# build-lead-scoring

This skill guides HubSpot setup for separate company-fit and contact-engagement scores. Use it to help sales and marketing prioritize leads by different signals.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 78
- Author: tomgranot
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build-lead-scoring

## What it does

The skill walks through a Fit Score based on ICP company fit and buyer persona, plus an Engagement Score for behavioral activity that decays over time. It also reviews existing scoring and helps locate workflows, lists, and reports that still refer to the retired `hubspotscore` property.

Setup happens in HubSpot’s interface. The skill gathers preferences for job titles, useful engagement actions, and negative signals, then uses them to shape score criteria and thresholds. You need Super Admin permissions, Marketing Hub Professional or Enterprise, and a populated ICP Tier property. Complete `create-icp-tiers` first.

A portal can hold up to 5 scores, and recalculating contacts takes 4–6 hours. The old `hubspotscore` property stopped updating after August 31, 2025, so any remaining references rely on frozen values.

## Requirements
- Works with: HubSpot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill build-lead-scoring -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/build-lead-scoring/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill build-lead-scoring -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill build-lead-scoring -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills build-lead-scoring
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill build-lead-scoring -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --path skills/build-lead-scoring
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill build-lead-scoring -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/build-lead-scoring/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Separate company fit from lead engagement
- Score contacts by job title and company tier
- Account for recency in behavioral signals
- Find references to the retired `hubspotscore` property

## Example prompts
- Set up separate HubSpot scores for ICP fit and lead activity.
- Build a Fit Score using ICP Tier and contact job titles.
- Find workflows, lists, and reports that still use `hubspotscore`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: build-lead-scoring
description: "Create a comprehensive lead scoring model with separate Fit and Engagement scores using HubSpot's new Lead Scoring tool. Replaces the deprecated HubSpot Score property."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: tomgranot
  version: "1.1"
  category: segmentation-scoring
---

# Build Lead Scoring Model

Create a two-score lead scoring model using HubSpot's new Lead Scoring tool: a Fit score (ICP company fit + persona match) and an Engagement score (behavioral signals with time decay). This enables sales to prioritize by company fit and marketing to prioritize by engagement recency.

## Why This Matters

Without scoring, every lead looks equally (un)important. Sales has no ranked list of who to call first, marketing cannot trigger stage progressions based on engagement, and there is no way to differentiate between a senior decision-maker at a target-vertical enterprise and a generic contact who has never opened an email.

## Prerequisites

- Super Admin permissions in HubSpot
- HubSpot Marketing Hub Professional or Enterprise
- ICP Tier property created and workflows processed (create-icp-tiers skill must be completed first)
- Access to **Marketing > Lead Scoring** (the new tool, NOT the deprecated "HubSpot Score" property)

## Critical: Old vs New Lead Scoring

**The legacy "HubSpot Score" property was retired on August 31, 2025** — it stopped being editable in July 2025 and stopped updating entirely at the retirement date. Any workflow, list, or report still referencing `hubspotscore` has been running on frozen data since then; part of this skill's job is to find and repoint those references.

The **Lead Scoring tool** (Marketing > Lead Scoring) supports:
- Layered architecture: total score limit → group limits → rules → criteria
- Engagement decay (points reduce over time automatically)
- Separate Fit vs Engagement score types, with time frames and thresholds
- Scoring for **contacts, companies, and deals**
- Up to 5 total scores per portal
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