# cleanup-lead-owners

Strips departed employees out of HubSpot and moves their contacts, companies and deals to someone still on the team. Handy the week a person leaves.

- 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/cleanup-lead-owners/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cleanup-lead-owners

## What it does

The skill walks your CRM through the Owners API. It pulls both active and deactivated owners, lines them up against your roster of current employees, and flags anyone who should not be holding records — former staff, contractors, vendors. For each flagged owner it counts the contacts, companies and deals attached.

Reassignment runs through the batch update API, either to one default owner or by territory and round-robin rules. Companies and deals follow their contacts. When that finishes, the skill points you at `/assign-unowned-contacts` to sweep up anything left ownerless, then has you search for contacts whose `hubspot_owner_id` still matches a deactivated owner — the count should land at zero.

Have a HubSpot service key ready in `HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN` inside `.env`, scoped for `crm.objects.owners.read` plus write access to contacts, companies and deals. You also need Python 3.10+ with `uv`, a list of current employees, and a rule for where orphaned records go. Deactivating users takes Super Admin rights in HubSpot settings. Without the employee list there is nothing to compare owners against, so the skill cannot tell a leaver from a current hire. Log the original owner assignments first; rollback is a batch update of `hubspot_owner_id` back to the old value.

## Requirements
- Works with: HubSpot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill cleanup-lead-owners -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/cleanup-lead-owners/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- clear departed employees out of HubSpot owner lists
- reassign contacts, companies and deals left behind by former owners
- spot active HubSpot users who no longer work at the company
- count how many records each stale owner still holds
- verify no record is left without an owner after reassignment

## Example prompts
- List every HubSpot owner who is no longer an employee
- Reassign the contacts and deals of departed owners by territory
- Check that no deactivated owner still has contacts attached

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cleanup-lead-owners
description: "Remove non-employee users from HubSpot and reassign their orphaned contacts, companies, and deals. Pairs with the assign-unowned-contacts skill for comprehensive ownership cleanup."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: tomgranot
  version: "1.1"
  category: ongoing-maintenance
---

# Cleanup Lead Owners

Remove departed employees from HubSpot and reassign their CRM records. Orphaned records with no active owner fall through the cracks.

## Prerequisites

- A HubSpot service key (`HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN` in `.env`; an existing legacy private app token also works) with `crm.objects.owners.read` and contact/company/deal write scopes
- Python 3.10+ with [`uv`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)
- A list of current employees (to compare against HubSpot users)
- A default owner or round-robin assignment rule for orphaned records

## Step-by-Step Instructions

### Stage 1: Plan

Confirm with the user before starting:

1. Who receives reassigned records — a single default owner, or territory/round-robin rules?
2. Which flagged users should be deactivated vs merely stripped of records?

### Stage 2: Before

Identify non-employee owners via the Owners API:

```python
import os, requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()
TOKEN = os.environ["HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
BASE = "https://api.hubapi.com"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}

active = requests.get(f"{BASE}/crm/v3/owners", headers=HEADERS,
                      params={"limit": 100, "archived": "false"}).json()["results"]
deactivated = requests.get(f"{BASE}/crm/v3/owners", headers=HEADERS,
                           params={"limit": 100, "archived": "true"}).json()["results"]
```

Cross-reference with your current employee list. Flag:
- Deactivated HubSpot users who still own records
- Active HubSpot users who are no longer employees
- Contractors or vendors who should not own records

For each flagged owner, count how many contacts, companies, and deals they own.

### Stage 3: Execute

1. **Reassign records** owned by non-employees:
   - Use the batch update API to reassign contacts to the appropriate active owner
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