Quick start guide

Welcome to BrandCast. This guide walks you through getting your first screen up and running. You’ll create a Design, add content, and connect your screen — most people finish in about 15 minutes.

New to BrandCast? When you first sign in, BrandCast walks you through a guided onboarding at /onboarding — a Chip-led conversational setup that covers the essentials. This guide picks up where onboarding leaves off.

What you’ll set up

• A Design that controls how your screen looks and what plays on it
• Content to fill each area of your Design’s Pages
• A paired screen showing live content

Step 1: Create a Design

A Design is what plays on your screen — a set of Pages that cycle in sequence. Each Page controls how one slide is laid out, where content appears, and how your brand colors and fonts apply.

1. Click Designs in the sidebar. The page shows three creation tiles: Blank design, From a template, and Generate with Twig.
2. Click Blank design, enter a name in the dialog, and click Create. Or click From a template to start from a ready-made design, or use Generate with Twig to describe what you want and let AI draft it.

Your Design opens in the editor. You can click any area to adjust it now, or come back later.

Tip: For a guided step-by-step wizard (Orientation → Template → Review & Name), use the + Create Design button on the Dashboard instead.

Step 2: Add content

Content is what fills each area in a Page. You can mix and match types — weather in one area, a slideshow in another, the time in the corner.

1. Click Content in the sidebar to open the Content Hub.
2. Click Add New.
3. In the New Content Source dialog, choose a category. Good starting options: Time, Weather, or Slideshow.
4. Walk through the setup wizard (Choose source → Configure → Add to layout → Create) and finish.
5. Repeat for each piece of content you want on your screen.

Once your content is saved, you can assign it to a Page area — either during the content wizard’s Add to layout step, or later by opening your Design and clicking an area.

Step 3: Create your display

A display in BrandCast represents the physical screen in your space. Displays are managed under Zones.

1. Click Zones in the sidebar to open Zone Management.
2. Click Add Display.
3. Enter a zone name (like “Lobby TV” or “Break Room Screen”) and its location.
4. Click Create Display.

Your new display appears as Unpaired, ready to connect to a screen.

Step 4: Connect your screen

1. On your TV or display device, open a web browser and go to displays.brandcast.app. The screen shows a pairing code.

2. In BrandCast admin, click Zones in the sidebar, then click Pair a device on your display (or go to /pair directly) to open the pairing page.

3. Enter the code shown on your TV and click Pair Display.

Your screen pairs within seconds and shows a waiting message until content is assigned.

Step 5: Schedule your Design

1. In Zone Management, click your display to open its detail panel.
2. In the Screen card, drag on a day column to draw a time window.
3. A Design picker appears at your pointer — select your Design.

Content starts showing on your screen within a minute.

What’s next

Now that your first screen is live, explore more of what BrandCast can do:

• More Designs — Create different Designs for different times of day and place them as blocks on the screen-week calendar
• More content types — Add calendars, announcements, employee schedules, news feeds, and more
• More screens — Add displays for every area of your space

Need help? Click Ask Twig in the bottom corner for personalized assistance with your specific setup.