--- title: Manage capabilities and connections description: Add apps and skills on the Apps page, and configure connections, extensions, and the environment. lastVerified: 2026-10-18 --- # 3.10 Manage capabilities and connections The **Apps** page (under Resources in the left navigation) lists the apps and skills you can add by category, with each one's added, installed, and connection status. **My apps** at the upper right shows what you have added. Marketplace is for choosing employees and teams; Apps is for adding and managing apps and skills. ## Add and configure resources 1. Open the **Apps** page and use the search box or category tags to find the app or skill you want. 2. Select **Add** or **Install** on its row; open a row to see its source and permissions. To bring your own, select **+** at the upper right and choose **Create skill**, **Create app**, or **Import a skill**. 3. Check the status (for example Added, Not connected, Awaiting authorization, or Installed). For an app that needs an account, select **Set up connection** to finish configuration. 4. Give each employee who will use it its own permission, then test it once. Connecting an account does not give employees access. “Added” only means the resource is now managed by Teloa. It does not prove that a connection works or a tool is authorized. [![The Apps page listing apps and skills by category with Add and Install entries](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/assets/screenshots/en/capabilities.ec1a556a92a9.png)](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/assets/screenshots/en/capabilities.ec1a556a92a9.png) *0.2.0-beta.3 interface with sample data. Browse apps and skills you can add by category; My apps shows what you have added, and + creates or imports. Added does not mean a connection works or a tool is authorized.* ## Connect external tools Set up app connections with **Set up connection** on **Apps**; configure MCP and native capabilities in **Settings > Connections and environment**. Data sources, business associations, and employee permissions have their own configuration pages. Test read access first, then enable only the write capabilities you need. Connections may show “Read,” “Write,” or “Write · Needs your approval.” These labels provide guidance. They do not replace checking the specific tool, its parameters, and its execution boundaries. ## Settings navigation Settings are grouped by purpose: **Preferences** (General settings), **Models and services**, **Capabilities and connections** (Execution locations, Connections and environment, IM channels, and more), **Working style** (Auto Dream, Agent presets), **Advanced** (including Component status), and **About**. Component status opens directly. ## Manage extensions and the environment 1. Native extension details separate installation source, enablement, and actual running state. Enabled does not mean successfully running. 2. Apps from a business show their actual installation status. Follow the prompts when installation is needed. If the status cannot be confirmed, it shows “Not verified”; refresh to check again. **View settings** opens the resource. Registration alone does not mean it is installed or needs a restart. 3. **Settings > Connections and environment**, labeled “Everyday configuration and management”, lets you manage run configuration and native extensions directly. Open Terminal, Agent Loop, Subagent, or Web Search to edit and save settings without leaving this page. You can also install, enable, disable, or remove extensions here. 4. **Settings > Component status** is for inspecting components and troubleshooting problems while it runs. It provides a read-only inventory of global and session-preset components. **IM channels** is built into the app, so you do not install or enable it from the marketplace. Add and enable each channel under **Settings > IM channels**; see [IM channels](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/markdown/en/guides/im-channels.md). Install and manage other native extensions in Settings. Handle pending older installations under **Apps > App installation records** first. Browser and Computer are off by default; Auto review is loaded on first start but does not change a conversation's default permissions. Enabling an extension does not grant employee permissions. Available capabilities depend on the run preset and configuration. See [Native execution capabilities](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/markdown/en/guides/native-capabilities.md) for operational boundaries. ## Web search and reading policy In **Settings > Connections and environment**, expand **Web search and reading policy**. After you turn it off and save, conversations and tasks cannot start new web searches or page reads. Existing employee grants are kept. This does not cancel requests already sent or control network access through Browser Use, Computer Use, terminal commands, or MCP. The website list only restricts domains and subdomains directly requested by the page-reading tool. It does not filter search results or check redirect destinations against that list. Search service parameters remain in the native Web Search configuration; each employee’s tool access remains in employee authorization. Developers can start with [skills](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/markdown/en/develop/skills.md), [resource packages](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/markdown/en/develop/packages.md), and [read-only MCP](https://docs.teloa.ai/v/0.2.2/markdown/en/develop/mcp.md). Actual extension availability still depends on matching dependencies needed to run it, configuration and authorization.