── SKILL
lead-routing✓ APPROVED

Design lead routing and SLAs that actually get built.

The assignment rules, round-robin or account-based logic, SLA timers, and fallbacks, written as a spec.

Inside: The match logic, the SLA timers, and fallback paths.

01 / HOW TO USE

Install it in one line, or paste it in.

1
In Claude Code (one command)
Copy the install line, paste it into your terminal, and restart Claude Code. The skill installs itself to ~/.claude/skills/ and runs automatically when it is relevant.
2
In Claude, ChatGPT, or a Project (no terminal)
Open the file, then upload it to your chat or paste its contents in. A skill is just a markdown file of instructions, so any capable AI can follow it.
New to skills? A skill is a plain-text file that teaches your AI a workflow. Point any capable assistant at it and it follows the steps, on your data.
02 / MAKE IT YOURS

Connect your context. Set it to your motion.

CONNECT YOUR CONTEXT · AND WHY IT HELPS
a CRM

it reads live account ownership, rep capacity, and territory fields automatically, so routing respects who already owns what.

an enrichment tool

fills the firmographic fields (size, industry, geo) that routing depends on before assignment, so fewer leads fall to fallback.

an activity tool

measures real first-touch times so the SLA is set against reality, not hope.

SET IT TO YOUR MOTION

This was built for a B2B SaaS org routing inbound to a segmented sales team. Set these to your stack:

Pin the account-ownership rule first. The fastest way to poison a routing model is to hand a rep a lead at a company another rep already runs.

Set thisWhat it isDefault / Example
CRMyour CRM connectora CRM (SalesforceHubSpotPipedrive)
ROUTING modelhow leads match to ownersround-robinterritoryaccount-basedhybrid
ROUTING fieldsthe fields assignment readssegmentgeocompany sizeexisting owner
SEGMENTSthe buckets you route intoSMBMid-MarketEnterprise
SLA timersfirst-touch clock per segment5 min for hot inbound1 business day otherwise
CAPACITY rulehow load is balancedequal round-robinweighted by ramp
FALLBACKSwhat happens when no rule matchesqueue ownermanagerholding pool
03 / THE FULL SKILL

Everything the skill does, in full.

── WHAT THIS DOES

Takes your team shape and your rules and produces a routing and SLA model written to be built. It lays out how a lead gets matched to an owner, whether by round-robin, territory, or account ownership, sets the SLA clock for first touch, and defines the fallbacks for the cases that quietly break every routing setup: the rep who is out, the lead that matches nobody, the account already owned. The output is a spec, not a suggestion.

── THE METHOD
  1. 1
    Match logic

    Define the order rules are evaluated in, because order is the model. Typically: existing account owner wins first, then territory or segment match, then round-robin within the matched pool. Print the precedence so there is no ambiguity about which rule fires when two could.

  2. 2
    Round-robin and capacity

    Within a pool, assign in rotation, and state how capacity is handled: flat rotation, or weighted so a ramping rep gets fewer. Define what "available" means so leads never route to someone out of office. Capacity without an availability rule just routes leads into a void.

  3. 3
    SLA timers

    Set a first-touch clock per segment and state the business-hours rule. Define the escalation: what happens at the SLA breach, who gets notified, and whether the lead re-routes. An SLA with no breach action is a wish.

  4. 4
    Fallback paths

    Name the destination for every lead that matches nothing: no territory, no enrichment, no available rep. A holding queue with a named owner beats a lead sitting unassigned. Every path in the model must terminate at a human.

  5. 5
    Implementation spec

    Output the rules as an ordered, buildable list: field checks, pool definitions, rotation logic, timers, and escalations. Written so whoever configures the CRM can build it without guessing what you meant.

── QUALITY GATES
  • Every routing path terminates at a named owner or queue. No lead can fall through.
  • Rule precedence is explicit. No two rules can fire ambiguously.
  • Every SLA has a breach action, not just a timer.
  • Account ownership is checked before any new assignment. No poaching by routing.
── OUTPUT (EXAMPLE)
EXAMPLE OUTPUT
LEAD ROUTING MODEL · 3 segments · 14 reps
Precedence:
  1. Existing account owner -> that owner (skip all below)
  2. Enterprise (size >= 1000) -> Ent pool, round-robin, weighted by ramp
  3. Mid-Market -> MM pool, flat round-robin
  4. SMB -> SMB pool, flat round-robin
  5. No match / missing fields -> holding queue (owner: RevOps lead)

SLA:
  Hot inbound (demo request): 5 min first touch, breach -> notify rep + manager, re-route at 15 min
  Standard inbound: 1 business day, breach -> notify manager

Fallbacks:
  Rep out of office -> skip in rotation, do not queue to them
  No enrichment -> route to holding queue, flag for enrichment, not to a rep
── WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM

The SLA timers (5 minutes hot, 1 business day standard) and the size cutoffs are defaults, not laws. They suited a mid-market SaaS inbound motion. If your buyers move slower or your segments split elsewhere, change them. The precedence logic holds. The thresholds are yours.

── EXAMPLE CHAT
EXAMPLE CHAT
You
Leads are falling through. Design the routing model for our 3-segment team.
CLAUDE
Here's the precedence, SLA, and fallback spec. Precedence: 1. Existing account owner -> that owner (skip all below) 2. Enterprise -> Ent pool, round-robin, weighted by ramp 3. No match / missing fields -> holding queue (owner: RevOps lead) SLA: Hot inbound 5 min first touch, breach -> notify rep + manager The catch worth naming: rule 5, the fallback, is the line that actually stops leads from disappearing. Most routing models define the happy path and leave "no match" undefined, which is exactly where leads go quiet. Every path here terminates at a named human. One sharpener: connect your CRM so "existing account owner" checks live ownership instead of the sample list you pasted.
04 / GO FURTHER

Where an operator takes this next.

The spec is step one. Here is where an operator takes it once the manual version proves out.

You built the model once, now the leaks get caught as they happen.

01
Build it, don't just spec it

Hand the ordered rule list to whoever configures Salesforce or HubSpot routing (native rules or a tool like LeanData), so the spec becomes the live config, not a doc that sits next to it.

02
Watch the SLA clock in real time

Wire a scheduled Claude task to check first-touch time against the timer and post a breach alert to Slack the moment a lead crosses it.

03
Audit the fallback queue weekly

Pull everything that landed in the holding queue from the CRM and report why (missing field, no territory match), so the enrichment gaps causing fallbacks actually get fixed.

05 / PART OF A BIGGER PLAY

One skill is the on-ramp.

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