MCP Examples

Once you've set up the MCP server, you can ask your AI agent to push content, manage boards, and route data to displays using natural language. Here are practical examples to get you started.

Sending updates

Simple message

"Send 'Deploy v3.8 completed' to my board"

Styled output

"Send 'ALL SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL' in large bold green text on a black background"

Target a specific panel

"Push the build log to panel 2 of my ops board"

Compact density for data-heavy content

"Send this table to my board in compact mode, centered"

Managing boards

Create a board

"Create a board called 'Incident Room' with a 2×2 grid layout"

List your boards

"What boards do I have?"

Set a default board

"Set the 'Ops Dashboard' board as my default"

Clean up

"Delete the board called 'Test Board'"

Multi-step workflows

Set up a new monitoring display

"Create a board called 'US-EAST Status', set it as my default, then send 'Waiting for data...' as a placeholder"

Incident response

"Create a board called 'Incident 2847' with a side-by-side layout. Send 'Timeline' to panel 1 and 'Actions' to panel 2."

Rotate through regions

"Send 'US-EAST: healthy' in green to panel 1, 'US-WEST: healthy' to panel 2, 'EU-WEST: degraded' in yellow to panel 3, and 'AP-SOUTH: healthy' in green to panel 4 of my regions board"

Real-world use cases

CI/CD pipeline status

"After each deploy, send the deployment result with the commit hash, environment, and timestamp to the ops board"

AI agent output routing

"Whenever you finish a research task, push a summary of your findings to my research board"

Scheduled summaries

"Summarize today's open PRs and send the count and list to my team board"

Error alerting

"If the error count exceeds 100 in the last hour, send a red alert to panel 1 of the ops board"

Tips

You don't need to specify a board ID if you've set a default board. Just say "send to my board."
Panel targeting works with any layout. Panel 1 is top-left, panel 2 is top-right, panel 3 is bottom-left, panel 4 is bottom-right in a 2×2 grid.
The agent discovers all available tools automatically — you don't need to memorize tool names or parameters. Just describe what you want.