A CRM that stays current because the work lives next to it
Accounts, people, deals and leads sit on the same record as the projects they turn into. Your own Claude or ChatGPT can update it after every call, so the pipeline is still right in March.
Fig. 1 · DemoAshwood, a four-person studio, and its open pipeline
Why small teams stop updating their CRM
It sits apart from the work
The deal closes in the CRM, the project starts somewhere else, and nobody goes back to the CRM until the renewal is already late.
It was built for a sales floor
Sequences, forecasts and a seat for every rep. A three-person studio needs a pipeline, a client list and the notes from the last call.
Typing it in is nobody’s job
Call notes stay in a notebook or a chat. Three weeks later the stage is wrong and the next step is a guess.
Accounts and people
Every company you sell to or work for, with the people you talk to, their roles, and every deal, project, document and email linked back to it.
Lifecycle, owner and domain on each account
Saved views for active clients, renewals due or one campaign’s leads
Import a CSV to start from your spreadsheet
Accounts with their people, deal value and projects.
A pipeline where winning starts the work
Deals move from first conversation to won or lost with a value and the people involved. When one is won, create a delivery project from a template, link the deal and check the agreed scope in its brief.
Lumen Health · Proposal
Value$18,000
Next stepSend revised scope, Thu
On winStarts “Lumen pilot” from the onboarding template
ClDrafted the follow-up from Tuesday’s call notes. Maya sent it.
Leads stay apart until they are real
Inquiries land as leads, not as clients, so your client list stays honest. Convert one to an account and a deal when it qualifies. Website forms drop inquiries straight in.
Forms: Core and up
Leads
Harbor BankWebsite form, 2h ago
Kestrel LabsReferral from Northwind
Fieldstone DentalConverted to a deal
Email on the record, details filled in
Connect Gmail and send from the account, so the thread sits beside the deal it belongs to. Company details fill in for you, and intent signals and research lists show who to contact next.
Enrichment and intent signals: Premium
Northwind
IndustryLogistics, 120 people
Last emailRenewal terms, sent Oct 21
SignalHiring two marketing roles
MSent from the record. The reply lands on the deal.
Invoices and payments, recorded
Record the invoices you sent and the payments that came in, and track the value of finished work apart from cash. Flori records them; your invoicing tool still sends them.
Premium
Northwind · Revenue
INV-1042$12,000 · Paid Oct 3
INV-1051$6,000 · Due Nov 1
Value delivered$21,500 this year
Your assistant keeps it current. You sign off.
Fictional example: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor or Codex work in the CRM over a connection you approve, on the plan you already pay for.
After a call
Paste your notes. The assistant saves the decisions to the deal and creates the follow-up tasks.
Monday morning
Ask which deals went quiet this week and get a short check-in drafted for each.
Before a renewal
Get a brief: open tasks, hours logged and what the client approved last quarter.
You approve
Changes can wait in a review queue, and every save shows which assistant made it.
Free to start
The CRM is on every plan. Free holds 200 customer records. Core removes the limit and adds forms. Premium adds enrichment, intent signals and revenue. Your AI is never a seat.
Yes. Free includes accounts, people, deals and leads for up to 200 customer records, with unlimited people in the workspace. Core removes the record limit.
Can Claude or ChatGPT update the CRM?
Yes. Connect it once, choose one project or the whole workspace, and choose read-only or update access. It works on every plan and runs on your own AI plan, with no Flori AI credits.
Can I import my contacts?
Yes. Import a CSV of deals or accounts, or start from a spreadsheet you already keep.
Does it replace HoneyBook or Dubsado?
Not for contracts, invoices or booking. Many freelancers keep one of those for paperwork and run clients and projects in Flori. See HoneyBook vs Dubsado.