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Sales Agent

BusinessIntermediate

What it does

A Sales Agent qualifies inbound leads by analysing company data, engagement signals, and fit criteria. It drafts personalised outreach sequences, logs activity in your CRM, and surfaces deals that need attention. Teams use it to ensure no lead falls through the cracks while maintaining a personal touch at scale.

Common tools

ChatGPTClayApolloHubSpot

How to build one

1Map the workflow

Document the current manual process step by step. Identify which steps are repetitive, rule-based, and high-volume — those are your automation targets.

2Prepare your data

Clean and structure the data the agent will need — CRM records, support tickets, or policy documents — so it can retrieve accurate answers.

3Build a retrieval layer

Use RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to ground the agent's responses in your company's actual data rather than general knowledge.

4Measure and refine

Track resolution rates, response accuracy, and time saved. Use these metrics to justify expansion and catch quality regressions early.

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