Deploy a BrightSign Player in 10 Minutes with AI

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From zero to content on your digital signage player in under 10 minutes.

What We're Building

By the end of this post, you'll display an image on a BrightSign player using AI-generated code. No SDK. No framework. Just one prompt and a working script.

Let's go.

Prerequisites

A BSN.cloud account - Sign up free at bsn.cloud
A BSN network - Created when you sign up
A BrightSign player - Powered on, connected to a screen, registered to your network. If you don't have one, you can order a BrightSign player here, or if you haven't set it up yet, follow the Player Setup video.

Got all three? Start your timer.

Step 1: Get Your API Credentials

Log into the BSN Admin Panel. Navigate to Settings -> Applications -> Add Application. Name it anything. Give it Devices permissions (read and write). Copy:

Client ID
Secret

Store them safely, you'll need these so your application can authenticate.

Note: if you have trouble performing these steps, refer to the BrightSign API Authentication Guide.

Step 2: Install the MCP Server

The MCP server is the secret sauce to speeding up our deployment times. It will query the documentation in real-time to generate accurate, working code on the first try. No more copy-pasting from docs. No more trial-and-error.

Let's give your AI assistant direct access to BrightSign documentation.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add brightdeveloper-docs --transport http https://brightdeveloper-mcp.bsn.cloud/mcp

VS Code / Cursor: Add to your MCP settings:

{
  "servers": {
    "brightdeveloper": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://brightdeveloper-mcp.bsn.cloud/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step 3: Run the Prompt

Open Claude and paste this:

Generate a complete, working program that displays "Hello BrightSign" on my player.

# Requirements
- Use the BrightSign MCP server documentation to get the API details right
- Load credentials from a .env file, you create it and I'll fill in the values for BRIGHTSIGN_CLIENT_ID and BRIGHTSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET
- Authenticate with BSN.cloud
- Set network context after auth
- Use the Remote DWS (RDWS) API to upload files directly to the player's storage
- Upload an autorun.brs file that displays an image fullscreen
- Upload the hello-brightsign.png image from:
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BrightDevelopers/BrightDev/main/examples/hello-brightsign/static/hello-brightsign.png
- Reboot the player to run the new autorun
- Print progress at each step
- Single file I can run directly

# My Settings
- Language: Node.js / Go / Python / Anything you like
- Network name: YOUR_NETWORK_NAME_HERE
- Player serial: TARGET_PLAYER_SERIAL_HERE