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title: "Tidy for TRMNL — Tidy"
description: "Set up the Tidy plugin for your TRMNL e-ink display: install steps, available screens, and how sharing and privacy work."
url: https://www.tidy.engineering/docs/trmnl-guide
last_updated: 2026-07-22T21:10:31.000Z
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# Tidy for TRMNL

Last updated: July 2026

## What this is

TRMNL is a battery-powered e-ink display that rotates through glanceable screens. The Tidy plugin puts your Tidy workspace on it: your day’s calendar, open tasks, inbox highlights, project status, and more — always on, at a glance, with no phone in your hand.

The plugin is **read-only**. Your display shows what Tidy already knows; nothing on the device can change, send, or delete anything in your workspace.

## Screens you can show

- **Today:** a one-screen dashboard — upcoming calendar, open tasks, and inbox highlights side by side. The default screen.
- **Daily Summary:** the day’s activity summary Tidy writes for you.
- **Inbox Highlights:** what matters from your email, without opening your email.
- **Calendar & Tasks:** a focused agenda view of upcoming events and open tasks.
- **Project Status:** a single project’s highlights and recent movement. Pick the project when you configure the screen.
- **Analytics:** a few numbers that describe your week, with 7-day trends.
- **Meeting Brief:** who you’re meeting and the context you need, appearing shortly before the meeting — and stepping out of the rotation when nothing is coming up.

## Install

1. Find **Tidy** in the TRMNL plugin directory and choose **Install**.
2. Your browser opens Tidy. Sign in, or create an account right there.
3. Choose the workspace to connect and what to share — calendar, email, tasks & projects, summaries. You choose per category.
4. Choose **Allow**. You’re sent back to TRMNL and the plugin is live.
5. Add the screen to a playlist. On the next refresh your display shows the Today screen.

## Configure and manage

- Open the plugin’s settings in TRMNL to switch which screen an instance shows, or to pick the project for a Project Status screen.
- Want several screens in your rotation? Add more instances of the plugin — each one can show a different screen.
- For the Meeting Brief, mark the playlist item as *Important* so it can step forward when a meeting is near.

## Privacy

- Only the categories you approved are ever shown. Screens for anything you didn’t share display a “not shared” note instead.
- The connection is visible in Tidy under **Settings Connected Apps**, and you can revoke it there at any time. Revoking stops the display immediately.
- Uninstalling the plugin from TRMNL disconnects it on our side too.

## Questions

We’re happy to help: [support@tidy.engineering](mailto:support@tidy.engineering).