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Empathree CRM: from lead to invoice in one system, operated from Claude

We built our own agency CRM: from sales pipeline and proposals to projects, hours, revenue and a smart inbox. Everything in one system, and fully operable from Claude through a custom MCP server.

Screenshot of the Empathree CRM: the dashboard with clients, prospects, open issues and hours.
Screenshot of the Empathree CRM: the dashboard with clients, prospects, open issues and hours.
8
modules in one system
100%
operable from Claude
2
sources: email + meetings, automatic
1
source of truth
01 · De uitdaging

The challenge: running an agency on a stack of loose tools

An agency quickly juggles a CRM, a project tool, time tracking, invoicing and a separate place for proposals. Everything is separate, numbers have to be retyped, and nobody has a single overview from client to invoice.

We wanted the exact opposite: one system that fits how we work, that plugs into how we already work with AI, and where emails and meeting notes land in the right place by themselves instead of via copy-paste.

The bottleneck

Separate tools for CRM, projects, hours, revenue and proposals. Retyping, and nothing connects.

The risk

No overview from lead to invoice, and manual work that slips or goes wrong.

The goal

One system, one source of truth, that you simply operate from Claude.

02 · Onze aanpak

The solution: our own CRM, operable from Claude

We built a complete agency CRM and put a custom MCP server on top of it. So everything from first contact to invoicing runs in one system that you operate in plain language.

01

One CRM from lead to invoice

Clients, a sales pipeline with deals, proposals and briefings. From first contact to signed proposal in one line, instead of loose tools.

02

Projects that actually run

Projects with sprints, issues, labels and a backlog, plus planning with appointments and meetings. Logged hours and revenue lines are attached directly.

03

A smart inbox

Incoming emails and meeting transcripts are processed automatically and linked to the right client and project. No more copy-paste.

04

Operable from Claude via a custom MCP

Claude both reads and writes in the CRM: move deals, create and publish proposals, plan issues, log hours, summarise revenue and link inbox items.

Inside the CRM

A look inside the CRM

Client, personal and revenue data in these examples has been obscured.

Statistics: cycle time, conversion, won and expected pipeline, per stage across the whole administration.
Statistics: cycle time, conversion, won and expected pipeline, per stage across the whole administration.
Proposals & briefings: from draft to sent, viewed and signed, with signing ratio.
Proposals & briefings: from draft to sent, viewed and signed, with signing ratio.
Planning & time tracking: schedule work and log hours, with a built-in tracker.
Planning & time tracking: schedule work and log hours, with a built-in tracker.
Client record: status, deals, contacts and the link to work and finance.
Client record: status, deals, contacts and the link to work and finance.
03 · Het resultaat
The Empathree team, who build the CRM themselves and use it every day.

Empathree runs on one own system: sales, projects, planning, hours, revenue and inbox together, instead of a collection of loose tools you maintain by hand.

Because the CRM is connected to Claude, you do the work in plain language: 'mark this deal as won', 'create a proposal for this client', 'log two hours on this project', 'summarise this month's revenue'. And emails and meetings land in the right place automatically.

De les

When you build your own CRM and connect it to Claude, the difference between 'working in a system' and 'having the system do something' disappears. You simply talk to your business.

“Our whole agency runs on one CRM that we operate from Claude. From creating a proposal to logging hours and summarising revenue: it is a sentence, not a tool switch. And every meeting and email lands in the right place by itself.”

Marc Cornelius
Founder, Empathree