# Prerequisites for developing third-party applications for Amazon Connect Customer agent workspace
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To develop and test an application for use in Amazon Connect Customer agent workspace, you must have the following:
+ An Amazon Connect instance
+ An IAM user that has the proper permissions for creating an application and associating it with the instance. For more information on the required user permissions, see the [IAM role required for creating applications in Amazon Connect Customer agent workspace](appendix-role-required.md)
+ An Amazon Connect user in that instance that has permissions to update security profiles

**Topics**
+ [IAM role required](appendix-role-required.md)