--- title: "Guides | Open Wearables Blog" description: "Every Open Wearables blog post filed under Guides, newest first: what changed, how it works and how to build with it." canonical_url: "https://openwearables.io/blog/category/guides" --- # Guides Blog Every post filed under Guides, newest first. [Get started](https://openwearables.io/docs/quickstart) [Book a demo](https://openwearables.io/book) ## Posts Guides · Oct 26, 2026 · 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 · Oct 26, 2026 · 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 · Jul 28, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 22, 2026 · 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 · Jul 21, 2026 · 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 · Jul 21, 2026 · 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 · Jul 21, 2026 · 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. The platform ## Looking for the product rather than the post? ### [Platform](https://openwearables.io/platform) ### [Integrations](https://openwearables.io/integrations) ### [Pricing](https://openwearables.io/pricing)