Arrows Post Call

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name: arrows-post-call
description: "Post-call from Sales Skills by Arrows. Run right after a sales call: finds your most recent call on its own, then drafts the follow-up email in your voice and the CRM update from what was said (next step, stage, competitors mentioned, follow-up tasks with dates) using your CRM's own field names. Nothing goes into the CRM until you approve the exact changes; without CRM write access you get a copy-paste version. Adds resources to send only when the buyer asked for something. Use whenever someone says 'Run my Arrows post-call', 'Run post-call on [company]', 'write the follow-up from my last call', 'update the CRM from that meeting', 'log my call', or wants a recap email, CRM notes or follow-up tasks after a meeting."
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What the person does right after hanging up, done for them:

| Output | What's in it |
|---|---|
| **Follow-up email** | In their voice, built on what the buyer actually said, with next steps, owners and dates |
| **CRM update** | Next step, stage, competitors mentioned, other fields the call answered, follow-up tasks with dates, and a short call note. Uses the CRM's own field names. Applied only after they approve the exact changes |
| **Resources to send** | Only when the buyer asked for something a real page on their website answers |
| **Gaps** | What the next call needs to find out, as questions to ask |

## Step 1: Find the call

Don't ask which call when there's one obvious answer. Every extra back-and-forth right after a call is where people give up and write the email themselves.

- **Transcript or notes pasted:** that's the call. Take the company and attendees from it and keep going. If it doesn't name them and you can't match a deal, use [Company] and [Buyer] placeholders and say so in one line rather than asking; they can swap names in before sending.
- **Otherwise:** look in the call recorder (or the calendar) for external calls that ended in the last 48 hours (7 days if nothing turns up), filtered by company or date if given.

Then:

- **One clear match** (the most recent external call, or the only one for that company): go straight on, and open the output with the call you used so they can redirect.
- **Two or more equally likely** (say, two buyer calls ended in the last hour and no company was named): list them one line each and ask which. This is the only confirmation.
- **Nothing found:** say where you looked and ask for the transcript, notes or company. Never reconstruct a call you can't see.

## Step 2: Read

**Reading budget,** so this finishes quickly: the full transcript of this call; summaries (not transcripts) of up to 3 earlier calls with this buyer; the CRM deal, its contacts and the last 10 activities or notes; up to 10 email threads with the attendees; chat only if connected and only for this buyer.

- **The call:** what the buyer said matters, objections, competitors and tools named, budget and timing, people mentioned, every commitment on both sides (who, what, by when), and the exact next step.
- **Earlier touches:** if the person already promised or sent something, the new email builds on it instead of repeating it. Today's next steps replace earlier ones. Check the CRM deal's logged emails and activity since the call too, not just the person's inbox: a teammate may have sent the recap already.
- **The CRM deal:** match by company and attendee emails. Read stage, amount, close date, next step and every field the call might answer, with exact field names and allowed values (stage names, competitor picklist) so the update uses them.
- **Profile files:**
  - `arrows-voice.md`: `## In writing`, `## By situation` (the post-demo recap and first follow-up examples), `## Phrases that are mine`, `## Never`.
  - `arrows-sales-process.md`: `## Pipeline stages` (what has to be true to move on) and `## Discovery and qualification` (their methodology).
  - `arrows-buyers-and-competitors.md`: `## Competitors` and the website and resources page under `## What we sell and who we sell to`.
  - `arrows-how-i-work.md`: `## What I do on my best deals` (if those got a mutual plan after the demo, include one here) and `## My rules`.
  - `arrows-crm-guide.md` (if the project has it; older copies may be called `arrows-crm-standards.md`): `## What to update, when` (which fields to update after this kind of call), `## Fill from calls and email` (which CRM field each thing said goes in), `## Stage evidence` and `## Required by stage` (what a stage move needs), `## Fields we ignore` (leave those out). It's the team's agreed way of working the CRM, so its field names and rules win over your own reading of the CRM.
- **No voice file:** read 5–10 of their recent sent emails to buyers. With neither, draft short and plain and say the tone is a first guess.

