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title: "Guides, Cookbooks, and Integrations"
sidebarTitle: 'Overview'
description: 'Helpful guides and design patterns for building with Honcho'
icon: 'hat-wizard'
---

<Note> Before you start a guide, follow [Quickstart](/v2/documentation/introduction/quickstart) to get up and running with Honcho in your language of choice. </Note>

These guides provide concrete examples and implementation patterns for building with Honcho. Whether you're integrating Honcho into existing platforms, exploring advanced features, or getting up and running quickly, you'll find working code you can adapt to your needs.

Each guide focuses on a specific use case with practical examples. The goal is to get you from idea to working prototype as quickly as possible, then provide the depth you need to scale and customize.


## Application Interfaces
Ready-to-use integration patterns for popular platforms:

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  <Card title="Discord Bot" icon="discord" href="/v2/guides/discord">
    Build a Discord bot that remembers users across conversations
  </Card>
  <Card title="Telegram Bot" icon="telegram" href="/v2/guides/telegram">
    Create a Telegram bot with persistent user understanding
  </Card>
  <Card title="MCP" icon="link" href="/v2/guides/mcp">
Get Honcho running with a single prompt in Cursor or Claude Code
    </Card>
</CardGroup>