Free template · Universal

Stop losing leads after 5pm.

Inquiries that arrive outside business hours get a personalized response in your voice within 60 seconds. Nobody waits till morning to hear back. Nobody bounces to the next business.

Setup time ~15 minutes
Run cost ~$2/mo (1,000 replies)
Validation Tested + ready to run
License Free, yours forever

What it does

No more dropped after-hours leads.

  1. 1
    Inbound Message Webhook
    Catches POST requests from your contact form, Twilio inbound SMS, or chat widget. Expected fields: name, phone, email, message. Set this URL anywhere a customer message lands.
  2. 2
    Check Business Hours — Code node
    A 12-line JavaScript block that checks the current time against your timezone, open hours, and open days. Returns isAfterHours: true or false. Edit four constants and you're done.
  3. 3
    If After Hours
    Routes after-hours messages down the auto-reply branch. Anything during business hours falls through, so your normal lead flow handles it.
  4. 4
    Draft Owner-Voice Reply — OpenAI
    Uses gpt-4o-mini with a system prompt that contains your past replies. The model copies your tone instead of writing corporate fluff. Costs about $0.0002 per reply.
  5. 5
    Send SMS Reply — Twilio
    Texts the generated reply from your verified Twilio number. Swap to a Send Email node if your inbound channel is email.

Use it in your business

Vertical-specific framing

Home services
A 9pm leak inquiry hears back in 60 seconds with "we cover Burlington, I'll send a quote at 7am." Without this, that lead calls the next plumber on Google.
Real estate
A buyer texting at 11pm about a listing gets a reply that confirms availability and asks if they want a Saturday showing. The agent reviews in the morning.
Med spa or salon
An after-hours booking question gets a same-night confirmation that the slot is open and they'll get pricing first thing tomorrow. No drop-off to a competitor.
Agency or B2B
A weekend RFP question gets acknowledged in your founder's voice, not a "we received your message" template. Reads like you, because the prompt is your past replies.
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What you'll need

Three accounts. Free or close to it.

n8n Free self-hosted, or n8n Cloud starting $20/mo
OpenAI API key Pay-as-you-go, ~$0.0002 per reply
Twilio $1/mo for a number, ~$0.008 per SMS in US
5 to 10 of your past replies Pasted into the system prompt so the model copies your tone

The math

What this is worth, conservatively

Inbound inquiries that arrive outside business hours ~30%
Lead drop-off when no response within 5 minutes ~15%
Recovering half of that drop-off on a 100-leads/mo pipeline +7.5 leads/mo
Annualized at $300 average lead value ~$27,000/yr
Cost to run this template forever ~$24/year

Numbers based on Harvard Business Review and InsideSales lead-response benchmarks. Your actual results vary with industry, lead value, and how closely the AI reply matches your real voice.

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Want this customized to your stack?

If you'd rather have us train this on your real past replies, configure the business hours, set up Twilio, and hand it back working — that's our $9,000 lead capture build. 2 to 4 weeks.

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