Reference

Use this section when you need exact API details, limits, or implementation-facing reference material rather than a step-by-step guide.

API and integrations

• HTTP API overview covers API paths, response formats, authentication, and the OpenAPI definition.
• API endpoints lists every route’s parameters and responses, generated from the OpenAPI definition.
• Content definition reference lists the Widget, App, and Data Source definitions generated from Tilecast’s source files.
• Command-line interface and MCP explain the tilecast CLI, its command groups, and the MCP tools and risk levels. tilecast <command> --help lists every flag.
• Personal access tokens and integration tokens explain the two kinds of API token, their permissions, and their lifecycle.
• Manual Table integration and fleet health document supported integration requests.

Releases

• Releases and downloads explains the Stable and Beta channels, where each platform’s download lives, and how updates are ordered.

Product operations

• Screen status explains Fleet connection labels.
• Activity reports explains playback history, incidents, and health information.
• Install built-in plugins lists the current optional plugins and their requirements.
• Player capability matrix compares Android, Linux, Tilecast Edge, and Windows feature by feature. The Edge capability matrix compares Edge with the AppImage Player.
• Manage Tilecast links to account, backup, security, networking, and Player-policy guides.

Repository reference

These documents live with the source because they are mainly useful to maintainers and integrators:

• Player protocol and device credential security
• LAN discovery
• Activity metric definitions and event contract
• Settings registry and Player policy contract
• Programmable control plane, the contract for the CLI, MCP, and plugin automation
• Widgets V2, the Widget component and renderer contract
• OpenAPI YAML