Order & Menu ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automate publishing new menu items, limited-time offers, and chef’s specials without manual intervention.
1.3. Enable automating updates to website, social, email subscribers, digital signage, and staff notifications in real-time.
1.4. Reduce human error, ensure consistency, and automate routine communications.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Chef or manager submits menu updates to a Google Sheet, Airtable, or CMS API—automatedly triggers flow.
2.3. Automation triggers upon approval status update in POS, internal chat, or content management platform.
2.4. Schedule automation on specific weekdays, national holidays, or local Basque events for targeted specials.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Automate ‘/page-id/feed’ POST; use message=“Today’s Basque Special is: [special]” with image_url.
3.2. Instagram Graph API
• Feature/Setting: Automate ‘/media’ creation with caption and photo from CMS or Google Drive.
3.3. Twitter/X API
• Feature/Setting: Automate status update POST; set text to daily special; schedule with automatedly rotating hashtags.
3.4. Google My Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automate ‘/locations/posts’ creation; use Dine-in special template with rich media.
3.5. WordPress REST API
• Feature/Setting: Automate ‘/wp/v2/posts’ endpoint; create menu blog with daily special and images in automatable way.
3.6. Squarespace API
• Feature/Setting: Automate page block update with ‘PUT’ on daily specials widget.
3.7. Square POS API
• Feature/Setting: Automator updates items or modifiers for specials, reflects automatedly in online ordering.
3.8. Shopify Storefront API
• Feature/Setting: Automate updating daily featured products via mutation on product metadata.
3.9. Mailchimp API
• Feature/Setting: Automate ‘campaigns/create’ for email blast featuring daily special, automatically personalize content.
3.10. Slack API
• Feature/Setting: Automator pushes daily special to staff channel via ‘chat.postMessage’, tags kitchen team.
3.11. Microsoft Teams API
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled message posting in restaurant operations group.
3.12. Twilio SMS API
• Feature/Setting: Automate sending broadcast SMS to VIP customers with daily specials and reservation link.
3.13. Telegram Bot API
• Feature/Setting: Automates posting image + description to restaurant customer group using ‘sendPhoto’.
3.14. Airtable API
• Feature/Setting: Trigger automation by new row or daily edit in specials table.
3.15. Google Sheets API
• Feature/Setting: Automate reading today’s special from designated cell, triggers full automation chain.
3.16. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Automates pulling specials from content page and distributing across all endpoints.
3.17. Zapier Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-platform push via webhook fire from centralized update.
3.18. Discord API
• Feature/Setting: Automates menu special announcement in fan or loyalty server via bot message.
3.19. Digital Signage Platform (e.g., ScreenCloud API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate display update for in-restaurant boards when new data posted to API.
3.20. Google Calendar API
• Feature/Setting: Automated addition of daily specials as all-day event visible to staff or customers.
Benefits
4.2. Accelerates dissemination via automator—every channel is automatically updated in minutes.
4.3. Increases reach and engagement by automatedly pushing to platforms guests most frequent.
4.4. Ensures every automatable channel has consistent messaging and branding.
4.5. Automated compliance—keeps offers and prices current, avoids outdated promotions circulating.