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Notes from the team
Bridge, Lightspeed, and the practical side of using AI to run a shop.
June 21, 2026 · Brent Garrigus
An AI agent read our whole shop overnight — and wrote this briefing
A short look at a nightly business briefing an AI assistant wrote on its own, reading live Lightspeed Retail data through Bridge — sales, real gross profit, work-order aging, margin flags, and the stale special orders nobody ever chased.
Read →June 11, 2026 · Rizolvr
A 15-year bike shop owner built a tool that connects your AI assistant to your Lightspeed POS
Rizolvr has launched Bridge, a hosted connector that lets a retailer's own AI assistant read live data from their Lightspeed Retail point-of-sale — no reports to run, no spreadsheets to export.
Read →June 8, 2026 · Brent Garrigus
The first questions to ask once Bridge is connected
You just connected Bridge to your Lightspeed account. Here's what to actually type first — real questions for your AI assistant, grouped by the job you're trying to do.
Read →June 4, 2026 · Brent Garrigus
What is MCP, and why does it matter for your shop?
MCP is the standard that lets your AI assistant talk to other software. Here's what it means for a Lightspeed Retail shop, in plain language — no jargon required.
Read →June 1, 2026 · Brent Garrigus
Why I built Bridge
I ran a bike shop on Lightspeed Retail for fifteen years. Bridge is a Lightspeed Retail MCP server that does the one thing every reporting tool I ever bought couldn't: let me just ask.
Read →May 28, 2026 · Brent Garrigus
What Bridge actually does
A hosted MCP server that gives your AI assistant read access to your Lightspeed data — no exports, no spreadsheets, no integration project.
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