# How can I award points manually?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** gamification
**Created:** [July 7, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729 "2023-07-07T13:55:49Z")
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### Author:  [@EaZee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EaZee)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729/1 "2023-07-07T13:55:49Z")
Apologies if I’m overlooking how this functionality works. I see the roadmapped item is crossed off:
- ~~Allow admins to award/remove arbitrary points to users to allow integration with out-of-Discourse scorable events~~
Can someone share how this is acheived? Can I easily do this with a hosted Discourse? Or does the strikethrough mean no longer on the roadmap vs. completed.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729/2 "2023-07-07T14:37:17Z")
You can do this by using the API. 👍 There’s more info in this topic:
> [@How to integrate Discourse Gamification with an external system (redeem and award points)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-discourse-gamification-with-an-external-system-redeem-and-award-points/262968/1):
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> Since we launched [Discourse Gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gamification/225916) a year ago, one of the most requested features from our roadmap has been the ability to make it possible to integrate Discourse Gamification with external gamification system . Examples are plenty: Integrate with existing gamification programs in companies ability to award points for events that happen outside of Discourse, like IRL events, or elsewhere online, like being a customer in a community, or buying a product. the ability to allow users …
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729/3 "2023-07-07T16:08:30Z")
We use this feature today to award points to users who contribute to our GitHub repos. We use the Discourse GitHub Verification plugin:
> [@Discourse GitHub Verification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-verification/267030):
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> discourse2Summary Verifies that a user owns a given GitHub accounthammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [GitHub - discourse/discourse-github-verification: Verifies that a Discourse user is the owner of a Github account](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-github-verification)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features This plugin allows users to verify that they own a given GitHub account. This is separate from login with GitHub. It simply displays the a link to a user’s GitHub account on their user card a…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-award-points-manually/275729/4 "2023-08-18T19:31:35Z")
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