Illustrative Workflow

WhatsApp Inbound Lead Qualifier

Automated 24/7 WhatsApp intake that qualifies new customer enquiries, gathers project specs, syncs with your CRM, and alerts your team.

FocusLead Qualification & Intake

Typical Timeline2 – 3 Weeks Typical Delivery

Designed & Scoped ByData Donkey

Integrations5 Integrations

Workflow Overview

Designed for UK trade businesses, estate agencies, and professional services where speed-to-lead wins the contract. When an enquiry arrives via WhatsApp or a website click-to-chat button, the workflow instantly acknowledges the message, asks structured qualification questions (service required, location, timeline, budget), updates your CRM, and routes hot leads promptly to your on-call team or booking calendar.

Interactive workflow demonstration

Interactive WhatsApp Workflow Simulator

Explore a scripted demonstration of a WhatsApp qualification workflow. The fictional conversation shows intended qualification, routing and human-handover behaviour. No production integrations run in this demonstration.

Synthetic Verification Data • Zero Production PII

Interactive simulation using fictional enquiriesThe messages, CRM records and telemetry demonstrate how this workflow is intended to operate. No real customer booking, emergency dispatch or production CRM update takes place. Integration behaviour and performance are validated separately for each implementation.

Step 1/4

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Data Donkey AI

Verified Inbound Gateway

🔒 Illustrative simulation • Fictional messages

Urgent: Water main has ruptured above our ground-floor tech room at West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2RQ. Active flooding.

08:41

Type a message...

Telemetry Engine

Scripted demo — no measured latency

SCHEMA: `schema.v2.inbound_qualification.json`Score: 30/100

{
  "session_id": "wh_sess_emerg_902",
  "status": "INGRESS_VERIFIED",
  "contact": {
    "name": "Callum MacLeod",
    "company": "Regent Commercial Logistics",
    "phone": "+44 7700 900142",
    "postcode": "Detecting...",
    "region": "Locating..."
  },
  "qualification": {
    "intent": "emergency_mains_burst",
    "urgency": "critical",
    "category": "Commercial Mechanical & Plumbing",
    "budget": "Pending specs",
    "lead_score": 30,
    "qualified": false
  },
  "pipeline_action": {
    "action": "awaiting_qualification",
    "assignedTo": "Automated Evaluator",
    "slaTarget": "Simulation in progress"
  }
}

SIMULATION: No connected CRM

Signature Check: Illustrative Simulation

Stage	Execution Mode	Evidence Status
Incoming Webhook Ingress	Scripted simulation	Illustrative simulation payload
Signature Verification	Scripted simulation	Illustrative SHA-256 format demo
Extraction & Guardrails	Scripted simulation	Deterministic schema & boundary demo
CRM Record Update	Scripted simulation	Illustrative webhook dispatch
Response Delivery	Scripted simulation	Simulated WhatsApp Cloud API message

PROPOSED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Proposed implementation architecture

A production implementation is scoped around authenticated events, validated fields, duplicate handling, restricted actions and agreed human escalation. The simulator illustrates the intended flow; implementation-specific controls are tested separately.

01HMAC-SHA256 Auth

Meta Cloud API Ingress

Proposed signature verification and event deduplication, tested against the chosen provider.

Official provider APISignature checksDuplicate handling

02Design Target: < 200ms

Intent & Guardrail Filter

Postcode check, service scope match, and prompt-injection safeguards with restricted actions.

UK Postcode APIPrompt DefenseRegex Token Tagger

03Zod Validated

Structured Extraction

LLM extracts contact details, job specifications, urgency rank, and commercial budget into strict typed JSON.

Typed JSON SchemaSchema Validation & FallbacksMulti-turn State

04Agreed Handover

CRM & Dispatch Routing

Idempotent webhook dispatch to CRM (HubSpot/Pipedrive), calendar booking, and notification alerts.

HubSpot DealsTwilio SMSSlack Webhooks

Target Response Latency

< 1.8s

Design target for webhook ingress to WhatsApp delivery

Duplicate Handling

Message-ID Deduplication

Duplicate-handling behaviour is scoped and tested per integration

Data Handling

Ephemeral Processing

Retention, deletion and permitted storage are agreed per implementation

Fallback Resilience

Human Failover

Escalation destinations and response expectations are agreed with your team

Need an Inbound WhatsApp Qualifier Built for Your Operations?

