You can use the Component SDK to extend Studio by creating and deploying custom Security Managers and components.
You can create Security Managers to restrict access to specific data.
You can create custom components to visualize data in Studio. Once you deploy a custom component, it can be added to a project page.
As part of developing custom components, you can also create custom QueryFunctions, used to retrieve and display data on a component.
To see the full generated documentation for the Component SDK, see the Component SDK API Reference (Javadoc).