# Apps

> Build internal applications that your team, agents and workflows use together.

## A shared place to work

An app provides a shared interface and database for deals, tasks, leave requests or stock. Authorized agents use its operations to read and update the same records.

Choose an app when a job needs its own interface and data. Use an [agent](/en/docs/agents) for a specialist, a [workflow](/en/docs/workflows) for defined steps, or [Tools](/en/docs/tools) to connect software you already use.

## Who uses an app

Members open published apps from **My apps** in web chat or **Open app** in the dashboard. Agents and your personal Assistant use app tools; workflows use app steps; external AI clients use your [Botchi MCP connection](/en/docs/mcp).

All four paths reach the same records under each caller’s access rules. App interfaces run through Botchi on the web, including web chat, with workspace sign-in. Mobile interfaces, public hosting and standalone sign-in are unavailable.

## Drafts and published versions

Owners and dashboard editors create drafts with source, builder chat and test-data preview. Publishing shares a version with authorized members and agents and starts the [app subscription](/en/docs/apps/costs).

Later changes stay in preview until publication. Preview records stay separate: only the first publication offers to copy test data into the published app.

Apps are available in every business workspace. Owners and dashboard editors create and manage them; members use the apps their business roles grant.

## Find your way around

| Area | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| **Overview** | Saved visual preview, the plan with its three usage meters (operations, storage with documents, indexes and files, transfer), construction costs. The preview is a snapshot, not live records. |
| **App access** | Business-role and agent permissions; workspace connections. |
| **History** | Release progress, failed releases and compatible rollbacks. |
| **Settings** | Details, icon, export, pause and deletion controls. |
| **Open builder** | Builder chat, live preview, design and source history. |
| **Open app** | The published app and its live records. |

The storage reading covers the whole app project, preview data included, and updates several times a day after publication. Opening Overview starts no build or live preview.

The workspace receives [email notices](/en/docs/settings/notifications) for expiring drafts, trash and permanent deletion, unpaid renewals, suspension and reactivation, usage warnings, autoscale charges, read-only mode and failed releases.

> **Watch out** — App records do not use Botchi's per-account encryption. Keep credentials and confidential company documents in their dedicated Botchi sections. App source retains Workspace encryption.

## Related

- [Build an app](/en/docs/apps/build)
- [Publish and roll back](/en/docs/apps/publish)
- [Set app access](/en/docs/apps/access)
- [App costs and limits](/en/docs/apps/costs)