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Screenly as a platform

What it means that Screenly is headless, and the range of what you can build on it.

Most of these concepts treat Screenly as something you use. This one starts from a different angle: Screenly as something you build on.

These pages cover what makes that possible, and the range of what you can do with it.

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2 topics · 3 min read
  1. 1 Headless by design The dashboard is one client of the API, not the only way in. Everything Screenly does is reachable from code, and the CLI and MCP server are built on that same API.
  2. 2 What you can do with it Once Screenly is reachable from code, the common uses are automating operations, weaving it into your systems, building your own apps, and building your own product on top.
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