# Connections ### **What are connections?** Connections allow your project to access and interact with external services securely. By setting up these connections, your project can utilize the features and data from these services. **Live** connections are special kind of connections that can be started and stopped, such as **Discord bot**, **FiveM server**, **Minecraft server**. ### **Adding connections** To add a connection: 1. Go to your project on the panel and select **Connections** in the side menu. ![](/files/WjyO9gu7gsXaKWdXZeNG) 2. Select connection type that you would like to add.\ ![](/files/w51ilJr4nvqMGLwmxXmT) 3. For some connections you need to complete the authorization flow. For other connections you need to enter the required credentials. After adding a connection, you can use it in the relevant steps in your automations. For example, when sending a message to a Discord channel you need to select a Discord bot connection. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.flexy.bot/general/connections.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.