# Set up an API integration

Create a connect-only integration and let a customer connect an app for Embedded API use.

A connect-only integration lets a customer connect one app without configuring workflows. Your backend can then run that app's actions through the Universal API.

1. [Enable MindCloud Embedded](/docs/embedded/getting-started/enable-mindcloud-embedded) and [create an API key](/docs/embedded/getting-started/create-an-api-key).
2. In the MindCloud dashboard, open **Embedded → API** and select **Create Integration**.
3. Choose the app and save the integration. This section creates a connect-only integration; it does not add workflows.
4. [Create an end user](/docs/embedded/embedded-api/api-reference/create-an-end-user) for your customer and store the returned MindCloud ID.
5. Let that customer connect the app. You can use a [hosted installation link](/docs/embedded/getting-started/share-and-reconnect-an-integration) or the [Embedded SDK](/docs/embedded/embedded-sdk/introduction).
6. Copy the `installationId` from the integration's **Installations** list and store it beside your customer record. Use that ID for [Universal API calls](/docs/embedded/embedded-api/run-actions-with-an-end-users-connection).

The customer can have more than one installation. Always select the intended installation. Do not use a company connection when the action must run as one customer.