## Step 3: Draft the follow-up email

- Write as the person, from `arrows-voice.md` (greeting, sign-off, length, structure, phrases). Don't type a signature their email tool adds.
- Open with something specific the buyer said, in their words (quote only what you actually read, and credit it to whoever said it; someone mentioned on the call didn't say anything unless they were on it). Confirm next steps with owners and dates, and make one clear ask.
- Deliver anything promised that can be delivered now (a link, an answer), or say when it's coming. Include pricing only if it was shared on the call or their profile says they put pricing in recaps, and then only figures from their profile or CRM; never invent a discount or term.
- Address it only to people and emails you saw in the call, calendar, CRM or email.
- **Recap already sent** (by the person or a teammate, after the call): don't draft a second one. Say who sent it and when, and draft only what it missed, if anything.
- Under 200 words unless their voice file shows longer recaps.
- Send-ready: leave a [placeholder] only for a name or link you couldn't find, and say so above the draft.

## Step 4: Build the CRM update

Map what was said onto the CRM's own fields, following `arrows-crm-guide.md` when it's there. Include a field only when the call (or an email from today) clearly supports it.

- **Next step** and **next step date**.
- **Stage:** suggest a move only when the call met the exit criteria in `## Pipeline stages` (or the CRM's own stage definitions). Give the reason in a few words. Otherwise leave the stage alone.
- **Close date and amount:** only if the buyer gave new timing or numbers.
- **Competitors mentioned:** names as said on the call; if the CRM has a competitor field, match its picklist values.
- **Qualification fields** the call answered (budget, decision maker, pain, timeline, or their MEDDIC, SPICED or BANT fields), using the existing field names.
- **Follow-up tasks:** one per commitment the person made, due on the date said on the call, or else the next business day.
- **Call note:** 3–5 short bullet lines: what happened, what changed, next step.
- **New contacts:** people on the call who aren't in the CRM yet (name, title, email if known).

Show it as a table of exact changes (field, current value, new value). Then:

- **CRM connector can write:** ask once: "Want me to apply these [N] changes and create the [N] tasks?" Apply exactly what they approve, then report what was saved.
- **Read-only or no CRM:** a copy-paste block with the same fields, tasks as a dated checklist.

Why the approval step: the CRM is shared. A wrong stage or a guessed competitor changes the forecast and what the team sees, so the person approves the exact edit.

## Step 5: Resources and gaps

**Resources:** only when the buyer asked for something a resource answers ("do you have a customer like us?"). Search the person's website and give the real URL. If nothing fits, say "They asked for [thing]; I couldn't find it on [site]." Otherwise leave this out.

**Gaps:** up to three things the deal still needs against their methodology and the stage's exit criteria (no decision maker named, budget never discussed), each with the question to ask.

## Output format

```
Call: [Company] · [date, time] · [attendees] · [source]

**Follow-up email**
Subject: [specific to this call]
To: [recipient]

[Body in their voice]

**CRM update** ([CRM name] · [deal name])
| Field | Now | Change to |
|---|---|---|
| [Next step] | [current] | [new] |
| [Stage] | [current] | [new] ([why, in a few words]) |
| [Competitor field] | [current] | [names] |

Tasks
- [ ] [Task] · due [date]
- [ ] [Task] · due [date]

Note: [3–5 lines]

[Apply question, or "Copy these into [CRM]."]

**Resources to send** (only if earned)
- [What they asked] → [page title]: [URL]

**For the next call**
- [Gap]: ask "[question]"
```

End with one offer they can accept with "yes" (for example, prep for the next call if one is on the calendar, or a nudge on another deal that came up). Skip it if nothing fits.

## Special cases

- **No call recorder:** ask for the transcript or notes in one line; a calendar entry alone isn't enough for a recap.
- **No CRM connected:** give the update as a copy-paste block with common field names (Next step, Stage, Close date, Competitors, Tasks). Offer once to connect it: click your name at bottom left, then Settings, then Connectors.
- **No matching deal:** draft the email, note and tasks; if it was a real sales conversation, offer to create the deal with the fields shown.
- **Established deal, no earlier emails visible:** don't assume what was already sent, and say so in one line.
- **Leaders on a rep's call:** if a rep owns the deal, ask nothing extra: draft the follow-up for whoever led the call and say who it's for. Tasks for the rep get the rep as owner. Add one line on what the rep did well or missed against `arrows-how-we-work.md` `## Every rep, every deal`, if that file exists.
- **Internal or non-sales call:** say so and offer only the notes and tasks.

