Qualification should help the buyer reach the right next step. It should not make them answer a bot's checklist before anyone addresses the reason they reached out.
The system can score silently while the conversation stays natural: use what the lead already supplied, ask one question at a time and stop collecting once there is enough evidence to book, nurture or decline.
Each reply updates explicit qualification fields and a reasoned next state. The model writes the message; deterministic rules decide what the system is allowed to do with the result.
Capture service need, location, company context and timing already present in the thread.
Choose one high-value gap rather than repeating facts or sending a questionnaire.
Book now, continue discovery, nurture, decline or hand off based on explicit rules.
Write qualification fields and the evidence behind them to the CRM for the human owner.
A lead who asks about price deserves a direct answer before another question. A lead who already named their location should not be asked where they are. Conversation state lets the system infer what is known and choose the one missing signal that changes the route.
That makes qualification shorter and more accurate because the record is built from the whole exchange, not only from answers to a rigid sequence.
A label like qualified is not enough for a rep taking over. The handoff should include the buyer's stated problem, fit facts, timeline, objection and what the system recommended next.
That context pack lets the human continue the conversation instead of interrogating the lead a second time, and it gives managers something concrete to audit when routing looks wrong.
Karma's ADU, roofing and new-home funnels collect different fit signals, then carry the answers into the responder, calendar and sales handoff instead of asking the prospect to repeat them.
The lead's messages, form answers, source, approved company rules and CRM history. It should never infer protected or sensitive attributes that the business does not need.
Yes. Service area, company size, use case, timing, required documents and disqualifiers are configured around the offer rather than imposed by a generic score.
Yes. The qualification record includes its evidence and can be changed by the owner; the system is there to route work, not make an irreversible judgment.
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