Discount request deal desk
A manager runs three agents over each discount request: one verifies the deal in the CRM read only, one applies your discount policy and routes it fast track or escalation, one drafts the customer email or internal approval request. A Slack summary asks a person to approve. Nothing is sent and the CRM is not changed.
What it does
- Reads each request from an intake sheet in order
- Checks the deal in the CRM with read only tools and stops on missing, closed or duplicate accounts
- Applies the written discount policy and routes fast track or escalation
- Drafts the customer email or the internal approval request
- Posts a summary to Slack for approval
Your approval boundaries
Approval requiredThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Approving any discount
- Sending any email, drafts only
- Writing anything to the CRM, which stays read only
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for founders and small sales teams who want more time for real conversations. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it reads each request from an intake sheet in order. Next, it checks the deal in the CRM with read only tools and stops on missing, closed or duplicate accounts. Then it applies the written discount policy and routes fast track or escalation. After that, it drafts the customer email or the internal approval request. Finally, it posts a summary to Slack for approval. It works with your CRM, chat and spreadsheets, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before approving any discount, sending any email, drafts only and writing anything to the CRM, which stays read only, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
“Nothing is sent and nothing in Salesforce changes.”
Explore required tools and model recommendations
Tools and access
HubSpot CRM
Handles the crm part of this job. Grant read scopes, plus notes write.
API required: Yes. Needs a HubSpot private app or OAuth app with the CRM scopes you choose.
Slack
Handles the chat part of this job. Grant a bot token in the channels it needs.
API required: Yes. Needs a Slack app created in your workspace. It gets a bot token with the scopes you approve.
Google Sheets
Handles the spreadsheets part of this job. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.
API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app or a service account with the Sheets API turned on.
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Model recommendations
Best pick
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Good balance of speed and quality for briefs and drafts.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
GPT-6 Luna
Very low cost per token for simple research summaries.
$0.10 per million input tokens, $0.50 per million output tokens, for prompts up to 272K tokens.
OpenAI docs as of October 11, 2026
Our own picks. Not sponsored, no affiliate links.
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Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Connect HubSpot CRM with its own login, not yours. Grant read scopes, plus notes write.
- 2Connect Slack with its own login, not yours. Grant a bot token in the channels it needs.
- 3Connect Google Sheets with its own login, not yours. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.
- 4Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 5Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 6Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Can draft things that send or spend, so it sits close to risky actions.
Waits for a yes on: approving any discount, sending any email, drafts only, writing anything to the crm, which stays read only.
Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.
Runs on its own login across 3 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Access: Take away its ability to send, post or spend. Let it only write drafts, and have a person press send or pay from their own account +6
- Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
- Scope: Cut it down from 3 connected tools to the 2 it needs most, each with its own limited login instead of your full account +2
Do all of these to reach 89, up from 78.
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