> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Installable products that bundle a UI, databases, automations, and skills into one packaged experience inside Notis.

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.

## 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 metadata** — cover image, screenshots, tagline, category, version notes.

Apps are versioned: every deploy bumps the version, and the App Store always serves a specific published version.

## Where apps live

* **App Store** (`/store`) — browse and install apps, public or shared with your team.
* **Your sidebar** — installed apps appear under *Apps* in the sidebar, with their own routes and sub-pages.
* **App Details** (`/apps/[appId]`) — cover, resources (views, databases, automations, skills), visibility settings, publish controls.

## Visibility

Every app you create has a visibility setting on its App Details page:

| Visibility   | Who can install it                                          |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Personal** | Only you.                                                   |
| **Team**     | Members of your Notis team.                                 |
| **Public**   | Anyone with a Notis account, after the listing is approved. |

You can change visibility at any time from **App Details → Visibility**.

## 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](/apps/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](/apps/build-with-your-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.

## Installing apps from the store

See **[Install apps from the store](/apps/install-from-store)** for browsing, installing, resetting, and uninstalling.

## Publishing apps you built

See **[Publish an app](/apps/publishing)** for the publish-to-team and publish-to-public flows.

## Related

* [Ship Apps](/agents/build-and-ship-apps) — use a coding agent to build and deploy apps to Notis Cloud.
* [With Notis](/apps/build-with-notis) — the no-code/chat path.
* [With your coding agent](/apps/build-with-your-agent) — the developer path.
* [Publish](/apps/publishing) — ship your app to team or public.