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Smart-jar kitchen companion

Know what's in every jar.
Never run out mid-service.

SEADS Chef tracks the live level of every smart jar, warns you before stock runs low, and raises refill requests to the store automatically. This guide walks through each screen.

Tour the screens Smart jars
SEADS Chef dashboard on a phone
Get started

Signing in

Sign in with your work email and password. The toggle picks where you land — the App (everyone) or the Admin console (admins only). Your session stays signed in, so you won't be asked to log in again while you're using it.

Sign-in screen

One login, two places

  • App — the kitchen view: jars, alerts and requisitions for the hotels you're assigned to.
  • Admin console — manage hotels, users and your group account (admins can also use the App for any hotel).
  • Pick a hotel — the location chip at the top switches which kitchen you're viewing; your choice is remembered.
  • Forgot password? emails you a secure reset link. Invites work the same way for new users.
The app

The kitchen view, screen by screen

Five tabs along the bottom — Dashboard, Jars, Alerts, Requests and More. Tap any screenshot to see it full-size.

DashboardView full screen

Dashboard

Your kitchen at a glance: the single most urgent action up top, then live status.

Act-now directiveLow-stock countDays of stock
JarsView full screen

Jars

Every smart jar by health — what needs attention first, healthy jars below. Live jars show their latest interior photo.

Hardware healthInterior photoStatus filter
Jar detailView full screen

Jar detail

Live gauge, the latest interior photo with a scrubber back through the last 50 readings, a burn-rate forecast, refills and automation. Run AI content detection on any reading — each row shows whether the contents were AI‑detected, set Manually or Inherited — and add an expiration date that warns you within two days (here and on the home page) and clears itself on a refill.

Live gaugePhoto & history AI detect per reading Expiry warning
AlertsView full screen

Alerts

Critical, below-par and offline jars — raise every refill in one tap.

CriticalWarning Raise all
RequestsView full screen

Requests

Requisitions to the store — raise, track, and they auto-close when the jar is refilled.

To the storeAuto-received
MoreView full screen

More

Your hub: manage jars, reports, alert preferences, profile and automation defaults.

Settings hubJar defaults
Smart jars

Live jars & mock jars

Add jars from More → Manage Smart Jars. There are two kinds — real hardware (Live) and virtual demo jars (Mock) you can drive yourself.

Manage smart jars

Two kinds of jar

  • Live — real hardware. Connect it over Bluetooth, then enter its Jar ID + activation code to claim it into a hotel. It reports its weight and a photo each time it's opened and closed; readings flow in automatically.
  • Mock (M5-001…M5-999) — a virtual jar for demos. Pick its contents, capacity and a consumption rate. No hardware needed.
  • Auto-refill — both kinds raise a refill to the store automatically when they drop below their trigger level. A refill closes the order on its own.

Know what's in every jar

  • Re-identify with AI — on a live jar (its detail screen, or Manage Smart Jars), one tap sends the latest interior photo to a vision model. It suggests what's inside — "long-grain white rice", "red split lentils" — with a confidence for each. Pick the right one.
  • Set the label manually — none of the suggestions fit, or no photo yet? Type the contents yourself.
  • Once set, the label sticks until you re-identify — a kitchen rarely swaps a jar's contents, so identification only runs when you ask for it.
AI content identification — pick from the suggestions
1

Add a jar

Manage Smart Jars → toggle Live or Mock, pick the hotel, and fill in the details.

2

Set consumption

On a mock jar, switch on Simulate Consumption and choose a rate (g per minute/hour/day/week) to watch it drain.

3

Auto-reorder

When a jar dips below its trigger %, a requisition is raised to the store — no one has to be logged in.

4

Refill

Tap Refill Now on a mock jar (or refill a live jar) — the level tops up and the open order closes.

Tip: a mock jar holds its level until you turn consumption on — so you can stage exactly the demo you want.
Admin console

Run your group

Admins manage the whole group: properties, the people who run them, and the head-office account.

HotelsView full screen

Hotels

Every property in your group with its smart-jar count. Tap one to edit its details.

Add / edit hotelsJar counts
UsersView full screen

Users

Invite people, set them as admins or app users, and assign them to one or many hotels.

Admin / app userHotel access
AccountView full screen

Account

Your group's head-office details, your own profile, and password — all editable.

Business detailsYour profile
Settings & notifications

Reports, alerts & your details

Reachable from the More tab — tune what's delivered, when, and to whom.

Automated reportsView full screen

Automated reports

Daily, weekly and monthly stock digests, emailed on the schedule and to the people you choose.

ScheduleRecipientsEmail
Alert preferencesView full screen

Alert preferences

Choose how alerts reach you, which ones fire and their thresholds, plus quiet hours.

CriticalWarningQuiet hours
ProfileView full screen

Profile

Your name, where alerts reach you (WhatsApp / SMS), and your password.

Contact detailsPassword