# App Fundamentals

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:::card{title="Overview of Discord Apps" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-quick-start-overview-of-apps"}
Build Discord apps to customize, extend, and enhance Discord for millions of users.
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:::card{title="Bots & Companion Apps" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-bots"}
Build bots and companion apps that connect to Discord and interact with servers, members, and events.
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:::card{title="OAuth2 and Permissions" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-oauth2-and-permissions"}
How OAuth2, scopes, and permissions work across the Discord platform.
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:::card{title="Interactions & Commands" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-interactions"}
Build interactive slash commands, buttons, modals, and more using HTTP or the Gateway.
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:::card{title="Components & Modals" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-components"}
Add interactive buttons, menus, layout elements, and modal dialogs to your Discord app.
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:::card{title="Server and Channel Management" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-server-and-channel-management"}
What Discord apps can do with servers and channels, and what permissions they need.
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:::card{title="Webhooks" href="/guides/app-fundamentals-platform-webhooks"}
Send messages into Discord channels or receive event notifications from Discord delivered to your app over HTTP.
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## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)
- [Design Foundations](./design-foundations-index.md)

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