> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://buildersupport.gitbook.io/hub/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://buildersupport.gitbook.io/hub/external-integrations/make.md).

# Make

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**Make** Is a tool that helps you to automate manual processes, without needing code. They refer to themselves as ‘the glue of the internet’, helping their customers to connect together apps and services.
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### Download our free app

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Once clicking the link above you will be invited to add the Make app to your make account. Note if you do not have a Make account you can sign up there also.

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### How Make Works

To understand how Make works, you need to know what an API is. An API (application program interface) is something that a software provider (like MailChimp, Shopify, or PayPal) provides so developers can access data within their applications. For example, a developer writes code that detects all new Shopify orders via the Shopify API, then subscribes them to a MailChimp newsletter via the MailChimp API.

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Instead of needing the code, Make has turned these complicated APIs into simple blocks that can be connected with a simple drag-and-drop. Make calls these blocks ‘Modules’ and the visual connections between them ‘Scenarios’.

Once set up, Make runs 24-7,