How to use Mise

Every tool,
step by step.

What each part of Mise does and how to use it, from your first brief to the rota.

Forecasts Covers Menu Staff Rota Venues Referrals
Service forecasts

Know tonight
before the first ticket.

Mise takes your past covers for the same day and shift, searches the weather and local events for the date with Perplexity, and gives it all to Claude to write the service brief.

1
Choose the date and shift
Pick the date and the shift: lunch, dinner or late night. Add notes for the service, such as a private event or a holiday menu.
2
Write the brief
Mise searches the weather and local events, reads your averages for that day and shift, and sends it all to Claude. It costs one credit, which comes back if the brief fails.
3
Read your brief
Predicted covers, revenue, food and labour cost, a staff plan by position with cut times, and portions per dish when you have sales history.
4
Get it by email
When a brief is ready, Mise can email you. A single brief comes with its own link, which anyone can open and print without an account.
Example
Saturday dinner · High confidence
Service brief
Predicted covers187
Projected revenue$9,340
Food cost31%
Labour cost28%
Weather22°C, clear
EventsTown hall concert
Perplexity and Claude
Perplexity searches the weather, local events, holidays and disruptions for the date. Claude writes the brief from that and your own numbers, and the brief shows what the search found.
Covers and sales history

The numbers
every brief reads.

Your covers history is what each brief reads first. There are three ways to get it into Mise.

POS webhook
Each venue has its own webhook address. Toast and Lightspeed payloads are recognised, and any system that can post JSON works with the standard format.
ToastLightspeedJSON
CSV or Excel upload
Export from your POS and drop the file in. Claude reads the columns and pulls out covers, revenue and dish-level sales.
CSVXLSXXLS
By hand
Log a service with its date, shift, covers, revenue and notes. Useful to start with, or to fill gaps.
Quick logBackfill
Every service you log counts
A brief averages your past services on the same day and shift, so each one you log adds to the baseline for that slot.
Staff

Your team,
in your own words.

Add your staff with the position titles your kitchen uses, and each person's rate and limits.

Your position titles
Expo, KP, barback, window: whatever your kitchen calls them.
Max covers per shift
Record how many covers each person can handle in a shift.
Hourly rates
The rota works out labour cost from these rates.
Experience
Junior, mid or senior, on each profile.
Upload your roster
Drop a CSV or Excel file. Claude reads the names, titles and rates.
Position plans
Each brief sets a headcount for each position, what it covers, and when to send people home.
Rota

Schedule by position,
with the cost in view.

A weekly grid that adds up labour cost as you build it, and shows it as a share of forecast revenue.

1
Assign shifts
Days across, staff down. Click a cell to add or remove a lunch, dinner or late-night shift.
2
Set hours per shift
Set how long each shift runs. The cost is the hours times each person's hourly rate.
3
Watch the labour cost
The weekly total, each day's cost, and labour as a percentage of forecast revenue update as you go.
4
Compare with the brief
On days with a brief, open its position plan to see the suggested staffing beside your rota.
Cut times
Each brief's position plan gives every position a time to send people home, with the reason, so you can decide on the night.
Weekly labour cost as you build
Labour as a percentage of forecast revenue
The brief's position plan for each day
A cut time for each position
Venues and team access

Several sites,
one account.

Run several restaurants from one account. Each venue has its own covers, menu, staff and briefs. Invite your team as managers or viewers.

Separate data per venue
Each venue has its own covers history, menu, staff, rota and briefs.
A place for each venue
Set each venue's city or location. Its briefs search the weather and events for that place.
Team invites
Invite your sous chef or manager as a Manager, who can edit, or a Viewer, who can read.
A POS webhook per venue
Each venue has its own webhook address, so different sites can use different systems.
Opening hours
Record each venue's opening and closing times.
Seating capacity
Each brief is given the venue's seating capacity along with its history.
Referrals

Earn credits by
sharing Mise.

Every account has its own referral link. When someone signs up through it and buys a Growth or Pro pack, you both get 5 bonus forecast credits.

1
Copy your link
It is on the Refer & Earn page, with your code.
2
Send it to another restaurant
A chef, a manager, the owner next door. Signing up is free.
3
They buy Growth or Pro
When they buy a pack of $59 or more, the bonus is added by itself.
4
You both get 5 credits
Each referral is rewarded once. There is no limit on how many restaurants you refer.
Why Growth or Pro only?
The Starter pack ($29) does not trigger the bonus. It comes with a Growth or Pro purchase.
No limit on referrals
Credits never expire
You both get the same bonus
Each referral is listed on the Refer & Earn page

Ready for your first brief?

Set up your venue and write your first brief.

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