Chaukas by StoreSutra
Ask once.Know instantly.
Chaukas is the AI partner that lives on every screen of StoreSutra. Anyone at your store asks, and gets the answer on the spot, with the working shown. No waiting for the owner, the manager or the accountant.
Why it exists
The answer shouldn't depend on who's in the shop today.
A counter assistant wants to know which rack a medicine is on. A manager wants to know what's expiring this month. The owner wants to know why one store fell behind. Usually each of these means calling someone or opening three reports. With Chaukas, you ask once.
Without Chaukas
- Phone the owner to ask if a discount is allowed
- Wait for the manager to check expiry dates on the shelf
- Ask the CA at month end what the real profit was
- Open a report per store just to compare them
With Chaukas
- “How do I give a discount above my limit?” answered on the spot
- “What expires in the next 30 days?” with a return-list draft
- “Dhalli’s net profit this month, and why it dropped” with the lines behind it
- “Which store is behind this week?” in one sentence
What you can ask
Fifteen kinds of questions, from the counter to the cabin.
Ask in your own words. Chaukas works out what you mean, which stores and which period, then answers from the matching report.
Sales summary
Sales for any day, week or month, by store.
Kal ki sale kitni rahi?
Store comparison
Which store is ahead or behind, and by how much.
Which store is weakest this week?
Top items
Best sellers by quantity or value.
Top 10 items at Mall Road this month
Margin
Gross margin by store, category or item, for roles allowed to see it.
Margin on OTC items in October
Stock check
Quantity, batch and rack for an item in your store.
Is Cetirizine in stock?
Low stock
Items at or below reorder level, with transfer suggestions.
What is running low at Sanjauli?
Expiry risk
Stock value in each expiry window, by store and batch.
What expires in the next 30 days?
Return list
Batches still eligible for supplier return.
Which batches can I send back?
Dead stock
Items that haven't sold for a set number of days.
What hasn't sold in 90 days?
Customer dues
Credit outstanding and overdue customers.
Who owes more than ₹5,000?
Attendance
Who is present, late or absent, and monthly patterns.
Who was late more than 3 times?
Expenses
Spending by head and store, and what's pending approval.
Electricity across stores this month
Profit
Net profit per store after salary and expenses.
Why did Solan lose money in October?
How-to
Step-by-step help with any screen in the app.
How do I receive a transfer?
Reports
Opens the right report with the filters already set.
Show the GST summary for October
How it gets the numbers right
StoreSutra calculates. Chaukas only explains.
Numbers never come from the AI's imagination. They come from the same reports you'd open yourself, and every figure in the reply is checked against them before you see it.
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You ask
Typed in English, Hindi or Hinglish, from any screen.
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Role check
Your business, role and stores are confirmed first. Out-of-role questions are politely declined.
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Understand
The AI identifies the kind of question, the stores, the period and the item.
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Calculate
StoreSutra runs a pre-written, read-only query on the matching report.
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Write
The AI turns the result into a short, plain sentence.
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Check every number
If a number in the reply isn't in the result, the reply is replaced with the report itself.
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Show the working
Period, stores, formula and a link to open the source report.
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Learn
Your thumbs up or down helps us improve the answers.
Without being asked
Chaukas speaks first when something needs you.
Twice a day it sends a short brief, and through the day it flags patterns a busy owner would miss.
- 09:00Morning digest: yesterday's sales by store, expiry at risk, low stock, absent staff, pending approvals
- 23:00Owner summary: sales against last week, best and weakest store, margin, unusual discounts and voids
- DailySuggestions: transfer drafts for stock imbalance and reorder drafts for low stock
- LiveFlags: discounts or voids that don't match a store's usual pattern
Guardrails
Helpful, and careful about it.
An assistant that touches your money and your stock has to earn trust. These are the lines Chaukas never crosses.
1Your data only
Never crosses businesses
Every question is answered only from your business, and only from the stores your role can see. We test this with questions designed to leak other stores' data.
2Drafts, not actions
A person decides
Return lists, transfers and orders open as drafts on the real screen. Anything that moves money or stock needs a manager or owner PIN.
3No guessing
Says when it doesn't know
If the data isn't there, Chaukas says so. It never gives medical advice and sends health questions to the pharmacist. Customer phone numbers stay masked.
Questions
About Chaukas
The things owners ask before they let an AI near their business.
Does Chaukas cost extra?
Chaukas is part of StoreSutra. Each plan includes a monthly number of questions; we'll share the details during your demo.
Can staff ask about profit?
No. Chaukas answers only within a person's role. Counter staff can ask about stock, expiry and how to use the app; profit, margin and purchase rates stay with the owner and anyone the owner allows.
What does Chaukas send to the AI model?
Only your question and the small calculated result needed for that one answer, never your full tables. Customer phone numbers are masked before anything leaves StoreSutra.
Can I ask by voice?
Today you type your question. Asking by voice in Hindi and regional languages is on our roadmap.
Ask your own business a question.
In a demo we load sample data across several stores. Ask Chaukas anything you like.