Qualify Leads with OpenAI: Score & Route to Telegram

Qualify inbound leads automatically with OpenAI—score, classify, log to Google Sheets, and alert your team in Telegram

This n8n workflow captures new lead submissions from an n8n Form, uses OpenAI to analyze sales potential and produce a 0–100 lead score plus HOT/WARM/COLD routing, then saves every lead to Google Sheets and instantly notifies your sales team in Telegram when a lead is HOT.

What this workflow does

• Receives new lead data from an n8n Form (contact details, budget, business need, urgency, and message).
• Qualifies the lead with OpenAI by generating:
  • A 0–100 score
  • HOT/WARM/COLD classification
  • Rationale and recommended next action
  • A suggested reply
• Parses the AI output and merges it with the original form submission into a structured lead record.
• Saves every lead to Google Sheets for tracking and follow-up.
• Routes leads based on the AI-generated classification (so higher-intent leads are prioritized).
• Instantly alerts on HOT leads by sending a Telegram notification to your specified Chat ID.

Use cases

• Your SaaS gets inbound leads via a form—automatically score them and respond faster when intent is high.
• Automation engineers want consistent lead qualification logic with AI, stored for reporting in Google Sheets.
• Sales teams need Telegram alerts for urgent, high-value prospects without manually reviewing every submission.

Technical details

• Form Trigger to receive submissions
• AI qualification (OpenAI) to generate score, HOT/WARM/COLD classification, rationale, next action, and suggested reply
• Code + Switch to parse AI results and route lead records
• Google Sheets integration to store all qualified leads
• Telegram node to send HOT-lead notifications (Chat ID configuration required)
• Sticky Note for workflow documentation

Set up OpenAI credentials, connect Google Sheets, configure your Telegram bot + HOT destination Chat ID, and adjust scoring criteria and thresholds to match your business.