{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "resale-store-daily-procedure-planner",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Resale store daily procedure planner",
 "summary": "Build opening and closing checklists, till count steps and a loss-prevention plan for your resale store, ready for a manager to review.",
 "headline": "Resale store daily procedure planner",
 "subhead": "Share your store setup, till records and approved money rules. Your AI writes daily procedures for opening, closing, cash counts, deposits and stock loss. A named person must check them before your store uses them.",
 "job": {
  "id": "organise-work",
  "name": "Run meetings, notes and plans"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  },
  {
   "type": "spreadsheet",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Spreadsheet",
   "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your register setup and how many tills you run",
  "Your daily sales and cash records",
  "Your approved variance limits and who reviews them",
  "Your current opening and closing steps (optional)",
  "Your store roles, staff and volunteers (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Opening and closing checklists with a sign-off line for each",
  "A daily over/short template with fields for register, cashier, expected cash, counted cash, variance, counters and reviewer",
  "Variance limits and escalation steps that use your approved rules",
  "A deposit check where a second person reviews any difference",
  "A loss-prevention checklist and a monthly shrinkage report outline"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "Your till never balances and you need a clear daily count routine.",
  "You are setting up a register system for a thrift or donated-goods store.",
  "Stock loss is rising and you need a loss-prevention plan.",
  "New volunteers need written opening and closing steps."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need to set store prices or plan displays: use the Resale store pricing and layout planner, or ask your store lead.",
  "You need to change the group's approval limits or financial policy: ask your board or finance lead. This page only follows those rules at the register.",
  "You sell online only: use an online resale guide, as this page covers a store floor with registers."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your register setup and how many tills you run",
   "Your daily sales and cash records",
   "Your approved variance limits and who reviews them",
   "Your current opening and closing steps (optional)",
   "Your store roles, staff and volunteers (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "Your group's approved financial rules, so the plan follows them",
   "A named person to review the plan before use"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "POS and stock system checklist",
    "contains": "What your register system must report, such as sales by item group and payment type."
   },
   {
    "name": "Opening and closing checklists",
    "contains": "Step lists for opening and closing, with a sign-off line for the opener and closer."
   },
   {
    "name": "Daily over/short report template",
    "contains": "A form comparing expected cash with counted cash for each register and cashier, with a place for notes."
   },
   {
    "name": "Variance limits and escalation steps",
    "contains": "What counts as normal error, when a manager reviews, and when it goes to your finance lead."
   },
   {
    "name": "Deposit reconciliation procedure",
    "contains": "How to bank cash promptly and match the deposit slip to the sales report, checked by a second person."
   },
   {
    "name": "Loss-prevention checklist",
    "contains": "Physical and procedural controls, such as receipts for every sale and a locked donation holding area."
   },
   {
    "name": "Monthly shrinkage report",
    "contains": "A simple review of stock and cash loss, with spot counts in high-value areas."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. Paste in the skill text from this page. No code or paid tool is needed.",
  "Paste your register setup, cash records, store roles and approved variance limits. Say which are missing.",
  "Ask for opening and closing checklists, the over/short template, deposit checks and loss-prevention steps.",
  "Check the plan against your group's approved financial rules. Fix anything that clashes.",
  "Give the plan to a named reviewer, such as your finance lead, before staff use it.",
  "Save the approved plan where staff can find it, such as a shared folder and a printed copy at each register. Train staff and volunteers on the final version and redo it when your register system changes.",
  "Replace any example variance figure in the plan with your group's approved limit before use."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Business tool launch reviewer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist",
   "why": "Business tool launch reviewer"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Nonprofit Skills",
  "repo": "sector-skills/nonprofit-skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/sector-skills/nonprofit-skills/tree/7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8/nonprofit-skills-library/skills/retail-operations/nonprofit-retail-store-operations",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "nonprofit-retail-store-operations",
  "commit": "7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "nonprofit-retail-store-operations skill",
   "by": "Nonprofit Skills",
   "url": "https://github.com/sector-skills/nonprofit-skills/tree/7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8/nonprofit-skills-library/skills/retail-operations/nonprofit-retail-store-operations",
   "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps."
  },
  {
   "title": "Original author",
   "by": "Brendon Connelly",
   "url": "https://brendonconnelly.com",
   "used": "Wrote the skill; Nonprofit Skills shared it in their collection."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/resale-store-daily-procedure-planner",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}