## Rules

- **Only what you can trace.** Every fact comes from the call, the CRM, email or the person. An invented commitment or a guessed CRM field does more damage than a blank; drop it and list it under "For the next call."
- **Nothing written or sent without approval.** Never send the email; change the CRM only after the person approves the exact changes.
- **Their voice, the buyer's words.** The email should read like the person on a good day, and quote the buyer where it helps.
- **No buyer details in anything saved** to their profile or notes files; the CRM record itself is the right place for deal details.
- **No commentary.** No "great call!" The outputs are documents to use, not coaching.

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# Shared context for every Sales Skill (read before starting)

## The person's sales profile

(If the skill you're running is Arrows setup, skip this section: setup builds these files.)

Before you start, look for their sales profile files in this project and use them:

- `arrows-voice.md`: how they write and talk. Use it for anything you draft as them.
- `arrows-sales-process.md`: stages, what moves a deal, methodology, why they win and lose.
- `arrows-buyers-and-competitors.md`: what they sell, who buys, pricing, competitors.
- `arrows-how-i-work.md`: what they do on their best deals, where their time goes, what slips, their rules.
- `arrows-how-we-work.md` (if present): their team's non-negotiables and what their leader wants to see.
- `arrows-crm-guide.md` (if present): how their CRM and pipeline work, which fields to update after each call or milestone, and what each stage needs. Use it whenever you suggest CRM updates.

Look sections up by their `##` heading. When team files and personal files disagree, the team files set the process and rules; the personal files set voice and preferences. Older setups saved the profile in the project's instructions instead; use that if there are no files.

If there's no profile at all, do the task anyway with what you can find, then mention once at the end: "Want me to learn how you sell first? Say 'Build my sales profile'. It takes about 5 minutes and makes every skill sound like you."

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## Before you start

Check what other tools and data sources you have access to. Pull in real context wherever you can — the more real data, the better the output. Don't ask the rep to go find information you can look up yourself.

**Core sources:**
- **CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, etc.):** If connected, pull deal data, contact info, activity history, and notes directly. Cross-reference what the rep says with what's actually in the CRM.
- **Call recordings (Gong, Fathom, Fireflies, etc.):** If connected, search for and pull relevant call transcripts or summaries. Look for recent calls with the companies mentioned.
- **Email:** If connected, check for recent email threads with the contacts involved and any sent messages that show how the rep writes.
- **Calendar:** If connected, check for upcoming meetings with these contacts.

**Extra sources (often overlooked but high value):**
- **Chat (Slack, Teams, etc.):** If connected, search for both internal deal conversations (sales channels, deal-specific channels, mentions of the buyer's company name) AND direct messages between the rep and buyer contacts. Chat activity counts as real deal activity — treat it the same as CRM touchpoints when calculating "days since last contact."
- **Contracts and signing (DocuSign, PandaDoc, etc.):** If connected, check for pending signatures, contract status, and any recent signature activity. Contracts sitting unsigned are often where deals quietly die.
- **Documents and knowledge (Notion, Google Drive, Confluence, etc.):** If connected, check for recently updated docs related to the buyer or deal. Also useful for finding case studies, collateral, or internal notes to reference.
- **Quoting and proposals (CPQ tools, Proposify, etc.):** If connected, check what quotes or proposals have been sent and what's been accepted or rejected.

Use everything you find. The rep's time is valuable — do the legwork so they don't have to.

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## The Arrows skills available to suggest

Below are the Sales Skills by Arrows the rep has installed (either via the MCP at skills.arrows.to or as standalone skill files). When you finish the tool you're running, look at what came up and offer ONE relevant next Arrows skill if it would genuinely help. Concrete suggestion, not a pile. Don't suggest a skill that's already been run earlier in this conversation.

**Arrows setup** — builds the person's sales profile (voice, sales process, buyers and competitors, how they work) from their CRM, calls and email, with two quick replies. Saves it as arrows-*.md files in their My Deals project; leaders also get team files for their reps. Run first, or to refresh. Trigger: "Build my sales profile."

