| description | Build, innovate, and automate your workflows on the Symphony Messaging platform. |
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Streamline your workflows by leveraging the Symphony Messaging open APIs to build innovative bots and AI agents, save time through smart automation, and develop custom extension apps.
Dive into our core concepts to guide your development journey from initial code to production deployment.
Select one of the sections below to launch your developer experience.
- Build bots on Symphony Messaging
- Build AI agents on Symphony Messaging
- Build extension applications on Symphony Messaging
- Become a Certified Developer
- Developer tools
- REST API reference
- Extension API reference
- Embedded modules
{% hint style="info" %} Looking to migrate your bot from the deprecated SDKs to the latest BDKs? Check out our migration guides to bring your bot up to date with our latest tooling.
- Migration guide from SDK to Symphony BDK for Java
- Migration guide from SDK to Symphony BDK for Python {% endhint %}
Get started by exploring Symphony Messaging bots. Learn the essentials to build and launch your own bot.
{% content-ref url="bots/building-bots.md" %} building-bots.md {% endcontent-ref %}
Interested in building your first bot with our Developer Relations team? Check out our free online courses in the developer training center to get started.
- Developing Bots using BDK for Java
- Developing Bots using BDK for Python
- Implementing Workflows with WDK
{% hint style="info" %} For an even more in-depth look at how to build bots and apps, check out our new Developer Certification 🎓 program. {% endhint %}
AI agents are specialized service accounts that bring LLM-powered reasoning, contextual data access, and tool use into Symphony's secure messaging environment.
{% content-ref url="ai/ai-agent/" %} ai-agent {% endcontent-ref %}
Bring customized and extensible workflows into Symphony Messaging through extension apps. Understand how to build, deploy, and manage your extension app.
{% content-ref url="https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MB51RkjSmfA_ejydg4M-3415978100/ext-apps" %} Extension Apps {% endcontent-ref %}
Join our Developer Certification program and get free sandbox access. Register today!
{% content-ref url="developer-certification/developer-certification.md" %} developer-certification.md {% endcontent-ref %}
Symphony Messaging REST API in-depth documentation and reference guide:
{% embed url="https://rest-api.symphony.com/" %}
Symphony Messaging Extension API in-depth documentation and reference guide:
{% content-ref url="ext-apps/overview-of-extension-api/" %} overview-of-extension-api {% endcontent-ref %}
Streamline your development process with our Dedicated SDKs, Bot Developer Kit, Bot Generators and more.
{% content-ref url="https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MB51RkjSmfA_ejydg4M-3415978100/dev-tools" %} Developer Tools {% endcontent-ref %}
Securely embed standalone Symphony Messaging chat modules inside other websites and applications:
{% content-ref url="https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MB51RkjSmfA_ejydg4M-3415978100/embedded-modules" %} Embedded Modules {% endcontent-ref %}


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