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description: To distribute automated business processes or bootstrap an Experience Builder site with a complete solution or new look, create a Lightning Bolt Solution. A Lightning Bolt Solution can include flows, custom Lightning apps, or Experience Builder templates or pages. Before you create a solution, group flows that you want to include in a flow category.
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# Distribute Flows via Lightning Bolt Solutions

To distribute automated business processes or bootstrap an Experience Builder site with a complete solution or new look, create a Lightning Bolt Solution. A Lightning Bolt Solution can include flows, custom Lightning apps, or Experience Builder templates or pages. Before you create a solution, group flows that you want to include in a flow category.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d142707e60 ">To create a flow category:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d142707e60 ">Customize Application </td>

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1. Add your flows to a flow category. You can only add active flows.
2. Create your Lightning Bolt Solution. Add one or more flow categories, custom Lightning apps, and Lightning Community templates or pages.
3. Package the solution to distribute it to your own orgs, or share or sell it on AppExchange.

#### See Also

- [Add Flows to a Lightning Bolt Solution](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_builder_export_flow_category.htm&language=en_US)
- [Lightning Bolt for Salesforce: Build Once, Then Distribute and Reuse](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_builder_export_overview.htm&language=en_US)