Feature breakdown

Every motion of the deal — in one product.

Dealer Forge ships 21 integrated modules on a single multi-tenant data model. This page is the operator's reference: what each module does, what it touches, and how it's governed.

1. Dashboards

Three role-tuned dashboards on the same source of truth.

Overview

  • KPI tiles: leads today/week, appointments today/week, deals in progress, deals closed, monthly revenue, conversion rate, SLA compliance, inventory count and aging.
  • Live Showroom Visits widget — real-time floor traffic.
  • Active Shoppers widget — customers currently engaged on the website.
  • Daily activity charts (responses, appointments, escalations).

My Dashboard

  • Personal pipeline: assigned leads, tasks, appointments, and deal probability.
  • Daily briefing panel from the AI Copilot.

Team Dashboard

  • Per-salesperson performance, leaderboard, round-robin distribution health.
  • Manager visibility into SLA, response times, and escalation volumes.

2. Lead Management

The lifecycle, scoring, routing, and ingestion stack.

Lifecycle

Canonical statuses: newcontactedqualifiedproposalnegotiationwonlostduplicate

  • Temperature classification with auto-scoring (0–100).
  • Sources: website, walk-in, phone, referral, third-party (ADF), social, email.
  • Status changes governed and audited via lead_status_audit.

Routing

  • Round-robin assignment by store and department.
  • Configurable in Admin → Lead Routing Settings.
  • Honors user availability, role, and store assignment via user_store_assignments.

Capture & ingestion

  • ADF/XML import via import-lead edge function — parses tags into lead types and notes.
  • Website lead form via submit-website-lead with duplicate rejection on active matches.
  • Third-party feeds via API key (X-API-Key).

AI auto-responder

  • Granular triggering rules with exclusions (lead source, hours, status).
  • Initial response sent via Madison AI within configured SLA.
  • Logged in ai_interaction_logs.

Filtering & views

All Leads · Hot Leads · New Leads · My Leads. URL-driven filtering for deep-linking.

3. Customer 360

One profile, every channel, every signal.

Profiles

  • Identity: name, contacts, address, communication consent (SMS/email).
  • Preferred contact channel.
  • Tags & segmentation.
  • Activity timeline (notes, calls, SMS, email, status changes, assignments).

Customer dashboard

  • Profile header with quick actions (call, text, email, schedule).
  • Vehicle of Interest panel — links to active lead record.
  • Buyer / Co-buyer panel.
  • Trade-in panel with VIN decode and comparison tools.
  • Sales history, deal probability indicator.
  • Online activity feed (page views, vehicle views, scoring).
  • Appointments, tasks, and wishlist management.
  • Lead Received detail dialog for inbound source review.
  • Printable Customer Sheet — internal review document.

Search & tools

  • Standard and Advanced Search with multi-field filters.
  • Recent · Sold · Recently Contacted · Not Recently Contacted · Lease Prospects.
  • Recent Opportunities and Potential Duplicates detection.
  • Customer Data Transfer between salespeople / stores.

Add / Edit

  • Customer form dialog with ZIP lookup.
  • License scan dialog (scan-license OCR).
  • Vehicle lookup dialog tied to inventory.
  • Soft-delete with hierarchy preservation.

4. Showroom Visits

Live tracking

  • Floor traffic in real time on the Overview Dashboard.
  • Sales-process steps: meet & greet, walkaround, demo drive, write-up, etc.
  • Visit notes and outcomes.

End Visit / Purchase

  • End Visit dialog captures result.
  • did_buy: true triggers automated cascade — sale record creation, deal initialization, status sync.
  • View Visit dialog for historical visit review.

5. Tasks

  • customer_tasks table with chronological categorization (Today, Overdue, Upcoming, Completed).
  • Task types: call, email, sms, follow-up, appointment, other.
  • Owner, due date, related entity (lead/customer/deal/vehicle), status.
  • Add Task dialog from any customer dashboard.
  • Behavioral automation creates tasks from tracking events (e.g., repeat vehicle views).
  • AI-generated follow-up tasks suppressed when chat is active (chat-first priority).

6. Calendar / Appointments

  • Multi-type appointments: sales, test drive, delivery, service, other.
  • Schedule Appointment dialog with 30-minute collision check.
  • Edit Appointment dialog and reminders.
  • Linked to customers, leads, and deals.
  • Statuses: scheduled, confirmed, completed, no-show, cancelled.

7. Activities

  • Unified activity stream across customers, leads, and deals.
  • Types: note, call, sms, email, status change, assignment.
  • Sourced from customer_activities and demo_messages.
  • Inbound communications ingested via demo_messages (single source of truth) and surfaced as activities.

