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Guides · · 9 min read
Moving from a hosted wearable API to Open Wearables: a migration playbook
Moving from a hosted wearable API to Open Wearables is usually a re-integration rather than a data migration. This playbook walks through the decisions, the steps in order, how your users reconnect and what to tell your security team.
Guides · · 7 min read
Why teams move from a hosted wearable API to Open Wearables
A hosted wearable API is a sensible way to start. As a product grows, the questions change: whose provider apps, whose cloud, whose schema. Here is why teams move to Open Wearables, what they get after the move, and what it asks of them.
Guides · · 5 min read
How Wearable Data Flows From Device to Your API: A Complete Architecture Guide
Wearable data does not go directly from device to your API. It flows through the provider cloud, then Open Wearables, then PostgreSQL, then your application. Here is what each step looks like.
Guides · · 5 min read
How to Build an AI Agent That Reasons Over Health Data
An AI agent that reasons over health data is different from one that reads it. Here is how the Open Wearables MCP server works and how to build the reasoning layer on top of it.
Guides · · 5 min read
How to Add Wearable Data to a Corporate Wellness Platform
Corporate wellness platforms need wearable data from multiple providers without requiring employees to switch devices. Here is what Open Wearables handles and what your application builds on top.
Guides · · 5 min read
Wearable Data Deduplication: How to Handle Users With Multiple Devices
Users with multiple wearables produce overlapping data. Here is how Open Wearables handles within-provider deduplication automatically and how the priority system resolves cross-provider conflicts.
Guides · · 6 min read
How to Structure Health Data for AI: What Your LLM Actually Needs
Raw wearable data breaks LLMs. Consistent structure does not. Here is what the Open Wearables data model looks like and how to decide what to pass to your model for each type of health question.
Guides · · 5 min read
What Is an Open Source Wearable API and When Does It Make Sense
An open source wearable API gives you the integration code itself, not just an endpoint. Here is what that means in practice, what Open Wearables provides, and when this approach fits your product.
Guides · · 5 min read
How to Add Wearable Support to an Existing Health App in Days, Not Months
Adding wearable support to an existing app does not require rebuilding your data layer. Open Wearables sits alongside your backend. Here is what the integration looks like and how long each step actually takes.
Guides · · 6 min read
How to Handle OAuth, Webhooks, and Token Refresh Across Multiple Wearable Providers
Every wearable provider implements OAuth differently, delivers data through a different mechanism, and has different token lifecycle rules. Here is how Open Wearables abstracts all of it and what your application still needs to handle.
Guides · · 8 min read
How to Give Your LLM Access to Wearable Data
Most LLM integrations with health data dump raw numbers into context and hope for the best. Here is how to use the Model Context Protocol with Open Wearables so your LLM queries the right data and reasons about it.
Guides · · 4 min read
How to Build a HIPAA-Compliant Health App That Uses Wearable Data
HIPAA compliance starts with where data lives. Open Wearables is self-hosted: wearable data stays on your infrastructure. Here is what the platform provides and what you need to configure yourself.
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