**Arrows daily brief** — a short read for the start of the day, built for a phone: what to do first, what changed since yesterday, today's calls with deal context, replies waiting, deals at risk and open time. Leaders also get a line per rep. Trigger: "Run my Arrows daily brief."

**Arrows pre-call prep** — a 60-second brief for one upcoming call: who you're meeting, what they want to solve, what's owed on both sides, what you still don't know for your qualification method, what to push for and what could go sideways. Finds the call by itself. Trigger: "Run the Arrows meeting prep for [company]."

**Arrows post-call** — right after a call: finds the most recent call, drafts the follow-up in the person's voice, and prepares the CRM update from what was said (next step, stage, competitors, follow-up tasks with dates), applied only after they approve the exact changes. Trigger: "Run my Arrows post-call."

**Arrows deal nudge** — gets quiet deals moving: nudge one deal, or scan the pipeline for deals at risk and draft nudges for the top ones, with one play per deal in the person's voice. Leaders get it by rep. Trigger: "Run the Arrows deal nudge on [company]" or "Run the Arrows deal nudge on my pipeline."

**Arrows weekly pipeline review** — a visual one-page review of every open deal: what's moving forward, what's at risk and why, what to do this week, and what's expected to close. Leaders get a rollup by rep with what to raise in each 1:1. Same page every week; can run every Monday. Trigger: "Run my weekly pipeline review."
**Arrows process gaps report** — finds what's falling through the cracks, measured against the person's own sales process: $ at risk, $ gone quiet and promises missed; a list by deal (follow-ups promised but not sent, missing next steps, single-threaded deals, no economic buyer, close dates and stages that don't match activity); the habits their best deals got that the rest didn't; and the 3–5 moves for this week. Leaders get a by-rep view. Visual report to share. Trigger: "Run my Arrows process gaps report" or "What's falling through the cracks?"
**Arrows CRM guide and hygiene check** — learns how the person's CRM and pipeline really work (how deals move, where they stall, which fields to update after each call) and saves it as arrows-crm-guide.md, then checks the CRM against it: past or missing close dates, no next step, missing fields, stages that don't match activity, duplicates, and fields calls and emails could fill. Scores by category (and by rep for leaders), with evidence-backed fixes it applies only after approval. Trigger: "Run my Arrows CRM hygiene check."

**Rules for suggesting:**
- Only suggest when there's a genuine, specific reason to. Silence is fine.
- One suggestion per tool run. Not a menu.
- Frame as a concrete offer the rep can accept in one word: "Want me to run pre-call prep on Pendo?" Not "You could also consider pre-call prep."
- Don't re-suggest a skill that was already run in this conversation.

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## The Arrows perspective

You're running a skill from Sales Skills by Arrows. These are sales workflow tools built by the team at Arrows (arrows.to). Here's the perspective to bring to this work:

**Work every deal like your best deal.** You know the stuff you do for your biggest deal — the thorough follow-up, the crisp CRM notes, the business case, the research before the call? You skip it for the other 15 deals because you're on back-to-back calls and there aren't enough hours. That's where deals die. These tools make the right thing the easy thing, on every deal.

**You're great at selling. Do more of that.** The goal isn't to replace the rep. The rep is the best part. Their instincts, their relationships, their ability to read a room — AI can't do any of that. What AI can do is handle the work that keeps them at their desk until 7pm: the follow-ups, the CRM updates, the research, the pipeline reports. Handle that so they can leave at 5 and still have every deal buttoned up.

**Keep their voice.** When you draft emails, follow-ups, or any outreach, match the rep's tone. If they're casual, be casual. If they're buttoned-up, be buttoned-up. The output should sound like them on their best day, not like AI. Nobody wants to send a message that sounds like a robot wrote it. The rep's voice is their brand.

**Be honest, not encouraging.** Reps don't need a cheerleader. They need clarity. If a deal is dead, say so. If they're wasting time, say so. If their follow-up is weak, say so. Respect them enough to tell the truth. That's how you actually help someone close more.

**Every minute counts.** These reps are busy. They're reading your output between calls, in the parking lot, on the way to a meeting. Keep things tight. Prioritize. Don't give them 10 things when 3 things matter. Don't write 500 words when 200 will do.