# Connect a service

> This page is about FlutterFlow (the app builder you use by describing your app), not FlutterFlow Studio.

URL: https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/connect-a-service

Connect an outside service, then ask the agent to add its features to your app.

Set up a [connection](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/glossary#backend-and-data) so that your app and the agent can use an outside service.

To connect App Store Connect or Google Play, see [Connect App Store Connect](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/connect-app-store) and [Connect Google Play](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/connect-google-play).

## Connect a service

Only a project owner can connect services. To connect a service from your app's settings:

1. Open **Project Settings › Connections**.
2. Find the service, or filter the list with **Search services** or a category.
3. Turn on the service's switch, or click its name. If the service shows **Set up** instead, follow its own setup steps. For AdMob, see [AdMob](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/admob).
4. If the dialog offers a choice, choose how to connect.
5. Enter the key, and then click **Connect**. **Find it** opens the page where the service shows the key.

   <Mock name="connect-dialog" alt="The Connect OpenAI dialog with an empty API key field, Find it beside its label, Encrypted at the foot, and Cancel and Connect." />

The service verifies the key before FlutterFlow saves the connection.

## Reuse a connection {#reuse-a-connection-from-another-app}

When you have a connection that you can reuse, the dialog lists it first, with a label such as **Use the key from Ledger**. Select it to connect.

To connect another account instead, choose a way under **Or connect another**.

To replace or disconnect a connection later, see [Manage connections](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/manage-connections).

## Connect when the agent asks

When the agent needs a service, it asks you to connect it in a card above the message box in the [thread](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/glossary#building-with-the-agent). The card offers **Not now** to skip connecting and one of these actions:

- **Connect**, followed by the service's name: connect the service.
- **Link to this project**: use a saved connection in this app.
- **Continue**: proceed with the connection that's ready.
- **Reconnect**: connect the service again when its connection needs attention.

Only a project owner can connect or link a service.

For app store account prompts, see [Connect App Store Connect](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/connect-app-store) and [Connect Google Play](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/connect-google-play).

## Add the feature {#add-the-feature-to-your-app}

To ask the agent to use a connected service in your app:

1. In **Project Settings › Connections**, click the service's **Options**, and then select **Settings**.
2. If your app doesn't use the service yet, click **Add to my app**. A new thread opens with a starter request. Only an owner or a developer can start a thread.
3. Describe what you want the feature to do, and then send the request.
4. Check the result in the thread.
5. When the result is ready, [push the thread to your app](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/push).

You can also start a thread yourself and ask for the feature directly. For an example, see [Stripe](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/stripe).

<Mock name="service-connected" alt="A connected service's page in Project Settings, Connections, with a Connected chip, Add to my app, and an Account card whose row reads Connected as Ledger test account." />

To control what the agent can do with your own accounts in **Account › Connections**, see [Tools for the agent](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/agent-tools).

## Troubleshooting {#if-something-goes-wrong}

For a key that's refused, a connection that needs attention, or a missing service, see [Troubleshoot connections](https://docs.flutterflow.io/ffx/troubleshoot-connections).