# Connect CubeConnect

Link the workspace to the rest of the Cube family with one key, and understand the statuses.

For: Workspace owners and admins

## What CubeConnect does

CubeConnect is the hub that links Cube products together. Connecting this workspace once, with a CubeConnect client key, is what lets CubeSites offer anything that involves another product: pulling a team list from CubeHR, sending enquiries to CubeFlow as tasks, showing products from a connected shop.

Without a connection, none of that appears anywhere: no Cube apps menu item, no connected blocks, no half-configured features waiting for attention. A site that does not use other products never needs this page.

Walkthrough: Where the connection appears (Cube apps and CubeConnect)

1. **Cube apps**: The page that links this workspace to the rest of the Cube family. Nothing here appears until a connection exists.
2. **And the launcher**: The top bar door to your other Cube apps, each opening in a new tab with its own sign-in.

1. Ask whoever set up CubeConnect for a client key, or create one there for this workspace.
2. Open Cube apps in the workspace menu.
3. Have the key to hand before starting.

## Connecting and checking

Paste the key into the CubeConnect card and choose Connect. The card then shows the state: Connected, or Not answering when CubeConnect itself cannot be reached. Refresh re-checks at any moment; a brief Not answering is a network moment rather than a broken connection.

The key lives encrypted with the workspace and is never shown again after connecting. Disconnect revokes the link, which hides every connected feature again without touching the sites themselves.

Walkthrough: Connecting with a client key (Cube apps and CubeConnect)

1. **The client key**: Issued by CubeConnect for this workspace. Stored encrypted, and never shown again after connecting.
2. **Connect**: One key links the workspace; every website in it can then use the connected blocks.
3. **The state**: Connected, or Not answering when CubeConnect itself cannot be reached right now.
4. **Refresh**: Re-checks at any moment. A brief Not answering is a network moment rather than a broken connection.
5. **Disconnect**: Revokes the link and hides every connected feature again. The sites themselves are untouched.

Note: One connection serves the whole workspace. Every website in it can use the connected blocks.

## The Cube apps menu

Once connected, Cube apps appears in the workspace menu and the top bar offers the launcher: your other Cube apps, each opening in a new tab. It is a doorway, not a second copy of those products; each one still does its own job with its own sign-in.

What appears in the launcher depends on the organisation's Cube estate rather than on this website. A newly connected product shows up without further setup here.

Walkthrough: The Cube apps launcher (Cube apps and CubeConnect)

1. **A doorway, not a copy**: Each app still does its own job with its own sign-in; CubeSites just offers the door.
2. **What is listed**: The organisation's Cube estate. A newly connected product appears without further setup here.

- [ ] The key is stored safely where you got it
- [ ] Connected shows green, or a refreshed check does
- [ ] The launcher opens the apps you expect

## Where do I get a client key?

From CubeConnect, where an organisation connects its Cube products. Keys are issued per workspace.

## Does connecting share my website content?

No. The connection carries specific, requested things: a team list, an enquiry as a task. Content stays where it lives.

## Related guides

- [What connections add](/help/integrations/what-connections-add)
- [Automate with the API](/help/integrations/automate-with-the-api)
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