Canary for NCR Counterpoint
Partner vault for NCR Counterpoint VARs. The co-sell resource for adding Canary’s analytics and agent layer on top of the Counterpoint platform your customers already run.
What Canary is
Canary is an agent-native store operating system that runs above NCR Counterpoint. Two surfaces: an analytics spine (13 ARTS modules that turn Counterpoint data into operational intelligence) and ALX/VSM (the store agent — the MCP endpoint that connects customer Claudes to the store in real time).
Counterpoint is the transaction engine. Canary is what makes it intelligent.
The agent model
Canary runs a hub-and-spoke agent network. Every store gets an ALX (Virtual Store Manager) — the store’s MCP endpoint. A back office hub connects all store agents and monitors cross-store LP, transfers, OTB, and device health via Module A. The hub scales to corporate level regardless of org structure.
No other NCR Counterpoint VAR has built this. No enterprise physical retail POS has a native MCP endpoint as of April 2026.
→ Agent network — how it works
Site sections
| Section | For |
|---|---|
| Agent Network | The VSM architecture, hub-and-spoke model, MCP stack, roadmap |
| Verticals | Vertical playbooks — L&G full, Armstrong proof case, others in development |
| Modules | L1–L4 process decomposition of the 13-module Canary Retail Spine |
| Why Canary | Positioning, market context, co-sell story |
| NCR Context | NCR platform analysis — why they can’t build Layer 4 |
| Integration | Counterpoint API surface and connection model |
| Sandbox | Path to demo |
| Pitch | Leave-behinds |
Verticals covered
- Lawn & Garden — lead vertical; full playbook + Armstrong proof case
- Feed & Tack, Gun & Sporting, Beverage, Wine & Spirits — in development