beehiivThe lunch rush is over and you want to know how today went.
Square has the answer, a login away, on the same device that’s busy taking the next order. So you guess, and find out properly tonight.
What the board shows
Today’s sales, as one number that climbs through the day. Recent payments and orders, newest first. A ring for the day’s goal, so you can see how close you are without opening anything.
Ask for what you want in plain words. Square sends payments and orders as they are. When a widget needs a total or a ranking, like this week’s best sellers, your agent writes a small custom widget that works it out from what Square sent. Custom widgets run sealed off, with no network access of their own.
Put the board on whatever screen is handy. It runs in a browser, so a laptop by the counter or the phone in your pocket both work.
Where the numbers come from
Square runs an MCP server that connects apps to your Square account. The board signs in to it the way an AI app would, on Square’s own page, with your Square login. No token to make or paste.
Square’s hosted server only reaches your live account, so the numbers are your real sales, never test data. The board reads them while it’s open. If Square doesn’t answer, the widget keeps the last good number and says what went wrong and when. It never shows a number Square didn’t send.
Sales next to the rest of your day
Square is one tile. Put PayPal invoices beside it if you bill some customers that way, add your to-do list and a clock, and the board becomes the one place you check between orders.
If you run more than one way of getting paid, the business dashboard shows how they fit on one board.