What you'll need
Four accounts. Free or close to it.
n8n
Free self-hosted, or n8n Cloud starting $20/mo
OpenAI API key
Pay-as-you-go, ~$0.0003 per lead scored
Your CRM
HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive — anything with deal-search and contact-update APIs
Slack workspace
Free tier is fine. Bot needs chat:write scope.
The math
What this is worth, conservatively
Reported close-rate lift on top-quartile scored leads
~30%
Agency baseline: 8 of 50 leads close at $5K average
$40,000/mo
With prioritization: 10 to 11 of 50 close (+2 to 3 deals)
+$10,000 to $15,000/mo
Annualized at the midpoint
~$150,000/yr
Cost to run this template forever
~$36/year
Numbers based on Aberdeen and Forrester studies of lead scoring impact on close rates. Your actual results vary with deal size, sales cycle, and how much your closed-won deals actually pattern-match.