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# Building Apps

## What apps you can build

Here are some categories of App you can build, nevertheless, the possibilities are endless, the only limit is your imagination ? You can Also create an app that mixes multiple kinds

1. **Actions on External Apps**\
   Example: Hubspot, Pipedrive, Jira\
   In this kind of Apps, you can create, fetch & update records in external Apps right from Chat Inbox. To trigger this workflow, use menus, actions on messages triggers or actions on Adaptive Cards. Use AdaptiveCards views for a better user experience
2. **Notification App**\
   Get Notifications from an External App or a workflow
3. **Process Messages** \
   Exp: translate, moderate ??, remind, schedule a message (one time or multiple times)\
   These Apps use external APIs or custom functions to process messages.\
   tips: *Use Sidebar, messages only visible to you , threads*
4. **Send a Rich Interactive Card**\
   (Custom Button or Component)\
   Example: Pay with Stripe, Calendly Button, Zoom Link, Upload Document with Cloudinary, Send a Rich Post,..\
   This App empower the user with the ability to post a Rich Message to the room with his won name
5. **Chatbot (Internal or External)**\
   (with tekos, or external messaging: telegram, whatsapp,..)\
   *tips: use human handover (bridget feature+invite an operator) for a better user experience*
6. **Bridge Bot**\
   roots messages from external messaging to your inbox\
   *tips: combine chatbot feature with bridge to send a first welcome message, useful when you are off*
7. **Store & Manage Custom Objects (CRUD)**\
   Exemples, 1:1 ticketing, 1:n orders. usually combined with labelling & tagging rooms\
   **Add Workflows**
8. **Standalone workflows**\
   (no interaction with Tekos Chat) do we need to to it?\
   \=> collaborate with your team on the flow?