# crm-builder

This skill turns a business description in DOMAIN.md into a working CRM prototype: contacts, companies, deals and a kanban pipeline.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 2
- Author: ryan-price
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/crm-builder/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/crm-builder

## What it does

The skill lays out a CRM app as five parallel sections instead of sequential stages. The left sidebar is a navigator over entities — Pipeline, Contacts, Companies, Deals, Activities. Users switch between views rather than walking a stepper.

It reads `DOMAIN.md` for terminology, entity fields and pipeline stages. When stages are missing, it falls back to Lead → Qualified → Proposal → Negotiation → Closed Won / Closed Lost. Contact and company fields come from the entity registry too, with a basic set like name, email, phone and notes as the fallback.

The pipeline renders as a kanban board with drag-and-drop between columns. Contact and company records get an activity timeline and linked deals. The skill fills `SidebarContent` in `app/layouts/MainLayout.tsx` and leaves `SidebarProvider` alone — if you feel like rewriting the layout, you probably just need to populate the sidebar. A running Customware SPA instance is required to consume the generated config. Product configuration with pricing and construction project tracking are handled by other builders, not this one.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill crm-builder -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill crm-builder -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill crm-builder -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install customware-ai/skills crm-builder
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/crm-builder/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill crm-builder -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/customware-ai/skills --path skills/crm-builder
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill crm-builder -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/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/crm-builder/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a CRM prototype from a business description
- group deals by pipeline stage
- link contacts to their companies
- keep a call and meeting history per customer
- find who last spoke to an account

## Example prompts
- read DOMAIN.md and scaffold the CRM prototype
- add the pipeline stages from DOMAIN.md
- build a contact record with its activity timeline

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: crm-builder
license: MIT
compatibility: Works with any AI coding assistant that supports the Agent Skills specification. Requires a running Customware SPA instance to consume the generated config.
metadata:
  author: ryan-price
  version: "1.1"
description: >
  Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vertical skill for the Customware SPA. Defines the
  section layout, entity views, and mapping rules for transforming a DOMAIN.md into a CRM tool.
  Use this skill when the Builder Agent classifies a customer's domain as contact management,
  sales pipeline, deal tracking, or customer relationship workflows.
  Trigger signals: contacts, leads, deals, pipeline, follow-ups, opportunities, accounts,
  customer data everywhere, can't track who talked to whom, sales process, referrals.
---

# CRM Builder Skill

## What This Skill Does

This skill defines how to build a **CRM tool** — a system for managing contacts, companies, deals, and the relationships between them.

CRM is structurally different from CPQ and trades-builder:
- **CPQ / Trades** = one record moves through sequential stages (stepper navigation)
- **CRM** = multiple entity types with relationships between them (entity navigation)

The left sidebar uses a **navigator pattern** (Contacts, Companies, Deals, Pipeline, Activities) — NOT a stepper. Users switch between entity views, not sequential stages.

**Common verticals:** sales teams, consulting firms, agencies, professional services, real estate, recruiting, B2B services, any business that tracks relationships and deals.

The builder reads this skill, reads the DOMAIN.md for the specific business terminology and pipeline stages, and generates a working prototype with the customer's actual entities, fields, and workflow.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the transcript or DOMAIN.md contains these signals:

| Signal | Examples |
|---|---|
| **Contact/people tracking** | "customer data is everywhere," "can't find who we talked to," "contacts in spreadsheets" |
| **Sales pipeline** | "deals," "opportunities," "pipeline," "stages," "won/lost" |
| **Follow-up tracking** | "follow-ups fall through the cracks," "no one knows who called last" |
| **Relationship management** | "referrals," "who knows who," "account management" |
| **Lead management** | "leads from website," "inbound inquiries," "lead source tracking" |

**Do NOT use this skill for:**
- Product configuration with pricing → use cpq-builder
- Construction/trades project tracking → use trades-builder
- Inventory and stock management → use erp-builder (future)

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## Template Contract

Before you start building, understand what the template gives you and what this skill adds. This is the contract:

**The template (`app/layouts/MainLayout.tsx`) ships with:**
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