# interop.io Product Documentation

> Technical documentation for all interop.io products - integration platforms, adapters for third-party apps, backend and observability solutions.
> This file is an index: each product below has its own llms.txt listing that product's pages.
> Every documentation and API reference page is also available as markdown at the same URL with an index.md suffix.

## When to use this documentation

Use this site to answer questions about building on, configuring or operating the interop.io products.
Match the task to a product first, then follow that product's index below.

- io.Connect Desktop:
  - Integrating web (JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, etc.) and native (.NET, Java, VBA, Delphi, etc.) or legacy apps into one shared desktop environment.
  - You need window management, Workspaces, Layouts, Channels, app management, Intents (and all other io.Connect Desktop capabilities) in an installed desktop container.
  - Your users run a desktop client rather than working entirely in a browser.
- io.Connect Browser:
  - You need web apps running in browser tabs or windows to interoperate by sharing context and providing functionality to one another.
  - You cannot install a desktop container and everything must run in the browser.
  - You are building on the Home App, or need Workspaces and Layouts inside the browser.
- io.Intelligence:
  - You are adding AI agents or assistants to interop-enabled apps and workflows.
  - You need business context awareness or standardized tool access such as MCP for existing apps.
- io.Insights:
  - You need metrics, traces, or logs from io.Connect delivered into an existing observability backend.
  - Your backend already supports OpenTelemetry standards and you want io.Connect telemetry in it.
- io.Manager:
  - You need app definitions, remote platform configurations, app preferences, Layouts, or entitlements stored and managed centrally.
  - You are provisioning io.Connect platforms remotely instead of shipping local configuration and definition files.
- io.Bridge:
  - You need interoperability between io.Connect platforms running on different machines.
  - You are connecting apps powered by the io.Connect Application Adapters to a remote io.Connect platform.
- Application Adapters:
  - You are integrating a third-party app you do not control - Microsoft Office, Bloomberg, Fidessa, Salesforce, and more.
  - You need third-party apps to exchange data with your interop-enabled apps.
  - You want an out-of-the-box integration instead of writing one against a vendor API.

Choosing between io.Connect Desktop and io.Connect Browser: both platforms expose largely the same capabilities and APIs.
Pick io.Connect Desktop when the user runs an installed desktop container and native or legacy apps are involved.
Pick io.Connect Browser when everything runs in the browser.
The platform documentation sets are separate - confirm which platform the question is about before answering from either.
There are subtle, but very important differences between the two platforms when using some of the capabilities offered by both: e.g., Workspaces and Global Layouts being the most prominent examples. It is mandatory to confirm the correct platform before answering questions about any of the platform capabilities and make it explicitly clear in the answer which platform the answer is about.

## How to navigate

- This file is the top-level index. It links to one llms.txt per product, which lists that product's pages.
- Products with a JavaScript API have a second index at reference/javascript/llms.txt listing every type.
- Any page URL ending in index.html is also served as markdown at the same path ending in index.md.
- Search is per product, not site-wide. Use a product's search URL below with ?query=YOUR_TERMS.

## Products

### io.Connect Desktop

Desktop integration platform for web, native and legacy apps. Learn how to interop-enable your apps and use the rich platform features and APIs with many web and native technologies.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/desktop/llms.txt)
- [JavaScript API Reference index](https://docs.interop.io/desktop/reference/javascript/llms.txt): every interface, enum, type alias and function, generated from the TypeScript definitions
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/desktop/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to io.Connect Desktop, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/desktop/)

### io.Connect Browser

Browser integration platform for web apps. Supercharge your web apps by enabling them to share data and interact with each other in meaningful ways within the browser.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/browser/llms.txt)
- [JavaScript API Reference index](https://docs.interop.io/browser/reference/javascript/llms.txt): every interface, enum, type alias and function, generated from the TypeScript definitions
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/browser/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to io.Connect Browser, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/browser/)

### io.Intelligence

Framework for making your interop-enabled apps AI-ready. Add agents, AI assistants, business context awareness, and standardized tool access to existing apps and workflows.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs-ai.interop.io/llms.txt)
- [Site](https://docs-ai.interop.io/)

### io.Insights

Configurable built-in solution for publishing metrics, traces and logs based on the widely adopted OpenTelemetry standard. Easily pluggable into existing backend infrastructures that support the OpenTelemetry standard.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/insights/llms.txt)
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/insights/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to io.Insights, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/insights/)

### io.Manager

Server-side app that provides data to io.Connect platforms. Store and manage remotely configurations, preferences, Layouts and more for your interop-enabled apps.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/manager/llms.txt)
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/manager/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to io.Manager, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/manager/)

### io.Bridge

Server-side app that provides connectivity between the io.Connect platforms, your interop-enabled apps running on different machines, and third-party apps powered by the io.Connect Application Adapters.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/bridge/llms.txt)
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/bridge/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to io.Bridge, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/bridge/)

### Application Adapters

Adapters for integrating your interop-enabled apps with third-party apps like MS Office, Bloomberg, Fidessa, Salesforce and more.

Resources:
- [Documentation index](https://docs.interop.io/adapters/llms.txt)
- [JavaScript API Reference index](https://docs.interop.io/adapters/reference/javascript/llms.txt): every interface, enum, type alias and function, generated from the TypeScript definitions
- [Search](https://docs.interop.io/adapters/search/index.html): full-text search scoped to Application Adapters, append ?query=YOUR_TERMS
- [Site](https://docs.interop.io/adapters/)