# HashMato and Volty > Customers ask what is on and what is sold out, and Volty answers from HashMato. Volty answers menu and availability questions from HashMato POS, outlet by outlet. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated Nov 2, 2026 ## Is it still available A customer asks about a dish before lunch. Volty reads the outlet's menu and stock. JT Joanne Teo Instagram · Customer Hi! Is the laksa pasta still available at Tanjong Pagar today? And do you have oat milk? Called HashMato · Tanjong Pagar · Laksa pasta available · Oat milk available Volty Hi Joanne! Yes, the laksa pasta is on today at Tanjong Pagar for S$18.90, and we have oat milk for any coffee at S$0.80 extra. Google Sheets Tanjong Pagar · Today's menu | | Item | Price | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Truffle fries | S$9.90 | Available | | 3 | Mentaiko rice bowl | S$16.90 | Sold out | | 4 | Laksa pasta | S$18.90 | Available | Row 4 added by Volty ## What Volty does with HashMato HashMato is the POS many Singapore cafes and restaurants run orders, menus and inventory on. Volty reads HashMato through its API, with what Volty reads and writes chosen by your admin. Volty answers menu and availability questions from what HashMato holds today, and tells the kitchen what is running low. - The menu as it is today · Items and prices read from HashMato, so a changed price is the one Volty quotes. - Sold out means sold out · Volty checks availability before it tells a customer to come down. - Each outlet's own stock · Availability is read for the outlet the customer asks about. - Changes stay Off · Anything that changes HashMato starts Off unless an admin turns it on. Connects with HashMato's API, with a key or on request Volty reads Chosen by your admin: menu, availability, orders Volty can change Chosen by your admin, Off by default Setup Your key, or a request if partner access is needed Category Industry & regional systems What is on the menu and what is sold out, read from HashMato. ### A sold-out dish Volty reads availability and offers what is on. FI Farid Ismail WhatsApp · Customer Coming at 1pm, can I get the mentaiko rice bowl? Called HashMato · Tanjong Pagar · Mentaiko rice bowl sold out Volty Sorry Farid, the mentaiko rice bowl is sold out for today at Tanjong Pagar. The salmon don at S$17.90 is still available. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Low stock to the kitchen - When · Every day at 3pm · A scheduled automation - Step 1 · Reads stock below par · From HashMato - Step 2 · Posts the list · In the kitchen channel - Step 3 · Answers customers · From the same stock Customers ask before they come, and the answer matches the till. ## How Volty connects to HashMato If your HashMato account can issue an API key, an admin pastes it into Volty's key card, asks Volty in chat to connect HashMato, and approves the lookups once. If HashMato gives API access only to its partners, request this connection from Volty's chat or at team@voltade.com. - 01 · Choose what Volty reads · Menu, availability, orders, per outlet. - 02 · Approve the connection · An admin approves it once in Volty. - 03 · Set the switches · Each tool is On, Check with staff, or Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Read menu · Reads - Read item availability · Reads - Read stock levels · Reads - Read order status · Reads Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes HashMato starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How does Volty connect to HashMato? Through HashMato's API. If your account can issue an API key, an admin pastes it into Volty's key card and asks Volty in chat to connect it, then approves the lookups once. If HashMato gives API access only to its partners, request this connection from Volty's chat or at team@voltade.com. ### Can Volty change records in HashMato? Only when an admin allows it. Every tool has its own switch: tools that only read can be turned on, and tools that change a record start Off. A tool that is on can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague to approve it. ### How much does it cost to connect HashMato with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. 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