# new-contact-hygiene-workflow

Builds a HubSpot workflow that stages every new contact and pulls company details from the associated company record.

- 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/new-contact-hygiene-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/new-contact-hygiene-workflow

## What it does

The skill creates a workflow named "HYGIENE: Default Lifecycle Stage for New Contacts". Enrollment fires when a contact's create date is known; the action sets the lifecycle stage to Lead, and re-enrollment stays on. Three scripts do the work — `scripts/before.py`, `scripts/execute.py`, `scripts/after.py` — each run with `uv run`. The workflow lands disabled so you can inspect it first.

Creation goes through the v4 Automation API, which HubSpot labels beta, and the scripts call the unversioned `/automation/v4/flows` path. Two parts of the design stay manual: copy-property actions that read from an associated company, and the branch that notifies a CRM admin when no company ever attaches. Add both in the UI. Should the script's create call start failing, the skill walks through a full manual build as a fallback.

You need HubSpot Marketing Professional or Enterprise, a service key with the `automation` scope stored as `HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN` in `.env`, and Python 3.10+ with `uv`. Copying company name and industry only pays off once `/enrich-company-name` and `/enrich-industry` have already run over your existing contacts.

## Requirements
- Works with: HubSpot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill new-contact-hygiene-workflow -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill new-contact-hygiene-workflow -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill new-contact-hygiene-workflow -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills new-contact-hygiene-workflow
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/new-contact-hygiene-workflow/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill new-contact-hygiene-workflow -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --path skills/new-contact-hygiene-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TomGranot/hubspot-admin-skills --skill new-contact-hygiene-workflow -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/new-contact-hygiene-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create the new-contact workflow through the API instead of clicking through the builder
- give every incoming contact a lifecycle stage before a human sees it
- fill company name and industry from the associated company
- catch workflow name collisions before creating anything
- keep an admin alert for contacts that never get a company

## Example prompts
- Run `uv run scripts/before.py` and list the workflows already in the portal
- Create the new-contact workflow with `uv run scripts/execute.py` and leave it disabled
- Add a copy action that pulls the company name from the associated company

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: new-contact-hygiene-workflow
description: "Build a HubSpot workflow that auto-enriches and stages new contacts upon creation. Sets lifecycle stage via the v4 Automation API, copies company name and industry from the associated company (UI step), and branches on completeness."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: tomgranot
  version: "1.1"
  category: automation-workflows
---

# New Contact Hygiene Workflow

Build a workflow that automatically enriches every new contact at creation time. This ensures contacts enter the database with a lifecycle stage, company name, and industry before any human touches them.

## What Is and Isn't Scriptable

**API status:** HubSpot documents the Workflows API as **beta** and subject to change. Its current reference is the date-based beta path `/automation/v4/2027-03-beta/flows`; this skill's scripts still call the unversioned `/automation/v4/flows` path, which v4's end of support on March 30, 2027 also covers. Creating workflows disabled and reviewing them in the UI is what makes a beta API acceptable here. If a script's create call starts failing, the manual UI build below is the fallback.

The v4 Automation API creates workflows programmatically, including "is unknown" enrollment conditions via `LIST_BASED` filter criteria. Two pieces of this particular design still belong in the UI:

1. **Copy from associated object** actions (copy company name/industry from the associated company) have no documented v4 action fields. Add them in the UI during review — or build the action once in the UI, `GET /automation/v4/flows/{flowId}`, and extend the script with the exact field shapes your portal returns.
2. **The notification branch** (alert admin when a contact still has no company after the delay) depends on portal-specific recipients.

So the split is: the script creates the default-lifecycle-stage workflow via API; the enrichment copy actions and the notification branch are added in the UI. If you already run `/enrich-company-name` and `/enrich-industry`, their dedicated workflows cover the copy actions and this skill's API-created workflow completes the intake picture.

## Prerequisites
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