---
title: "Link Slate App"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cli/v1/working-with-slate/link-slate-app/
description: "Catalyst CLI enables you to link a Slate configuration to an existing application in order to deploy them in Slate."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:17:14Z
service: All Services
type: general
---

# Link a Slate App

In order to deploy an existing project to Slate, you must mandatorily link the project's root path with the Slate service. For this you will have to initialize the Slate service first. This linking establishes a connection between your project directory and the Slate service locally and in order to deploy to the console, you must use the deploy command.

This option can be used when an application of a supported framework by Slate was not originally initialized as a Slate service, but you later prefer to deploy it as a Slate service.

In order to link the directory with Slate, please follow the below listed steps. 

1. Execute the following command in the terminal from the app's project directory:

```sh
catalyst slate:link
```

Select the source path that has to be linked to the Slate service and press **Enter**.

![slate-link](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/cli/working-with-slate/slate-link.webp)

2. Provide a name for your application as required and press **Enter**. 

![slate-link-1](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/cli/working-with-slate/slate-link-1.webp)

3. The framework of the application will be automatically detected and listed along with its **install**, **build** commands, and the **build path**. Else, you will be able to select the framework manually from the terminal.

If you wish to proceed with the default configuration, enter **N**. Else, enter **Y** to make the necessary updates. 

![slate-link-2](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/cli/working-with-slate/slate-link-2.webp)

After the configurations are set, an entry will be made in the `catalyst.json` file to establish a connection between the project directory's path and the Slate service.

![slate-link-3](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/cli/working-with-slate/slate-link-3.webp)

> **Info:** This command is available in Non-interactive mode. Refer to the [Non-Interactive Catalyst CLI Commands](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/ai-toolkit/ni-cli/ni-commands/) page for the complete syntax.