# Cookbook

`oatbar` tries to keep pre-packaged plugins or modules to a minimum.
Instead it offers easy ways of achieving the same by integrating
external data sources, tools or modules from ecosystems of other bars.

## Next

1. Learn where to get [**data**](./data.md) to show it on the bar.
2. If you have the data, proceed learning how to [**display**](./appearance.md) it.
3. If you know the basic, see some [**advanced applications**](./advanced.md) of `oatbar` concepts.
4. Let AI assistants read and write your bar live with [**MCP**](./mcp.md).
