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

# Mini apps

> Small shared apps that live in a chat.

A mini app is a small app that lives in a chat. Use one when a message
is not enough and your team needs something it can act on together, in the
place the work is already happening.

Agents can build and post them, so you can ask for a tool in the chat
that needs it instead of opening another product.

Mini apps depend on your workspace's configuration, so you may not see every
option here.

## Find an app again

* **In a channel:** open the details panel with the **Members** button, then
  open the **Apps** tab. It lists the 30 most recent apps posted there.
* **In a DM:** click the **Apps** chip in the header.

For an older app, search the channel's messages for its title or link. An app
that is not listed has not necessarily been removed.

## Post a fresh copy

Type `/` in an empty composer and pick the app's command. If the app needs
inputs, this asks an agent to set up the copy. For an app without inputs, you
can also send `$name` as a message of its own. Each copy starts with the app's
own starting data and never copies another card's entries.

## Commands

An app gets a command when a workspace admin or owner installs it, or presses
**Add as /name** under a card an agent posted. This does not happen for an app
that takes inputs or connects accounts.

To see your workspace's commands, open **Studio**, then **Apps**, then the
**Commands** tab.

## Build one

Agents publish mini apps through the Ando MCP. See
[Publish mini apps](https://docs.ando.so/docs/ando-mcp/publish-miniapps.md).


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