> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.homecarehq.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connecting your systems

> Bring your business systems into HomecareHQ to ask about live financial and workforce data.

Connecting a business system lets you ask AskHQ about your **live data** and build
[dashboards](/guides/dashboards/saved-dashboards) that refresh automatically. You manage all
connections from **Admin Settings → Integrations**.

<Info>
  **HomecareHQ is an orchestrator, not your system of record.** Your connected systems stay
  the source of truth for their data — HomecareHQ reads a working copy to answer your questions
  and build dashboards, isolated to your organization. You control which data areas are turned
  on, and most connections are **read-only** for chat and dashboards today.
</Info>

## Available integrations

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="QuickBooks" icon="money-bill-trend-up" href="/integrations/quickbooks">
    Accounting & financials — revenue, payer mix, expenses, AR aging.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Apploi" icon="users" href="/integrations/apploi">
    Applicant tracking (ATS) — applicants, pipeline stages, hires.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PrismHR" icon="id-card" href="/integrations/prismhr">
    HRIS — employee roster, onboarding status, and (optionally) payroll & benefits.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How connecting works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Integrations">
    Go to **Admin Settings → Integrations**. (Owners and admins manage connections.)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a system">
    Click **Connect** on the system you want to add.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize securely">
    A secure dialog collects what's needed to connect. Your credentials are vaulted by our
    partner — HomecareHQ never stores them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="We sync a working copy">
    HomecareHQ pulls the data areas you've enabled into a working copy, isolated to your
    organization, and keeps it current.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask and build dashboards">
    Ask AskHQ about the data and save any chart to a dashboard.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you control

* **Which systems** are connected.
* **Which data areas** are turned on (some, like payroll and benefits, are off until you opt in).
* **Disconnecting** at any time, which immediately stops access.

See [Trust & your data](/integrations/security-and-data) for exactly what we read, store, and
protect.