: Manage account › Audit logs): Who changed what, and when. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/
- Alerts (Cloudflare: Manage account › Alerts): Get notified when something needs attention. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/
- Abuse reports (Cloudflare: Manage account › Abuse reports): Reports filed against your sites. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/
- Account settings (Cloudflare: Manage account › Configurations): Account-wide settings. Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/