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How to Use Claude to Manage Your CRM

OSTRATA lets you manage your entire CRM through natural language conversation with Claude. No forms. No navigation menus. Just chat.

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Why Chat Beats Forms

Traditional CRMs force you through UI workflows: click fields, fill forms, navigate tabs. It's slow. OSTRATA inverts this. You define your data structure once, then interact entirely through natural language in the Operations chat interface.

Claude executes your intent via tool calls. You don't touch a form again.

What You Can Do in Operations Chat

Create Records

Tell Claude what you need:

  • "Add a new contact: Sarah Chen, VP of Sales at TechCorp, sarah@techcorp.io"

  • "Create a deal: $50k contract with Acme, close by end of Q2"

  • "Log a task: Follow up with Salesforce team Tuesday"

Claude parses intent, maps fields, and writes the record.

Search and Filter

Query your CRM as you would a person:

  • "Show me all deals over $100k that are still open"

  • "Find contacts from San Francisco added this month"

  • "What's the status of the AWS proposal?"

Claude translates natural language to structured queries against your schema.

Update and Link Records

Modify data without leaving chat:

  • "Move the Slack deal to Negotiation"

  • "Link this contact to the Q3 partnerships pipeline"

  • "Update the close date to next Friday"

Work with Custom Objects

You define the schema in Setup—Contacts, Deals, Projects, Leads, whatever fits your business. Claude works with all of it. No special training needed.

Claude MCP: Direct Integration with Your Schema

OSTRATA uses Claude's Model Context Protocol to connect Claude directly to your CRM. This means Claude doesn't just interpret your requests—it operates on your live data through verified tool calls.

How it works:

  • Claude reads your object definitions and field schema from Setup

  • When you ask a question or request an action, Claude calls the appropriate tools

  • Each tool respects your row-level security and permissions

  • Results flow back into chat instantly

You're not asking Claude about your CRM. You're asking Claude to manage your CRM. The connection is native and real-time.

Live Views: AI-Generated Dashboards and Tables

Beyond chat, OSTRATA generates live tables, kanban boards, and dashboards on demand. Ask Claude to show you:

  • Pipeline breakdown by stage

  • Open tasks sorted by date

  • Revenue forecast by quarter

  • Custom summaries of any object type

These render in Live Views as interactive displays that stay fresh as data changes. No manual dashboard building. Claude generates exactly what you ask for.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

Each workspace has RLS (row-level security) isolation. Team members see only what they own or what's shared. Claude respects permission boundaries—it won't expose data outside your scope.

Integrations That Feed Your CRM

OSTRATA connects where your work happens:

Google Workspace

  • Google Drive: Attach files to records, link folders to deals or projects

  • Google Calendar: Sync meetings; Claude can log them as tasks or activities

  • Gmail: Link emails to contacts and deals; create records from messages

Telegram

  • Receive notifications in a workspace bot

  • Link team members; ask Claude to push updates to chat

REST API

  • Build custom integrations with scoped API keys

  • Query and write data programmatically

  • No vendor lock-in; your schema is yours

How Setup Powers Operations

Before you chat, you configure once in Setup:

  1. Define objects: What entities matter? (Contacts, Deals, Clients, Projects)

  2. Add fields: Name, email, revenue, stage—whatever you need

  3. Set permissions: Who can view, edit, and delete each object type

  4. Connect integrations: Link Google, Telegram, or REST endpoints

  5. Generate API keys: Scope access for third-party tools

Once set, Claude knows your schema and respects all rules. Chat becomes your execution layer.

Personal Connect: Your Tools, Your Way

Personal connect settings let you add:

  • Calendar preferences

  • Gmail threading rules

  • Telegram member linking

Claude learns your preferences and surfaces information relevant to you—without cluttering your team's data.

The Result

You get a CRM that works like an assistant, not an application. No training videos. No admin overhead. No forms.

Define your schema. Chat with Claude. OSTRATA does the rest.

Start with OSTRATA and experience what headless CRM actually means.

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