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Client intake workflow setup

Research onlyAgency operationsReviewed 2026-11-04
Set up a request form, owner, deadline and proof of delivery for a small agency — inside the tool it already uses.
Research only: you can read and learn from this dossier, but the workspace doesn’t support executing it yet.

Problem and buyer

Small agencies lose requests across chat and email. Nobody owns them, deadlines slip and delivery is hard to prove.

Who pays: Owner of a 3–20 person agency (design, marketing, dev) handling client requests by chat and email.

The offer

Configure one intake flow — form, owner, deadline and delivery proof — in the agency’s existing tool, and measure before/after.

  • Intake form and routing rules
  • Owner and deadline fields with reminders
  • Before/after measurement of admin time and unowned requests

How the model works

Request → owner → deadline → delivered file, with a reminder when the file is missing.

Today’s alternatives: Project tools the agency already pays for, freelancers who set up Notion/Asana, doing nothing.

Fit for your market

Keeps
Ownership and proof of delivery per request.
Changes
Each agency uses different tools, so the setup adapts to theirs.
Not included
We don’t sell or build new software for the agency.

First test

Observe five real requests with permission, then pilot one process and compare admin time and unowned requests.

Continue if: Measurable drop in unowned requests and the agency asks for a second process.

Why it might fail

  • Existing tools may already solve it
  • Integrations can need expensive support

Claims in this dossier

  • Common workplace tools can link a request to an owner, a deadline and a delivered file.Fact
  • Agencies will pay for setup, not just software.Hypothesis

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