@HeyJoe and @jhazelwood are probably best suited to answer this question.
As for the other questions: I have no experience building any Forge app, including Connect on Forge, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to help out here, but perhaps there are others on this forum that might provide some insights. It seems like this is the more appropriate thread to ask that question given that @aron.gombas already mentioned there that they have experience with building a Connect on Forge app