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title: Integrate Capawesome Insiders with Ionic Appflow
description: Install private Capawesome Insiders npm packages in your Ionic Appflow builds. Configure access tokens and npm registry for Capacitor CI/CD.
---

# Ionic Appflow

You can use private Capawesome npm packages within your [Ionic Appflow](https://ionic.io/appflow){:target="_blank"} builds by configuring the Capawesome npm registry.
This guide shows you how to set up authentication to access the private packages from the Capawesome Insiders program.

## Preparation

### Create an Ionic Appflow Environment Variable

[Get your license key](../faq.md#where-can-i-find-my-license-key) and add it to your Ionic Appflow environment as an encrypted secret with the name `CAPAWESOME_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN` as described in [Using private npm modules](https://ionic.io/docs/appflow/cookbook/private_npm_modules){:target="_blank"}.

???+ warning "Keep your license key secure"

    Never commit your license key directly to your repository and always use environment variables to store sensitive information like authentication tokens.

## Configuration

### Configure the npm registry

Create a new file named `.npmrc` in the root of your project and add the following content:

```.npmrc
@capawesome-team:registry=https://npm.registry.capawesome.io
//npm.registry.capawesome.io/:_authToken=${CAPAWESOME_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN}
```

This file will automatically configure npm to use the Capawesome registry for `@capawesome-team` packages during Ionic Appflow builds.