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What the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Means for IoT
A complete guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for IoT: what it is, why it fits IoT so well, how the request lifecycle and security model work, who ships an MCP server today, and how to try it in ten minutes against your real device data.
Introducing Analysis Endpoints
Give a Luau Analysis an HTTP URL for forms, webhooks, device configuration, and responses your dashboards can use.
Introducing Bun for Analysis
Run TypeScript and JavaScript in TagoIO with package-name imports, saved bundles, and connections to external services.
SCADA Without the Symbol Library
A pump station HMI built as one Custom Widget that TagoAI wrote from a description: what is on the screen, how commands reach the field, and the prompt to build your own.
How AI Billing Works in TagoIO: AI Credits and the AI Wallet
AI Credits in TagoIO are managed in the AI Wallet. Learn how credits are spent, tracked, capped per profile, and when they expire.
Introducing Luau for Analysis
Read stored device data, calculate new values, and update entities with Luau, an Analysis runtime with built-in helpers and no Analysis Token.
How to Hand Off an IoT Deployment to the Operations Team
The handover package that keeps an IoT deployment healthy after launch: ownership map, access policies, alert runbook, health dashboard, and a shadow period.
What a Real IoT Deployment Looks Like From Start to Finish
One generic deployment, 40 cold rooms across 6 sites, walked through every phase in dependency order with realistic durations and where the time actually goes.
How to Avoid Overcomplicating Your IoT Platform Choice
Why IoT platform evaluations stall on 80-row spreadsheets, which decisions are hard to reverse, and how a two-week pilot on real devices replaces the RFP.
How to Scope an IoT Project Before Buying Any Hardware
A scoping sequence that produces a one-page IoT project scope before the first purchase order, and how to test it on the platform with a simulated device.
What to Look For in IoT Platform Support Before You Sign
Support is what you actually buy once devices are in the field. How to test who answers, severity terms, decoder help, docs, and reseller support in the trial.
How to Get Executive Buy-In for an IoT Project
Why technology pitches for IoT stall at the executive level, and how to rebuild the pitch around one metric, a three-year cost, a pilot, and a phone demo.
IoT Data Visualization: From Dashboards to the Mobile App
How to structure IoT data visualization for a fleet: custom dashboards built once with Blueprint, Custom Widgets for missing charts, and a branded mobile app.