Case study · Agentic workflow

How Applicaa Streamlined Client Management with HubSpot–Xero Automation

Cloudify built an agent that reads every email from the providers this firm works with, does the matching work in HubSpot, and colour-marks each message so the team sees what still needs a person.

Client
Applicaa
Industry
Pension advice
Systems
Outlook · HubSpot · AI classification

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How Applicaa Streamlined Client Management with HubSpot–Xero Automation


Cloudify built an agent that reads every email from the providers this firm works with, does the matching work in HubSpot, and colour-marks each message so the team sees what still needs a person.

System overview

Automated

A closed loop for routine emails

Follow one email from the moment it lands to the moment the team can see it is done.

Shared inbox
Pension providerRe: Transfer of pension savingsNew
Pension providerTransfer completed
Pension providerQuestion about a policy
Ny Robot · AI agent
Waiting for new email
  • ✓Read the email and attachment
  • ✓Type: transfer rejected
  • ✓Customer: one certain match
  • ✓HubSpot updated
  • ✓Marked green in Outlook
HubSpot
Pension transferDeal
No new activity yet

Routine emails are handled, logged and colour-marked before anyone opens the inbox.

What the agent does with every email

84% Of messages had the admin done without a person. Each dot is one message

What happened to each email

Every message ends in one of three outcomes, and the inbox shows which.

0messages handled in twelve weeks
  • 0

    Fully handled

    Closed by the agent. Nothing left to do.

    447 work done in HubSpot901 moved away automatically
  • 0

    Pre-sorted for the team

    Customer found and email saved on the deal; a person decides the next step.

  • 0

    Needs a person

    The agent could not identify the customer, so it leaves the email to the team.

What our clients say after going live

Integrations and AI agents in daily use, in our clients’ own words.

  • “The AI agent has transformed how we manage our day-to-day operations.”

    Customer & Administration Manager

    Pension advice firm

  • “Add a short client quote here, ideally about a result they noticed.”

    Client name

    Role, Company

  • “Add a second client quote here. Keep it to two or three lines.”

    Client name

    Role, Company

Time saved

Give your team hours back every week

We estimated the time saved from two numbers we know: how long a person takes per message, and how many messages the agent did the admin for.

How the estimate works

Low end: count only the emails the agent finished completely on its own.

Emails countedClosed with nobody involved0
Time a person takes per emailMiddle of 4–5 min4.5 min
Time saved in total0 hours
Spread over the first12 weeks
Hours given back every week0hours a week

Not counted: The 403 emails left for a person, and the time a person still spends deciding on yellow ones.

A person and the agent, side by side

A personThe agent

Time per message

A person
4–5 minutes
The agent
About 11 seconds

Hours available a week

A person
40 · Mon–Fri, 8 to 4
The agent
168 · every day, all day
  • 0Messages handled in twelve weeks
  • 0%With the admin done by the agent
  • 0Actions in the connected systems
  • 0Records linked to the wrong customer

Four in five messages now arrive with the work already done. The team reads a decision, not an inbox.

This is an estimate, not a timed measurement. Early in the rollout, the client counted about 11 hours saved at the 1,000-task mark.

The challenge

One shared inbox, dozens of emails, all by hand.

The firm helps private customers move their savings from one provider to another. Every provider replies into the same inbox, in its own wording, with no common format.

Before · Manual

Shared inboxOne personFind the dealWork out the meaningCreate follow-up taskMove the deal stageSave email on record

One person reads it

Find the deal by customer number. Work out what the email means. Create the follow-up task. Move the deal stage. Save the email on the record.

Slow, repetitive, and dependent on one person.

After · The agent

Shared inboxAI agentCustomer foundTask in right queueDeal stage movedEmail saved on recordColour-marked in OutlookTeam decides

The team only handles judgement

Customer found. Task created in the right queue. Deal stage moved. Email saved on the record. Message colour-marked in Outlook.

The team only handles judgement.

Inbox rules could not solve this. The subject often says little, and the right action depends on reading the body and checking the deal in HubSpot.

The solution

Five steps, every message

The AI decides only what an email means. Every HubSpot change follows rules the client agreed in advance.

Shared inbox1 new message
Pension provider● Handled09:14Re: Transfer of pension savingsWe are unable to complete the requested transfer. Please see the attached letter for the reason.📎 letter.pdf
Email typeTransfer requestedTransfer rejectedCustomer changed their mind+4 more
Customer
  • Lookup 1 · no match
  • Lookup 2 · one certain match
  • Lookup 3
HubSpot
  • Task created in the queue for that reason
  • Email saved on the deal
Outlook● Green · handled

What happens in HubSpot

HubSpotUpdated just now
Pension transferDeal · updated by the agent

Task queues7 reasons · 7 queues

  • Reason 1 queue2
  • Reason 2 queue5
  • Reason 3 queue34✓ Follow-up taskSame task again · skipped
  • Reason 4 queue6
  • Reason 5 queue4
  • Reason 6 queue2
  • Reason 7 queue5

Before creating a task, the agent checks the queue, so a repeat email never makes a duplicate.

A task in the queue for that reason. Seven reasons, seven queues, never a duplicate.

From rulebook to live in five stages

RolloutFrom rulebook to live
  1. Map

    Every email type and its rule, written down with the team.

  2. Guardrails

    Which stages it may move, and what it must never touch.

  3. Test

    Real inbox emails run through before go-live.

    292 emails
  4. Refine

    Colour and stage rules adjusted with the team.

  5. LiveRunning

    Messages handled in the first twelve weeks.

    2,489

Safe by design

When the agent isn’t sure, a person decides

A wrong update is worse than no update. Every message ends in one of three outcomes, and the inbox shows which.

How every message is decided

YesNoYesNoEmail arrives1One certain customer match?2Can the agreed rule finish it?Green · handledClosed. Nothing left to do.Yellow · ready for youFiled. A person decides.Needs a personNothing changed.YesNoYesNoEmail arrives1One certain customer match?2Can the agreed rule finish it?Green · handledClosed. Nothing left to do.Yellow · ready for youFiled. A person decides.Needs a personNothing changed.

Four things it never does

  • Never guesses the customer

    Anything short of one certain match goes to a person.

  • Never acts twice

    Redelivered messages and open tasks are skipped.

  • Never answers for the advisor

    When a provider asks a question, a person replies.

  • Never deletes anything

    Messages are marked, never moved or removed.

Why it worked

  • Their process, not a template

    Built on the firm’s own email types, queues, stages and rules.

  • Refined together

    The colour model and stage rules were agreed before go-live.

  • Tested on real emails first

    Real messages showed what to expect on day one.

    292
  • Room to grow

    New email types can be added. The unmatched messages are next.

    403

If your process can be written as a rule, a conventional integration is cheaper and we will tell you so.

If someone has to read it first and decide what it means, that is a different job and it is the one this page is about.

System overview

Automated

A closed loop for routine emails

Follow one email from the moment it lands to the moment the team can see it is done.

Shared inbox
Pension providerRe: Transfer of pension savingsNew
Pension providerTransfer completed
Pension providerQuestion about a policy
Ny Robot · AI agent
Waiting for new email
  • ✓Read the email and attachment
  • ✓Type: transfer rejected
  • ✓Customer: one certain match
  • ✓HubSpot updated
  • ✓Marked green in Outlook
HubSpot
Pension transferDeal
No new activity yet

Routine emails are handled, logged and colour-marked before anyone opens the inbox.