# Application Forms for User Groups Automation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-forms-for-user-groups-automation/285170
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-forms-for-user-groups-automation/285170 "2023-11-11T11:56:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JamesTheClarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesTheClarke)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-forms-for-user-groups-automation/285170/1 "2023-11-11T11:56:30Z")
I run a medium-sized gaming community with several administrative positions that often get rotated. Previously we used enjin for a long time which featured the ability to create custom application forms for those various positions.
Community members could apply for a position and the admins could review/discuss the application directly and privately on the form. After a decision was made an admin could either accept or reject a form and then the user would be added/removed from certain user groups to automate access control to sensitive forum parts.
Basically what we are looking for is the functionality of the [Appy Discord](https://docs.appybot.xyz/) bot but for Discourse. Is there an official plugin which could fulfill this purpose or any tips on how we could achieve this?
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### Author:  [@JamesTheClarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesTheClarke)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-forms-for-user-groups-automation/285170/2 "2023-11-14T13:46:26Z")
If there is no official plugin or theme component facilitating application forms would it be possible to move this topic into the feature request category?
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-forms-for-user-groups-automation/285170/3 "2023-11-14T14:52:01Z")
You could create a [form template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-experimental-form-templates/278631) – However, customizations are likely needed to validate and automatically add a user to a group.
You have [Custom Wizard Plugin 🧙](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345), but it’s unclear to me whether there is a validation system.
You can create a group with a custom template. However, that’s not super convenient to create a form within it. (That would be nice if you could use a Form Template here). It’s probably the closest to what you want.
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