diff --git a/docs/html-pages/getting-started.md b/docs/html-pages/getting-started.md
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@@ -74,9 +74,18 @@ These values are registered to `window.__HTML_PAGE_DEV_CONFIG__` and picked up b
!!! note "Where the values come from"
- - `accountToken` — an API token you generate in the base in advance. See [how to create API tokens](https://seatable.com/help/create-api-tokens/).
+ - `accountToken` — your account token, available under **Personal settings -> Profile -> Account-Token**. This is not a base API token.
- `server`, `appUuid` and `pageId` — shown under **HTML page development information** in the page's configuration (see below).
+!!! note "Why use accountToken instead of baseAPIToken?"
+
+ Some HTML page features require user information that a base API token cannot provide. Local development therefore uses an account token for:
+
+ - Checking HTML page access permissions.
+ - Calling APIs that retrieve the current user's information.
+
+ If view support is added in the future, some view filters may also require user information.
+
The HTML page configuration shows these values ready to copy, alongside the upload area you will use later:
