Automations, built by Pathfinder

Say how you want it done. Pathfinder builds it.

The follow-up, the dashboard, the form and the fields behind it. Describe what you want the way you'd explain it to a new hire, and it's built with your people, your tags and your templates. You read it, then you publish.

Built from a sentenceAutomationsSkylight tilesClient FormsCustom fields
1Automations

Build any automation in your CRM just by talking to it.

An automation is follow-up that runs on its own: the welcome email, the paperwork task, the call three days after a seminar. Tell Pathfinder what should happen and when, and it builds every step with your people, your tags and your emails.

If it needs something only your office knows, it asks. Then you publish, and it runs for every household.

For youThe service you promised happens on time, for everyone.
For your assistantThey explain the job once, in their own words.
Try it: press a request, answer the one question, then publish. On for every firm · building with Pathfinder uses tokens
AltitudeAutomations
DraftAI
Tell Pathfinder
Describe it the way you'd explain it to a new hire.Build
Untitled automation
Press a request. The steps build here, with your people and tags already filled in.
Pathfinder can make mistakes. Read the steps before you publish.
Recreated from the Automations builder in Altitude with Pathfinder open. Sample firm, team and requests.
2Skylights

Want a KPI? Tell Pathfinder what it is and it builds it.

Skylights are the numbers on your dashboard. Any metric or stat you want, from any information inside your CRM: calls made, new households, clients gone quiet, pipeline by stage. Say what you want to see and Pathfinder builds it.

Or pick from 46 that are ready to go. Each one stays up to date on its own.

For youThe numbers you run the firm by, without building a report.
For your teamEach person sets up the dashboard the way they work.
Try it: ask for a metric, then add it to the dashboard. Skylights · on for every firm · building with Pathfinder uses tokens
AltitudeDashboard · Skylights
46 in the catalogAI
Contact Health86.4%+0.8% relationships current
Meetings This Week2/5+1 completed / planned
Overdue Items6tasks and activities
Describe a new Skylight
For example: calls made this week, by direction.Build
Recreated from the Altitude dashboard. Sample book; every number is illustrative.
3Client Forms

Tell Pathfinder what you need to collect. It builds the form.

The hard part of a client form is building it, or knowing what belongs on it when it's something you haven't done before. Talk to Pathfinder about the information you want to gather and it builds the form for you.

Clients open it on their phone, already filled in with what you have on file. Their answers come back to the record for your team to approve.

For youA new form in minutes, even one you've never made before.
For your assistantNo more keying answers from paper into the CRM.
Try it: press each request in order and watch the form build. Client Forms · on for every firm · see the full page
AltitudeForm builder
DraftAI
Tell Pathfinder
Have an old intake PDF? Attach it and Pathfinder rebuilds it as a form tied to your CRM fields.
What your client sees
RSReliable Securities · New client intake
The form builds here.
Recreated from the Altitude form builder with Pathfinder. The blue tags show where each answer is saved. Sample firm.
4Workflows

Your workflows, from objective to milestones to tasks.

Nothing falls through the cracks. A workflow lays out a whole job the way your office does it: the objective, the milestones along the way, and the tasks under each one. Every task has an owner and a date.

Start it for a client and the right people get the right tasks on the right days. Have a deadline? It counts back from it. An automation can start a workflow too, like when a prospect becomes a client.

For youClient 200 gets the same care as client 2.
For your teamEveryone knows what's theirs and when it's due.
Try it: start it for Karen today, or count back from her first review. Workflow templates · included with Altitude
AltitudeWorkflow templates
Template
Recreated from a workflow template in Altitude. Dates skip weekends. Sample team and client.
5Custom fields

Custom fields build deep, rich client profiles.

Custom fields are where everything you learn about a client lives: their risk tolerance, the grandkids' names, the charity they care about, the boat. The more you capture, the better you understand the people you serve.

Need a field you don't have? Ask Pathfinder for it. An admin approves it, and it's on every client's record.

For youYou walk into every meeting knowing the person, not only the accounts.
For your teamEveryone captures the same things, the same way.
Try it: ask for a field, approve it as the admin, then fill it in. Custom fields · included with Altitude
AltitudePathfinder
AI
What would you like to track?
Karen Whitfield · record
Planning
Retirement age62 (Tom)LifecyclePre-RetirementService tierGold
Interests
HobbiesPickleball, Tuesday league
Recreated from Pathfinder chat and a contact record in Altitude. Sample household.
6Mission Control

Mission Control shows everything your automations are doing.

Every task that's been assigned. Everything that's waiting on someone else. Every automation running right now. It's all on one screen, live.

If one fails, it shows up here and tells you why in plain English. Fix it, retry, and move on. And a Speedbutton starts any automation from the client in front of you.

For youYou keep tabs on everything without asking anyone.
For your teamThey see what's theirs, and what's stuck on someone else.
Try it: press a Speedbutton, fix the failed run, then open Work Items. Mission Control · on for every firm
AltitudeMission Control
1 running · 2 waiting · 1 failedLive
Speedbuttons · on Karen Whitfield
New client onboarding · the Taylors
Step 3 of 5 · sending the welcome email
Discovery follow-up · Sam Taylor
Waiting for the meeting to be completed, or 7 days. Day 2.
Annual update form · Adina Smith
Waiting for the form to be completed. Sent 3 days ago.
RMD prep at 73 · Ray Kowalski
Stopped at step 1: there's no date of birth on Ray's record.
Recreated from the Speedbuttons tray and Mission Control in Altitude. Sample runs.
7Your turn

Watch Pathfinder build one of your automations.

Bring one piece of follow-up your team does by hand today. We'll have Pathfinder build it while you watch, then run it on a sample client.

Names, households and figures on this page are made-up examples, shown to illustrate how Altitude works.

What are Automations? Automations is the no-code automation system inside Altitude, the CRM for financial advisors. You describe what you want in plain English and Pathfinder, Altitude's AI assistant, builds it: follow-up automations, Skylight dashboard tiles, client forms and custom fields. Automations can start a workflow template, wait days or weeks for a client, and show every run in Mission Control. You read what was built, then you publish.

Safeguards

Built to be safe with your clients.

It asks before it publishes

Nothing goes live until you say Publish, and it can't publish while anything is still missing.

Changes don't disturb anyone midway

Change an automation and households already partway through finish the way they started.

Do Not Contact always holds

Anyone marked Do Not Contact is skipped, and the skip is logged. A run never fires twice.

You hear about failures

If an automation fails, the people you choose get an alert that says why in plain English.

Triggers

What can start an automation.

Something changes

A record is created or updated, a field changes, a tag is added or removed, or a relationship is added.

A date arrives

A birthday, an anniversary, an important date coming up, or a client reaching an age such as 73.

Work gets done

A task is completed, or a client form is completed or approved.

The clock

A schedule you set: daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.

A person

Someone presses a Speedbutton on the contact, opportunity or activity in front of them.

Then it can wait

For days or weeks, until a date passes, a field changes, a task completes or another workflow finishes.

Questions

Questions advisors ask about Automations.

What are Automations in Altitude?

Automations is the no-code automation system inside Altitude, the CRM for financial advisors. You describe what you want in plain English and Pathfinder builds it: follow-up automations, Skylight dashboard tiles, client forms and custom fields. You read what it built, then you publish.

Do I need to write code or learn a builder?

No. Describe the automation to Pathfinder, by typing or by voice, and it builds the steps on the canvas with your real people, tags and templates. You can also start from a template or drag blocks that read in plain English.

What can Pathfinder build besides automations?

Skylight dashboard tiles, where Pathfinder picks the chart type from your description. Client forms, built by chat or rebuilt from a PDF or image you attach, with every field mapped to the CRM. And custom-field changes, which Pathfinder proposes for an admin to approve.

What can start an automation?

A record being created or changed, a tag being added or removed, a birthday, anniversary or other important date, a contact reaching an age such as 73, a task being completed, a client form being completed or approved, a schedule, or someone pressing a Speedbutton on a record.

Can an automation wait for a client to do something?

Yes. A workflow can pause for days or weeks until a date passes, a field changes, a contact gets a tag, a task completes or another workflow finishes, then pick up exactly where it left off. A wait can also race an event against a deadline, and whichever happens first decides the next step.

What stops a half-built automation from emailing clients?

Pathfinder asks before it publishes, with a Publish or Not now card. Publishing is blocked until every Needs input value is filled. Clients marked Do Not Contact are skipped and the skip is logged, a run never fires twice, and admins get an alert in plain English if an automation fails.

Who can build automations?

Any Altitude user in a firm with Automations turned on, which is every firm. Building with Pathfinder doesn't need Pathfinder+. It does use Pathfinder tokens. Automations and their runs belong to the firm, so the whole team can see them.