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

# How to connect

> Connect a customer's HR system through a Magic Link or the Embedded SDK.

Your customer connects their own HR system. Mostly an admin at their company can grant access. You start the connection, they approve it in their own system and Bindbee holds the credentials.

## Magic Link

A unique link your customer opens to authorize access from their system.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create the link">
    Check you're in the right environment, then go to **New connector**, fill in the customer's details - including the **Unique Customer ID**, and pick the integration.

    <Frame caption="Magic Link form">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unifyx-56/NU46D4mywOWu_9HZ/images/get-started/magic-link-form.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=NU46D4mywOWu_9HZ&q=85&s=3111f01a5011873689f3d5002958be4d" alt="The Bindbee Magic Link dialog with Organisation Name set to Acme, a Categories dropdown reading HRIS under the label 'Select type of integration you want', and a Unique Customer ID field reading prod_acme_ifb1of, described as uniquely identifying a connector for a given integration" width="1074" height="788" data-path="images/get-started/magic-link-form.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send it to the customer">
    Send it to whoever administers their HR system. Include the setup guide from [help.bindbee.dev](https://help.bindbee.dev).

    **The link expires 7 days after it is created.**

    <Frame caption="Copy Link hands you the URL to send">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unifyx-56/NU46D4mywOWu_9HZ/images/get-started/magic-link-url.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=NU46D4mywOWu_9HZ&q=85&s=e1748f0a2950509a76b88b9b89407cd9" alt="The Bindbee Magic Link dialog showing the generated URL for your customer on link.bindbee.dev, a note reading 'Link will expire in 7 days', and Open Link and Copy Link buttons" width="1074" height="788" data-path="images/get-started/magic-link-url.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for them to finish">
    The connector then appears under **Connectors** as linked, with its `connector_token` in **Connector Details**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Embedded SDK

Runs the same connection flow inside your product, in your own branding.
Your backend receives the `connector_token` directly.

See [Embedded SDK](/guides/sdk/embedded-sdk) for the full walkthrough.

## Related

* [Quickstart](/get-started/quickstart) - create a test connector yourself before wiring either route in
* [Create Link Token](/sdk/create-link-token) - the endpoint your backend calls to configure an embedded link
* [Environments](/get-started/environments) - which environment a connector lands in
* [Connection Needing Relink](/guides/troubleshooting/connector-relink) - when credentials stop working