Custom workflows tailored to your qualification rules, CRM schema, and emergency protocols.

Discuss Your Workflow

What's Included & Deliverables

Who This Service Suits

Trade & Field Services: Capture emergency or high-intent jobs instantly without pausing active work on site.
Estate & Letting Agents: Handle evening and weekend buyer/tenant enquiries from property portals automatically.
Professional Practices: Collect key details up-front so initial consultation calls are productive and pre-qualified.

What's Included & Deliverables

Official WhatsApp Business Cloud API configuration and verified business profile routing.
Custom Qualification Logic tailored to your essential job specs, postcodes, and service requirements.
Two-Way CRM Synchronization creating clean contact records, deal stages, and call notes in your CRM.
Instant Priority Alerts delivered to on-call staff via Slack, Teams, or SMS when high-value triggers match.
Human Takeover Mode allowing any team member to join the WhatsApp conversation seamlessly at any time.

Operational Guardrails & Boundaries

Strict Data Minimization: Collects only data required to evaluate the enquiry in accordance with UK GDPR.
Transparent AI Notice: Politely identifies as an automated intake assistant; designed to avoid fabricating pricing or commitments, escalating unverified requests to your team.
Immediate Fallback: Gracefully routes out-of-scope queries to human office staff with agreed callback targets and escalation rules.

Operational Realities & Solutions

Valuable out-of-hours enquiries going cold before morning office hours.

Our ApproachInstant automated conversational qualification engages the prospect in real time, secures key job details, and schedules a priority morning callback.

Sales staff spending hours fielding enquiries that are out-of-area or under-budget.

Our ApproachStructured qualification questions filter for service location and job type before adding opportunities to your sales calendar.

Three-Stage Delivery Roadmap

Stage 1: Workflow & Qualification Mapping

We map your current enquiry intake, define the 3 to 5 critical qualifying criteria for your business, agree routing triggers, and set up your Meta WhatsApp Cloud API credentials.

Stage 2: Sandbox Build & Integration Testing

We construct the conversational qualification flow, integrate webhooks with your CRM and calendar, and run extensive scenario tests covering edge cases, typos, and human escalations.

Stage 3: Monitored Pilot & Team Handover

We launch the workflow in a controlled live pilot with your team, monitor initial conversations, tune response prompts, and provide complete operating documentation.

Pricing Approach & Running Costs

Fixed-milestone scoping with transparent, at-cost infrastructure

Project Investment Model

Fixed-milestone project delivery tailored to your enquiry volume and CRM setup, delivered across three clear stages: Scoping, Sandbox Integration, and Monitored Pilot.

Direct Running Costs (At-Cost)

Direct pass-through at cost with zero agency markup. WhatsApp costs depend on message category, recipient market and usage. Meta does not charge for service replies within the 24-hour customer-service window under its current pricing. Chargeable template messages, AI processing, hosting, and any messaging-provider or optional SMS charges are estimated separately during scoping and billed without agency markup.

Post-Launch Care & Support

Includes 30 days of active post-launch monitoring, response tuning, and exception handling. Optional monthly support retainer covers API health monitoring, prompt/qualification criteria updates, and CRM schema changes.

Key Drivers That Shape Your Quote

Number and complexity of qualification criteria questions

Target CRM integration (HubSpot, Pipedrive, custom database)

Escalation pathways (SMS alerts, Slack channels, calendar booking routing)

Expected monthly inbound message volume

WORKFLOW SCOPING

Fixed-milestone scoping with transparent, at-cost infrastructure

Discuss This Workflow

Connected Integrations

WhatsApp Cloud API

CRM Webhooks (HubSpot / Pipedrive)

Calendar Booking Sync

Human Escalation Rules

SMS & Slack Alerts

• Workflow Overview
• Interactive Simulator & Specs
• What's Included & Deliverables
• Operational Realities & Solutions
• Three-Stage Delivery Roadmap
• Pricing Approach & Running Costs

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Proposed implementation architecture

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Who This Service Suits

What's Included & Deliverables

Operational Guardrails & Boundaries

Operational Realities & Solutions

Valuable out-of-hours enquiries going cold before morning office hours.

Sales staff spending hours fielding enquiries that are out-of-area or under-budget.

Three-Stage Delivery Roadmap

Stage 1: Workflow & Qualification Mapping

Stage 2: Sandbox Build & Integration Testing

Stage 3: Monitored Pilot & Team Handover

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