8. Opportunities

  • Recent Opportunities view of active deal-stage customers.
  • Tracks deal probability (0–100) with formula-based scoring.
  • Surfaces customers ready for desking handoff.

9. Letters

Coming soon — direct mail / printable correspondence module.

11. Communications

Pinned chat widget

  • Facebook Messenger-style floating chat (bottom-left).
  • Up to 3 simultaneous conversations, minimize/expand.
  • 5-second polling, real-time message display.
  • Click name to navigate to customer profile.
  • Persists to demo_messages and logs to customer_activities.
  • Outbound messages must use delivered status.

Inbox

  • Email, Text, and Calls views with Unread / Sent / Drafts / Missed / Voicemail filters.
  • Future-proofed messaging architecture for SMS/email providers.

12. Madison AI Sales Assistant

  • Conversational SMS AI with tool calling.
  • Tools: inventory search, profile updates, wishlist add, appointment scheduling.
  • After-hours behavior modes (respond, acknowledge_only, silent).
  • Auto follow-up engine with configurable intervals and max attempts.
  • Re-engagement logic with escalation_status and auto re-enable.
  • Personality configuration (name, persona, tagline, FAQ, promotions, custom phrases).

13. Trade-Ins

  • Trade-in dialog with VIN decoder integration.
  • API-based vehicle decode and option/trim lookup.
  • Comparison vs. inventory and market values.
  • Trade specs stored against the customer record.

14. Wishlist / Vehicle of Interest

  • Add Wishlist dialog from customer dashboard.
  • Vehicle of Interest links the customer dashboard to the active lead vehicle.
  • Drives inventory heat-mapping and behavioral triggers.

15. Visitor Intelligence

  • Page views, vehicle views, dwell time, scroll depth.
  • Visitor scoring and attribution to customer records.
  • Cross-join with CRM via tracking integration.
  • Performance optimized with pg_cron refreshed aggregates.
  • Powers Active Shoppers widget and behavioral task creation.

16. Deal Probability

  • 0–100 scale calculated from lead status, recency of contact, online activity, appointment activity, trade-in presence, and visit progression.
  • Surfaced on the customer dashboard and Opportunities view.

17. Handoff to Desking

  • Deals require an explicit "Desk Deal" trigger — they are not auto-created.
  • Customer → Lead → Deal hierarchy with bidirectional status sync.
  • Deals open in /app/desking with full worksheet.

18. AI Copilot

  • Analyst mode and Controlled Autonomy framework.
  • Daily briefing with prioritized actions.
  • Context-aware chat tied to the current customer / lead / deal.
  • Proposes actions (create task, update lead, send message, schedule appointment, assign lead) with confirmation.
  • Citations link back to CRM entities.

19. AI Trust Center & Governance

  • AI audit log of every AI decision and message.
  • Failure mode handling with human escalation rules.
  • Configurable autonomy levels per workflow.
  • Trust Center settings in Admin.

20. Multi-Tenancy & Access Control

  • Hierarchy: Dealer Group → Store (UUID-based, no 5-digit IDs).
  • Global store selector (StoreContext + selectedStoreId).
  • user_store_assignments controls store access.
  • Nine system roles (admin, GM, sales manager, salesperson, BDC, F&I manager, service manager, marketing manager, platform owner).
  • Row-Level Security on all CRM tables; Platform Owner bypass policy.
  • Tenancy isolation via store_id or !inner join on customers.

21. Admin Settings (CRM-Relevant)

  • Store hours by department (used by Madison after-hours logic).
  • Lead routing (round-robin) configuration.
  • API key management for inbound lead feeds.
  • Department phone numbers (sales, service, parts, finance, main).
  • AI Agent settings (Lead Auto-Responder, Appointment Assistant, Madison personality).
  • Service Department toggle (hides service features per store).
  • Automated user provisioning with context-aware store assignments.

22. Reporting & Audit

  • Lead status audit trail.
  • Sales Log operational ledger with front/back gross and commission.
  • AI Interaction Logs and AI Analytics dashboard.
  • Impersonation audit logs for platform admin actions.

Appendix · Data Model

Key tables backing the CRM.

TablePurpose
customersMaster customer records
leadsLead lifecycle and assignment
customer_activitiesActivity timeline
customer_tasksTasks and follow-ups
customer_salesSales history
customer_tradeinsTrade-in records
customer_wishlistVehicles of interest
appointmentsScheduled events
showroom_visitsLive floor traffic
demo_messagesSingle source of truth for messaging
ai_interaction_logsAI activity analytics
ai_follow_up_queueScheduled AI follow-ups
lead_status_auditLead status change history
user_store_assignmentsUser-to-store access mapping
storesStore records (UUID, includes department phones)
store_hoursPer-department hours

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