Enhance Compass with third-party apps
10 min
Intermediate
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Define the purpose of publicly accessible APIs in Compass.
- Find existing integrations within Compass's available apps
- Describe the role of installed apps within your Compass instance.
- Evaluate the benefits of using Forge for application development in Compass.
What are Compass third-party apps?
The ability to link your Compass component to a third-party application depends on the availability of an app for that product within Compass. You can link your Compass component to a Slack channel created for that component. You can link Compass to repositories other than Bitbucket because apps are available for GitLab and GitHub repositories. If you need to link Compass to a product that doesn’t have a Compass app available, this might be your chance to create an app yourself using Forge. Forge is Atlassian’s serverless app development platform. Compass is equipped with publicly accessible APIs, which allow you to create a unique developer experience. You can leverage existing apps to enhance, customize, and elevate Compass, or utilize Forge's capabilities to build your own solutions. Compass integrates with various third-party apps to enhance its functionality and provide a more comprehensive developer experience.
👉 For example: Maybe your organization uses Slack as its internal communications app. There is a third-party app within Compass that enables component information to be communicated through a Slack channel within Compass, eliminating the need for context switching.
Maybe your organization uses Snyk to monitor component vulnerabilities. There is a third-party app within Compass that allows you to use Snyk to view and manage vulnerabilities for components within Compass.
Maybe your organization needs some functionality that is unique to your organization. Compass, equipped with publicly accessible APIs, allows you to create a unique developer experience. You can utilize Forge's capabilities to build your own solutions.
👇 Click the icons below to view Compass integration with third-party apps as well as other Atlassian apps.
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How to view available third party apps in Compass
Select Apps from the main navigation to view a list of all of the third-party apps available in Compass.
👇 A sample of third-party apps available in Compass
How to view the third party apps installed in Compass
The Component sidebar menu displays all the apps available in your Compass instance, which have been installed by an admin for your convenience.
👇 Third-party apps installed on an instance of Compass
Create your own apps
Ready to extend the power of Compass by writing your own integrations? Do you have another tool or data source you'd like to connect to Compass? You've come to the right place. Forge is Atlassian’s serverless app development platform, designed for building secure, reliable, and scalable apps, and enables developers to create fully functional applications in just a few hours. It includes hosting, multiple development environments, and built-in API authentication. Thus, it is a powerful tool for building custom applications, integrations, and apps that can be distributed through the Atlassian Marketplace.
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