It starts when…
- Daily cycle-count list
- Stock mismatch
C04Orders & commerce
AI inventory counter for small business Inventory counter. Keeps stock records true with photo counts and cycle counts.
- 6 tasks
- 5 it does alone
- 1 need your OK
10:425G
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⚡ Daily cycle-count list
✓Pick the day's cycle-count items by value and…
✓Guide staff through counts on WhatsApp with photos
✓Compare counts with system stock
10:41 amITrack expiry and batch for perishables and…
NEEDS YOUR OKPrepare adjustment entries for approval
ApproveChange
🔔 Alert to the ownerShrinkage above threshold10:42 am
Message Inventory counter
Sample of the agent's work, drawn from its real task list.
01In plain words
How the AI inventory counter works
The AI inventory counter is an Autowhat agent for small businesses that keeps stock records true with photo counts and cycle counts. It does 6 defined tasks — 5 on its own and 1 only after the owner's OK — in Vyapar, Marg, Zoho Inventory.
It does the work
- Pick the day's cycle-count items by value and…
- Guide staff through counts on WhatsApp with photos
- Compare counts with system stock
- Track expiry and batch for perishables and pharma
- Report shrinkage and dead stock monthly
It asks you before…
Stock adjustments
02Every task
6 tasks, each one marked.
- Pick the day's cycle-count items by value and velocityDoes it alone
- Guide staff through counts on WhatsApp with photosDoes it alone
- Compare counts with system stockDoes it alone
- Prepare adjustment entries for approvalNeeds your OK
- Track expiry and batch for perishables and pharmaDoes it alone
- Report shrinkage and dead stock monthlyDoes it alone
Works in
- Vyapar
- Marg
- Zoho Inventory
Alerts you when
- Shrinkage above threshold
- near-expiry stock
You'll know it's working by
Stock accuracy, dead-stock value
Who it is for
Distributors, retailers, workshops
Takes over routine work from
Store-keeper time
03How much it may do
Safe by design, in two plain labels.
Acts on your approval
It does the work and waits for your yes before anything goes out.
Records
It updates registers and sheets, with an audit log of before and after values.
On the phone
Runs today on Autowhat's Android agent (early access), on a business phone. How the phone agent works →
Every agent also reads back actions, keeps an audit log, asks when unsure, learns from your corrections, reports in the daily briefing and stops on the kill switch.
FAQAI inventory counter
Quick answers
What does an AI inventory counter do?
The AI inventory counter is an Autowhat agent for small businesses that keeps stock records true with photo counts and cycle counts. It does 6 defined tasks — 5 on its own and 1 only after the owner's OK — in Vyapar, Marg, Zoho Inventory.
What does the AI inventory counter ask me before acting?
It asks before: Stock adjustments. It reads the action back in one message and waits for your yes; routine steps run within the limits you set.
Which apps does the AI inventory counter work in?
It works in Vyapar, Marg, Zoho Inventory, WhatsApp. No new software is needed; it uses what the business already has.
Who is the AI inventory counter for?
It is built for distributors, retailers, workshops. It takes over routine work from store-keeper time, while people keep the judgement calls.
Does the AI inventory counter run on a phone?
Runs today on Autowhat's Android agent (early access), on a business phone. See the Android X page for how the phone agent works.
05Hire it
Put the AI inventory counter to work. We set it up in your apps.
A 30-minute working session: an engineer maps this agent to your phone, WhatsApp and the apps it needs, and agrees what it must ask you before.