---
meta:
  title: "Bolt + Liveblocks"
  parentTitle: "Integrations"
  description:
    "Add Liveblocks to apps built or exported from Bolt so you can ship realtime
    presence, multiplayer editors, and comments alongside generated UI."
---

[Bolt](https://bolt.new/) helps you generate full-stack apps quickly using AI
chats. With Liveblocks, you can add realtime collaboration to your generated
Bolt app, such as
[collaborative text editing](/docs/collaboration-features/multiplayer/text-editor),
[multiplayer documents](/docs/collaboration-features/multiplayer/sync-engine),
[comment threads](/docs/collaboration-features/comments),
[inbox notifications](/docs/collaboration-features/notifications), and
[AI copilots](/docs/collaboration-features/ai-copilots).

## Setup

<Steps>

<Step>
  <StepTitle>Ask the chat to build with Liveblocks</StepTitle>
  <StepContent>
    Add Liveblocks to your project by asking the chat to add collaborative features, for example:

    ```text title="Example prompt"
    Add a realtime text editor with Liveblocks and Tiptap.
    ```

    <Banner>
    To find more ways to use Liveblocks, visit our [showcase](/showcase) and read our [get started guides](/docs/get-started).
    </Banner>

  </StepContent>
</Step>

  <Step>
    <StepTitle>Insert your secret key</StepTitle>
    <StepContent>
      During the process, Bolt will prompt you to
      insert your Liveblocks secret key from the [dashboard](/dashboard/apikeys).
      Paste in your project’s key.

      ```text title="Secret key"
      {{SECRET_KEY}}
      ```

      To manually edit your key in Bolt, go to Settings → Secrets →
      `LIVEBLOCKS_SECRET_KEY`.
    </StepContent>

  </Step>

  <Step lastStep>
    <StepTitle>Collaboration is ready</StepTitle>
    <StepContent>
      Your app should now have live collaboration—use the chat to continue building your Liveblocks app.
    </StepContent>

  </Step>
</Steps>

## Limitations and troubleshooting

### Secret or public key issues

To fix issues related to API keys, instruct Bolt to use a secret key instead of
a public key, and authenticate your Liveblocks application.

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For an overview of all available documentation, see [/llms.txt](/llms.txt).