Softment

Automation & Integrations

CRM Automation with AI

We automate CRM operations using AI + reliable workflows: qualify leads, extract key fields, route to owners, draft follow-ups, and keep everything auditable. Designed to reduce manual work without breaking trust. Delivery aligned to United States teams (USD).

TimelineTypical: 3–6 weeks (scope-dependent)
Starting at$1.6k
Security-first AI integrations • Evals + logging + guardrails included

Overview

What this service is

This service builds AI-assisted workflows on top of your CRM and lead sources: enrichment, scoring, routing, and follow-ups.

We keep workflows reliable with validation, approvals, and retry safety—so automation doesn’t create messy data.

Delivery includes monitoring and evaluation checks so quality improves over time, not degrades.

Standard

AI delivery standard

Quality and safety practices we ship with AI builds so the system stays measurable, maintainable, and production-ready.

Logging + tracing

Conversation and tool traces with request IDs, error visibility, and debug-friendly runbooks.

Guardrails + safety

Tool allowlists, PII-safe patterns, refusal behavior, and escalation routes for edge cases.

Evals + regression tests

Golden queries, scorecards, and regression checks so quality improves over time instead of drifting.

Cost + latency controls

Caching, prompt discipline, retrieval tuning, and routing so your app stays fast and predictable at scale.

Documentation + handoff

Architecture notes, environment setup, and next-step roadmap so your team can iterate safely after launch.

Security-first integration

Secrets isolation, role-based access, audit-friendly actions, and minimal data retention by design.

Benefits

What you get

Reduce manual lead triage and routing

Improve data quality with structured extraction

Respond faster with drafted follow-ups

Keep humans in control with approvals

Maintain an audit trail for operations

Scale reliably with retries and dedupe rules

Features

What we deliver

Lead ingestion and enrichment

Ingest leads from forms, email, chat, and ads—then enrich and normalize into your CRM safely.

Qualification and scoring

Use AI and deterministic rules to score leads and route them to the right owner or workflow.

Structured field extraction

Extract company, intent, budget signals, and needs into typed fields with validation and confidence thresholds.

Follow-up drafting

Draft outreach messages and summaries for reps with brand-safe templates and guardrails.

Approvals and audit logs

Approvals for risky updates and clear logs so ops teams can trust and troubleshoot automation behavior.

Monitoring and reporting

Dashboards for lead throughput, routing outcomes, error rates, and AI cost/latency metrics.

Process

How we work

1
2–4 days

Discovery

CRM model, lead sources, and routing rules.

2
3–6 days

Design

Workflow steps, approvals, and data validation.

3
2–4 weeks

Build

Integrations, AI steps, and monitoring.

4
3–7 days

QA

Replay tests and ops validation.

5
2–4 days

Launch

Rollout + handoff.

Tech Stack

Technologies we use

Core

Salesforce / HubSpot / Pipedrive (via API)Webhooksn8n / custom workflowsOpenAI / Anthropic

Tools

Validation rulesQueues + retriesPostgreSQLSentry / monitoring

Services

RBAC / audit logsEmail/SMS providers

Use Cases

Who this is for

Inbound lead qualification

Score and route leads with extracted fields and a clear audit trail for ops teams.

Sales follow-up automation

Draft follow-ups and create tasks automatically based on lead intent and interaction context.

Pipeline hygiene

Detect duplicates, missing data, and stale opportunities and trigger cleanup workflows safely.

Support-to-sales handoff

Extract intent from support conversations and create CRM entries with summaries and next steps.

Account research summaries

Generate structured briefs for reps from notes, emails, and internal knowledge sources.

AI Case Examples

Micro case studies (anonymous)

A few safe examples of outcomes we build for real operations—no client names, just results.

Secure Mobile Solution in Australian Defence Ecosystem

Problem: Secure data workflows were required in a regulated environment with strict access controls.

Solution: Hardened architecture with strict auth, encrypted storage, and audit-friendly engineering patterns.

Outcome: Deployed securely within a regulated ecosystem with clear handoff and operational guidance.

AI Knowledge Base Across 2,000+ Pages

Problem: Teams needed fast answers across long PDFs, but search was slow and results were inconsistent.

Solution: RAG with hybrid retrieval and reranking, plus grounded answers and safer fallback behavior.

Outcome: Reliable answers with <10s response times and measurable improvements on real queries.

Ops Automation with AI + n8n

Problem: Manual approvals and CRM syncing created delays and data inconsistencies across tools.

Solution: Event-driven automation with validation gates and AI-assisted classification where it improved routing.

Outcome: Reduced manual workload significantly with more reliable workflows and operator visibility.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Most CRMs with APIs, including HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive. We scope based on your current setup and access constraints.

Yes. Approvals and review queues are common for sensitive updates or high-impact routing rules.

Not if implemented correctly. We use validation, confidence thresholds, and dedupe logic to keep data quality high.

We track throughput, response time, conversion proxy metrics, and error rates—plus AI cost and quality signals.

Yes. We can integrate follow-ups with email/SMS providers and ensure opt-out and compliance flows where required.

Start with lead ingestion + routing + basic qualification, then add drafting and enrichment once the pipeline is stable.

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Regional

Delivery considerations for your region

Compliance & Data (US)

For US teams, we build with auditability in mind: clear access boundaries, least-privilege roles, and reviewable operational controls.

We can align delivery with SOC 2 / ISO-friendly practices (without claiming certification): evidence-ready logs, secure-by-default config, and clear ownership.

  • SOC 2 / ISO-friendly implementation patterns (no certification claims)
  • Least-privilege access and permission boundaries
  • Security review checklists for auth, payments, and data flows
  • PII-safe logging + incident response playbooks (on request)
  • Retention and deletion flows where required
  • NDA + vendor onboarding docs on request

Timezone & Collaboration (Americas)

We support teams across the Americas with meeting windows that work for EST/CST/MST/PST.

We keep delivery predictable with weekly milestones, concise async updates, and written decisions to reduce calendar load.

  • Americas overlap with EST/PST-friendly windows
  • Async-first updates with written decisions
  • Weekly milestone demos + change control
  • Fast turnaround on blockers and clarifications
  • Clear owner per workstream and escalation path

Engagement & Procurement (US)

US-friendly engagement structure: clear SOWs, milestone billing, and invoice cadence that fits typical procurement workflows.

If you need vendor onboarding artefacts, we can provide security posture summaries and delivery process documentation.

  • USD invoicing and milestone-based payment schedules
  • SOW + scope lock options for fixed-scope work
  • Time-and-materials for evolving requirements
  • Procurement-ready documentation on request
  • Optional paid discovery to de-risk delivery

Security & Quality (US)

We ship with a security-first checklist and performance budgets—so releases stay stable under real traffic.

Expect clean PRs, reviewable changes, and production-ready testing from day one.

  • Threat-aware checks for auth, roles, and sensitive data flows
  • CI-friendly testing: unit + integration + critical path smoke tests
  • Performance budgets (Core Web Vitals-minded) and bundle checks
  • Structured logging + error tracking hooks (Sentry-ready)
  • Rollback-safe releases and clear release notes
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