Creating an app

You need the manage_apps ability to create an app. If you open the Create app page without one, it says "Creating an App requires the Manage Apps ability. Ask your administrator to grant it."

Create an app#

1. Open Apps and select Create app.
2. Fill in the form:
   • Name, for example "Rate Sheet Builder". It is required.
   • Description, "What this App does, in a sentence or two."
   • Builder, the person who builds and owns the app. The field shows your own name: "You'll be the Builder for this App."
3. Select Create app. Select Back to leave without creating.

If the app's repository can't be set up, you see "We couldn't set up this App's repository. Try again in a moment." on the form and no app is created. Select Create app again to retry.

What you get#

You land on the new app's details page. The app starts in the Interview phase, so only its Builder can see it.

The app also gets its own code repository, already filled with a starter template. The Deployment section of the details page shows how to clone it. Pushing code to that repository builds and deploys your app. See Deploying your code.