AI Connections Overview
AI assistants like Claude Desktop and ChatGPT can read your store data and answer questions about your business in plain language. The AI Connections feature lets you grant an AI tool secure, read-only access to specific parts of your store — orders, reports, products, customers, inventory — and revoke that access at any time.
What are AI Connections?
An AI Connection is a secure link between an external AI tool and your Fuze Store account. You decide which AI tool gets access, what it can read, and when to disconnect it. The AI tool reads your data to answer your questions. It cannot create, edit, or delete anything.
What the AI Can Answer
Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant questions like:
- "What were my top-selling products last month?"
- "Show me my sales trend for this quarter."
- "Which day of the week has the highest revenue at my main store?"
- "How many orders did I process today?"
- "What is my average order value for dine-in customers?"
The AI reads the data you approved and responds in plain language.
What Permissions Can the AI Get?
When you create an AI Connection, you choose which permissions to grant. You can grant as few or as many as you need. The AI tool only sees the data you explicitly approve.
Store profile, staff list, and store settings.
Example: "Who works at my Cebu branch?"
Order history, line items, and order status.
Example: "Show me yesterday's orders."
Sales reports, transaction summaries, and analytics.
Example: "What was my total revenue last week?"
Product catalog, prices, and descriptions.
Example: "Which products cost more than ₱500?"
Customer profiles and purchase history.
Example: "Who are my top 5 customers this month?"
Stock levels and inventory locations.
Example: "What products are running low?"
COGS, gross margin, expenses, tax, cash variance, and P&L.
Example: "What is my gross margin by category last month?"
Cashier sessions, events and bookings, KDS performance.
Example: "How is the kitchen pacing today?"
Per-staff sales, refunds, and discount activity.
Example: "Who are my top 3 staff by sales this week?"
Let the AI import a menu or price list into your catalog — with a preview and your approval before anything is written.
Example: "Here's a photo of my menu — import it into my catalog."
Every permission except Catalog Import is read-only. Catalog Import is the one write permission: it can create and update catalog items, only after showing you a preview and getting your approval in the chat — it can never delete anything, and it can't touch orders, money, or settings.
How the Connection Works
Setting up an AI Connection uses an industry-standard flow called OAuth2 with PKCE. You don't need to understand the details — Fuze Store has a short list of presets for popular AI tools (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor) that auto-fill the technical fields for you. Just pick the preset matching your AI tool and the form takes care of the rest.
Here is what happens from your side:
Public vs Confidential Connections
When you create a connection, you pick a Connection Type:
- Public (default, recommended) — For desktop AI apps like Claude Desktop and ChatGPT. No secret is issued. The connection uses PKCE for security.
- Confidential — For server-to-server scripts and automated integrations. A Client Secret is issued and shown only once.
If you are not sure, pick Public. It is the right choice for nearly every AI tool.
Security and Privacy
- Your password is never shared. The AI never sees your Fuze Store credentials.
- The AI only sees what you approve. You review the exact list of permissions on the consent screen before approving.
- Store-scoped access. If you own multiple stores, you pick exactly one store per connection.
- Revoke any time. One click removes the AI's access immediately.
- Read-only. The AI cannot place orders, edit products, or change settings.
You are always in control
Every permission is opt-in. Grant only what the AI needs. You can always create multiple connections with different permission sets and revoke them independently.
Supported AI Tools
Any AI tool that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and OAuth2 PKCE can connect to Fuze Store. The in-app connect guide has presets for:
- Claude Desktop and Claude Code by Anthropic
- ChatGPT and Codex CLI by OpenAI
- Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf
- Any custom MCP client built by developers
Does the AI Tool Need a Paid Account?
The Fuze Store AI Connections add-on is paid (the badge at the top of this page). Separately, some AI tools require their own paid account on the tool's side before you can add a custom MCP connector. This is set by each AI vendor, not by Fuze Store, and can change over time.
These AI tools need a paid account to add a connector
- ChatGPT — adding a custom connector needs a paid ChatGPT plan (Plus, Pro, Business, or Enterprise). The free plan can't add custom MCP connectors.
- Claude Code — needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or Max) or an Anthropic API key. There is no free Claude Code tier.
- Codex CLI — needs a paid ChatGPT plan or an OpenAI API key with billing enabled.
These AI tools work on a free account
Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf can add a Fuze Store connection on their free tiers (some impose their own usage limits). You still need the paid Fuze Store AI Connections add-on either way.