App Developer Guide

How to Automate Lead & Client Tracking as a App Developer

You're stuck in Xcode debugging a race condition when an Upwork lead asks for a quote. Stopping to open Linear, check your rate, and write a scope email breaks your focus. By the time you get back to them, they've already hired someone else.

The Current Reality

The Manual Way

Copying lead details from email or Upwork into a spreadsheet, figuring out estimates, and writing proposal emails one at a time.

45 minutes per lead
  1. Copy lead requirements from the Upwork message or email into a notes app.
  2. Open Google Sheets to guess estimated hours based on how hard the features are.
  3. Write a custom email outlining scope, timeline, and the $120/hr rate.
  4. Manually make a new project card in Linear or Jira if they say yes.
  5. Set a calendar reminder to follow up if you don't hear back in 48 hours.

With Christine AI

The Christine Way

Forward the lead message or speak the requirements into a voice note. Christine logs the lead, writes the SOW, runs the numbers, and queues the email for you to check.

You

Forward the Upwork message to Christine with a voice note: 'Quote this fitness app tracker, 3 weeks work.'

Christine

Christine pulls the requirements, calculates a $14,400 estimate (120 hrs), and drafts a SOW in Google Docs.

You

Reply 'Send it' to Christine's draft preview.

Christine

Christine sends the professional proposal via Gmail and adds a 'Lead - Fitness App' card to your CRM sheet with a 3-day follow-up reminder.

Time Saved Per Week

6 hours per week

Back in your pocket every single week — just for this one task.

Real Example

See it in iMessage

Just text Christine like you would a friend.

9:41

Christine

AI Secretary

Just got off a call with NovaPay founders. They need a Stripe Connect split-payment feature for their marketplace. Target launch is end of March. Can you draft a proposal?
9:41 AM
Got it. Based on similar fintech integrations, I'm estimating 85 hours ($10,200). I've drafted a SOW including PCI compliance checks and ACH support. Want me to send it to the CTO?
9:41 AM
Yes, but bump the estimate to 95 hours to buffer for their legacy data migration. Send it now.
9:42 AM
Updated to 95 hours ($11,400) and sent to [email protected]. I also added a 'NovaPay Proposal' row to your Leads Sheet and set a reminder to ping me next Tuesday if they haven't replied.
9:42 AM
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