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# 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.\
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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.