What you'll need
Four accounts. Most you already have.
n8n
Free self-hosted, or n8n Cloud starting $20/mo
OpenAI API key
Pay-as-you-go, ~$0.001 per kickoff email
CRM (HubSpot, etc.)
HubSpot has a free tier; replace with your CRM
PM tool (Asana, etc.)
Free tiers exist; replace with your tool
The math
What this is worth, conservatively
Manual hand-off time per signed deal
20-40 minutes (CRM update, project setup, kickoff email, team notify)
Time with this workflow
~30 seconds review
Agency closing 6 deals/month at $75/hr
~$240/mo recovered ops time
Faster kickoff → client trust signal
industry data: clients onboarded within 24 hours of sign rate NPS 12-18 points higher
Cost to run this template forever
~$6/year
Time savings based on Forrester and HubSpot operations benchmarks. NPS lift estimates from Gainsight customer success surveys.