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title: "Installing apps"
description: "Apps are installable extensions that add specialized capabilities to your org. Admins manage the live inventory from the Apps tab in the Admin Console (org detail → Apps)."
url: "https://sotaagents.ai/manual/admin-console/installing-apps"
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locale: "en"
---

# Installing apps

Apps are installable extensions that add specialized capabilities to your org. Admins manage the live inventory from the **Apps** tab in the Admin Console (_org detail → Apps_).

![The organization App Store with Installed, Catalog and Recovery tabs and a locally seeded contract-probe app](/manual/assets/product/console-apps-20260813.webp)
_The real local catalog varies by deployment; this capture uses the TestStack contract-probe app._

> [!NOTE]
> Organization install plus workspace overrides
>
> **Org level (App Store):** installing an exact app environment grants it to the organization. **Workspace level (Apps tab):** every workspace inherits enabled access by default; an admin can create an explicit disable override for one workspace and re-enable it later.

### Example apps

The catalog is deployment- and organization-dependent. Counts below are examples from one captured artifact, not a fixed platform inventory; use each current app detail page as authority.

| App | What it adds | Surfaces |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knowledge Base | Shared document store with hybrid semantic + full-text search and source citations. Upload internal documents so the assistant can answer with evidence. Key tools: `hybridSearch`, `searchDocuments`, `structuredQuery/Sql`, file management. | 19 Tools · 1 Skill · 2 UI Slots |
| Office App | Generate and edit Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint/PDF presentations, and dashboards inside a sandbox. Includes a slide deck editor with automatic quality checks. | 11 Tools · 1 Skill · 1 UI Slot |
| Web Search | Real-time public web search and page content extraction. Key tools: `webSearch`, `fetchWebPage` (up to ~50 000 chars per URL). | 3 Tools · 1 Skill · 1 UI Slot |
| CAD | CAD/BIM workflows for construction — ingest PDF/DWG/DXF/IFC files, layout-aware OCR, Q&A with page citations, automatic symbol counting, area calculation, and interactive BIM model viewer. | 5 Tools · 2 Skills · 7 UI Slots |
| Remagine | AI short-video creation: the assistant writes Remotion (React/TSX) code in a per-video workspace, provides live preview via esbuild, and renders final MP4 via Remotion Lambda. | 11 Tools · 1 Skill · 1 UI Slot |

### The App Store interface

The Apps tab has four sub-views:

- **All** — every app available to your org.
- **Installed** — apps currently active.
- **Catalog** — the full marketplace of apps you can add.
- **Recovery** — soft-uninstalled apps. Deleted apps stay here for 30 days before permanent removal, so you can restore them if needed.

### Installing an app

1. #### Open the Catalog tab

   Go to _Console → Your org → Apps → Catalog_.

2. #### Install

   Open the exact Development, Staging, or Production environment card, review its version and contributions, and click _Install_. The environment is installed for the organization and inherited as enabled by every workspace.

![The exact Production environment detail for the locally seeded contract-probe app, with version, status and surface overview](/manual/assets/product/console-app-detail-20260813.webp)
_App detail stays pinned to one exact environment and shows its current installed state._

3. #### Review workspace access

   Go to the workspace detail screen → _Apps_ tab. The newly installed app is enabled by default. Disable it only for workspaces that must not expose it; re-enable it there to remove that restriction.

![The workspace Apps config tab showing the installed demo app and its inherited access state](/manual/assets/product/ws-apps-config-20260813.webp)
_Missing override means enabled; the control creates or changes an explicit workspace override._

4. #### Uninstall

   Click _Uninstall_ from the Installed tab. The app moves to Recovery for 30 days. During that window you can restore it. After 30 days it is permanently removed.

> [!WARNING]
> App credit usage
>
> Each app consumes credit when used. Check the Credit Logs tab to see per-app consumption, and set workspace-level credit alerts if you need to cap spending.