StoreRounds is pre-production. The core workflow has been exercised with simulated data, but no named POS adapter has passed its production proof gate and no real non-canary chain is connected. These pages document the intended read-only, least-privilege setup so an owner and technician can inspect the plan before a pilot.
Apply for the founding cohortInvited accounts can use the portal, but a portal account does not mean a production POS adapter is available. Pilot setup is founder-assisted until the adapter and self-serve path are proven.
Start here
What is a retail operations agent?
A plain, vendor-neutral definition. How it differs from a dashboard and a checklist app, what it should be able to prove, and who needs one. Also in Korean.
How to get a multi-store morning report without building a spreadsheet
The plain-language guide to the core job. Fair to spreadsheets and to your POS's own reports, including where each option genuinely fits.
Is there an AI employee for a retail chain?
The intended operating model, its current prototype status, why most agents quit halfway, and how to evaluate one before trusting it with your numbers. Also in Korean.
A blueprint for reconciling cash across stores
How a future validated workflow would line up the drawer, deposit slip, and bank while keeping photo-only matches provisional.
A blueprint for dead inventory and stockouts
How a future validated workflow would flag a fast mover at zero and dead stock tying up cash, plus where an inventory system remains the right tool.
POS connection blueprints
On-premise SQL Server or MySQL POS
A validation blueprint with intended read-only grants, topology, and read-back proof. No generic production driver is live today.
Legacy and on-premise POS, explained
What counts as legacy (Microsoft RMS, NCR CounterPoint, QuickBooks POS, pcAmerica, Retail Pro), why cloud tools cannot read it, and where to start.
Microsoft RMS / Dynamics RMS
A validation blueprint for a future read-only SQL Server adapter. The production adapter is not live.
Retail Pro
A validation blueprint for possible SQL Server and MySQL editions. No Retail Pro production adapter is live today.
QuickBooks Desktop POS
Why there is no direct connector today, plus candidate migration and export paths that still require founder validation.
Square POS
A future OAuth validation blueprint with intended read scopes, read-back proof, and revocation. The adapter is not live.
Clover POS
A future scoped-token validation blueprint. The production adapter and self-serve path are not live.
Lightspeed Retail
A future R-Series or X-Series validation blueprint with least-privilege scope and read-back proof. The adapter is not live.
Heartland retail POS
Validation blueprints for pcAmerica, Heartland Retail, and Heartland Register. No production adapter is live.
NCR CounterPoint POS
A future read-only SQL Server validation blueprint. The production adapter is not live.
Security and trust
Trust and security
What is lab-proven, what remains a production gate, and how a future pilot would be audited and revoked.
For your IT person
A printable pre-production one-pager: the intended connector boundary and the proof a technician should demand before signing off.
How we compare
vs Zenput
Enterprise restaurant field-execution audits vs an overnight agent for small retail chains, and where Zenput is the better pick.
vs Crunchtime
An enterprise restaurant back-office suite vs a retail overnight agent, with the restaurant depth conceded plainly.
vs FranConnect
Enterprise franchise management for franchisors vs an overnight agent for owner-run chains, with the franchise-network depth conceded plainly.
vs Delightree
An AI-native staff platform versus the POS-read-and-reconcile workflow StoreRounds intends to prove, with SOP and training depth conceded to Delightree.
vs the Square Dashboard
Single-POS reporting and a built-in assistant vs a neutral cross-POS agent, and where the Square Dashboard is all you need.
vs Toast reporting
Restaurant reporting on Toast's own stack vs reading whatever POS your retail chain already runs.
vs Bindy
Human store-walk audits and checklists vs reading the POS overnight and chasing the exception, with the audit job conceded to Bindy.
vs Jolt
Labor, tasks, and food-safety logs vs reading sales and cash overnight, with food safety conceded to Jolt.
vs the nightly spreadsheet
The real incumbent, a hand-built sheet and a group text, compared warmly and honestly, including when the spreadsheet is still the right call.