MCP Server · Lightspeed Retail
MCP Server for Lightspeed Retail: Ask AI About Sales and Stock
The HexaSync MCP Server lets your AI assistant read data from your Lightspeed Retail (X-Series) store. Ask in plain language about the day’s sales, parked sales, returns, prices or the stock of a product at each outlet, instead of opening reports in the back office or exporting CSV files.
AI assistant
Ask about your Lightspeed Retail data
How many canvas totes are left at each outlet?
MCP tool call · lightspeed_get_inventory_levels
The Canvas tote has 41 units across 3 outlets. Riverside is below its reorder point.
- Downtown · 24 units
- Harbour · 14 units
- Riverside · 3 units · reorder point 5
MCP tools
Tools of the Lightspeed Retail MCP Server
The AI assistant uses the 6 read-only tools below, within the access you granted to HexaSync. Customers’ contact details, such as phone numbers and emails, are not given to the AI assistant. The connection only reads data: it does not write or change anything in Lightspeed Retail.
Store and connection
2 toolslist_connectionsRead-onlyList connections
Shows which connected Lightspeed Retail account the MCP connection works on.
lightspeed_list_outletsRead-onlyList outlets
The outlets of the store: name, currency, time zone, whether prices include tax, city, state and country. Street address, email and phone are not returned.
Sales
1 toolUp to 31 days per search.lightspeed_search_salesRead-onlySearch sales
Sales in a date range, newest first, optionally for one outlet and one state (closed, pending, parked or voided): invoice number, totals with and without tax, returns and line items. Customer names, ids and notes are never returned.
Products
2 toolslightspeed_list_productsRead-onlyList products
The products and variants of the store, or the products with one SKU: name, SKU, retail price with and without tax, supply price, brand, product type and category.
lightspeed_get_product_detailsRead-onlyProduct details
One product in detail: variant options, prices, barcodes, suppliers, categories and whether it tracks inventory.
Inventory
1 toollightspeed_get_inventory_levelsRead-onlyInventory levels
Stock of one product at each outlet: current quantity, reorder point and reorder amount, and the average and total cost when the connection may read costs.
Example questions
Questions You Can Ask Your AI Assistant
Ask the way you would ask a colleague. The answer depends on the data in your Lightspeed Retail store and on the AI app you use.
- Sales
“How many sales did we close yesterday, and what was the total including tax?”
Tool:
lightspeed_search_sales - Sales
“Which sales are still parked at the Downtown outlet?”
Tool:
lightspeed_search_sales - Sales
“How many returns did we process last week?”
Tool:
lightspeed_search_sales - Inventory
“How many units of SKU TOTE-CNV-01 are left at each outlet?”
Tool:
lightspeed_get_inventory_levels - Products
“What are the retail price and the supply price of SKU TOTE-CNV-01?”
Tool:
lightspeed_list_products - Products
“Which suppliers and barcodes does the Canvas tote have?”
Tool:
lightspeed_get_product_details - Outlets
“Which outlets do we have, and which currency and time zone does each use?”
Tool:
lightspeed_list_outlets
Users
Who in the Store Can Use It?
Store owners
See the day’s sales, returns and parked sales of each outlet without opening a report.
Inventory and operations staff
Check the stock and reorder point of a product at each outlet before you order or transfer.
Merchandising and purchasing
Compare retail prices, supply prices and suppliers of a product in one answer.
How to start
Get Started With the MCP Server for Lightspeed Retail
Connect Lightspeed Retail
Connect Lightspeed Retail to HexaSync and grant read access by following the Lightspeed Retail (X-Series) connection guide.
Add the MCP Server to your AI app
Add the HexaSync MCP Server of your Lightspeed Retail connection to an AI app that supports MCP, such as Claude.
Ask your question
Ask about your Lightspeed Retail data. The AI assistant calls the tools of the MCP Server to get the data and answer.
An AI assistant can answer wrongly. Check the numbers in Lightspeed Retail before an important decision.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Which data does the MCP Server for Lightspeed Retail use?
The AI assistant uses 6 read-only tools to get the outlets, sales, products, prices and stock levels of the Lightspeed Retail (X-Series) store you connected to HexaSync. One sales search covers at most 31 days. Customer names, ids and notes are never returned.
Can the AI assistant change products or sales in Lightspeed Retail?
No. All 6 tools of the Lightspeed Retail MCP Server are read-only. None of them can change products, sales or inventory in your Lightspeed Retail store.
Can the AI assistant see customers’ phone numbers or emails?
No. The tools of HexaSync MCP Servers do not give customers’ contact details, such as phone numbers and emails, to the AI assistant, even when the connected application stores them.
Which AI apps can I use a HexaSync MCP Server with?
Any AI app that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and lets you add a remote MCP server, such as Claude.
Do I have to replace the software I use?
No. Your application stays the place where your data is kept and managed. The MCP Server only lets the AI assistant read data from applications you have connected to HexaSync, within the access you granted.
See also
Related Pages
Lightspeed integrations
Sync products, inventory and sales between Lightspeed and your ecommerce, ERP or accounting software.
See detailsHexaSync Connectors
Every application HexaSync connects to.
See detailsMCP Server for Shopify
Sales, orders of the last 60 days, products, collections and inventory of your Shopify store, through 15 read-only tools.
See the MCP ServerUse the MCP Server for Lightspeed Retail
Connect Lightspeed Retail to HexaSync with the connection guide, then add the MCP Server to the AI app you use.
Connect Lightspeed Retail