Plaintext Crm

Plaintext CRM

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**AI-native CRM that runs in your IDE.** No SaaS, no dashboards -- just talk to your sales data.

You: "Add company Stripe, fintech, SF. CEO is Patrick Collison."
AI:  Done. Created comp-stripe + p-stripe-001 (Patrick Collison, CEO).

You: "Create a lead for our consulting service, $10k estimated"
AI:  Created lead-stripe-001, stage: new, $10,000 USD.

You: "Log call with Patrick -- discussed pilot, sending proposal Friday"
AI:  Logged activity. Set next_action: "Send proposal", next_action_date: 2026-03-07.

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Why Plaintext CRM?

Traditional CRM	Plaintext CRM
Click through 10 screens to log a call	Say "log call with John, he's interested"
Export to CSV to analyze	Ask "which leads are closing this month?"
Pay $50-500/month	Free, open source
Data locked in vendor	Git-controlled CSV files you own
Learn complex UI	Just talk to AI
Needs internet	Works offline

Quick Start

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/anthroos/plaintext-crm.git
cd plaintext-crm

# 2. Install
pip3 install pandas pyyaml

# 3. Open in your AI IDE
claude                    # Claude Code
# or: cursor .           # Cursor IDE

# 4. Start using -- just talk
"Add company Acme Inc, Series A startup in SF"
"Show my hot leads"
"What needs follow-up today?"

That's it. The AI reads `CLAUDE.md` and understands the full CRM schema, validation rules, and available operations.

What You Get

• Companies & Contacts -- universal c