Advanced Features
Most of what the AI assistant does runs on your own data — inventory, tasks, posts, your team, the knowledgebase — and all of that is part of the subscription, with no metering beyond everyday fair use. This page covers the advanced features: the capabilities that reach out to the public internet or bring extra AI horsepower to a question. They sit on top of the subscription, with a monthly usage allowance included — see Included Usage and Pricing below.
Together, they turn the chat box into a market-research desk. In one conversation you can check what the market charges, see whether demand is ramping, find out who’s nearby, and catch the news that’s about to empty a shelf — right next to your own stock levels and sales history.
Web Search
Section titled “Web Search”The AI can search the public web for anything your own data can’t answer: product facts and spec sheets, how-tos, vendor details, the weather.
- “What’s the mixing ratio for this two-part epoxy?”
- “Is this Milwaukee battery compatible with their older M18 tools?”
- “What’s the weekend forecast — worth building the rain-gear display?”
The reply cites its sources, so you can open the page it drew from and judge for yourself.
Recent headlines, with sources and dates — the events that move demand before your sales data knows it.
- “Any storms heading our way this week?” — time to front the generators, tarps, and batteries.
- “What’s happening in town this weekend?” — a festival downtown means foot traffic; a road closure means the opposite.
- “Any news on the lumber tariffs?” — a supply story today is a pricing conversation next month.
Local Places
Section titled “Local Places”Businesses and places near your store, with ratings, hours, phone numbers, and addresses.
- “What garden centers are around us?” — know your competition before setting the seasonal assortment.
- “Where’s the nearest propane refill station?” — a good referral keeps a customer even when the answer isn’t on your shelf.
- “Are there contractors’ offices nearby?” — worth knowing who might want a pro desk account.
Market Prices
Section titled “Market Prices”Real product listings from online merchants, with a price summary across the market — the low, the median, and the high.
- “What do 6-foot fiberglass step ladders go for online?” — answer a price-match request with data instead of a guess.
- “We’re thinking of carrying heated jackets — what’s out there and at what price points?” — scout an assortment addition with real listings, not memory.
- “Is our Stanley tape measure priced in line with the market?” — check your shelf price against what customers see online.
Amazon
Section titled “Amazon”Amazon’s catalog specifically — it doesn’t show up in general market searches, so this is its own lookup. Listings come back with prices, ratings, Prime availability, and how fast an item is selling there (“bought in past month”).
- “A customer says this drill is cheaper on Amazon — is it?” — verify at the counter, in seconds.
- “How well does this pole saw sell on Amazon?” — purchase velocity is a demand signal you can’t get from your own register.
Demand Trends
Section titled “Demand Trends”Search-interest for a product or category over the past year — seasonality and direction, on a 0–100 scale.
- “Is grass seed interest ramping up yet?” — build the end cap when demand starts climbing, not after it peaks.
- “When does interest in pool chemicals peak around here?” — plan the reset around the curve, not the calendar.
- “Are pellet grills still growing, or was that a fad?” — a year of trend data settles it.
Bigger Requests
Section titled “Bigger Requests”For a job too big for a single pass — reviewing every bay in the store, sweeping a whole department for stale counts — the AI can quietly fan out read-only helpers that work through it in parallel. You don’t manage them; they just make broad requests finish.
The Max Model
Section titled “The Max Model”Max is the most capable model tier, for questions that deserve careful, multi-step reasoning: a deep analysis, a tricky compatibility chain, a plan you want done right. On the web, switch to it with the model button next to the chat input; anywhere, the Think Harder button under a reply re-runs the same question on the most capable model. See Choosing How the AI Responds.
Automations run on the advanced tier too, so a scheduled morning digest gets the same quality as a question you ask in person.
Included Usage and Pricing
Section titled “Included Usage and Pricing”Advanced features aren’t part of the standard subscription price. Instead, every organization gets a modest monthly allowance of advanced usage included — plenty for occasional use, and it resets at the start of each month.
If the allowance runs out mid-month, nothing breaks — the advanced features simply pause until the month rolls over. A Max request answers on the standard Smart model instead, automations keep running on the standard tier, and every core feature — searching your inventory, tasks, and knowledgebase, creating tasks and posts, image recognition, voice — keeps working exactly as before. Core features are never metered this way; within everyday fair use, lean on the assistant as much as you like.
If your team finds the allowance too snug, reach out to us — we can extend it for your organization.
Getting Access
Section titled “Getting Access”An admin grants the chat:web_search and chat:subagents permissions — see Roles and Permissions. Admins and the manager preset have them by default.