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A Notis App is the top-level packaging unit inside Notis. Think of it as a mini-product that lives in your workspace: it has a name, an icon, its own pages in the sidebar, its own databases, and — when you want it to — its own automations and skills. You can:
  • Install apps from the App Store with one click.
  • Build your own apps, either by chatting with Notis or by coding them with your favorite local agent.
  • Publish what you built to your team or to the public App Store.
Coding an app yourself runs through the Notis CLI from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or another coding agent. The no-code path is a conversation: you describe what you want and Notis writes and deploys it for you in a sandbox.

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What an app contains

An app is a single bundle that can include:
  • A UI — a small Vite + React app that renders inside the Notis Portal sidebar.
  • Databases — first-class data stores the app owns (tasks, notes, contacts, deals…).
  • Routes — the pages and sub-views you see in the sidebar.
  • Automations — workflows the app sets up for you when installed.
  • Skills — instructions and prompts the app brings along.
  • Listing details — an icon, screenshots, tagline, categories, What’s New, and full Version History.
  • Setup — an optional guided conversation that helps you configure the app after installation.
Apps are versioned: every deploy bumps the version, and the App Store always serves a specific published version.

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Where apps live

  • App Store (/store) — browse public apps or apps shared with your team, read reviews, and inspect every included resource before installing.
  • Your sidebar — installed apps appear under Apps in the sidebar, with their own routes and sub-pages.
  • App Details (/apps/[appId]) — icon, screenshots, release history, included resources, visibility, and publish controls.

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Visibility

Every app you create has a visibility setting on its App Details page: You can change visibility at any time from App Details → Visibility. If an app is already published or waiting for review, unpublish or withdraw it before changing between Team and Public.

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Two ways to build an app

There’s one entry point — the + Create app button in the App Store or the + shortcut next to Store in the sidebar’s Customize section — and two paths from there:
  1. Build with Notis — describe what you want in chat, and Notis builds it for you in a sandbox.
  2. Build with your local code agent — you, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or another agent write the code locally.
Both paths produce the exact same artifact and install into your workspace the same way.

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Installing apps from the store

See Install apps from the store for browsing, installing, resetting, and uninstalling.

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Publishing apps you built

See Publish an app for the publish-to-team and publish-to-public flows.