Free WhatsApp workflow template
After-hours lead reply: every step, in order, before you switch it on
A lead who lands in the evening hears something straight away instead of silence, and gets the real opening the next working morning.
- 5 steps
- 3 messages
- When: New lead arrives
New lead after hours
Every message as it is sent. The app puts your own name and business where it says [Your name] and [Your business], {{Name}} is the contact's first name, and a word that starts with $ is filled in from the chat.
When: New lead arrives
- 1
Check the day and time
Checks the time against your opening hours
If Outside your times
- 3
Send a message
Hi {{Name}}, thanks for getting in touch. [Your name] here - you have caught me outside working hours, so I will come back to you properly when I am back at my desk.
- 4
Wait
Wait 12 hours
- 5
Ask a question
Hi {{Name}}, [Your name] here again. Is now a better time for a quick chat?
- 2
Ask a question
Hi {{Name}}, [Your name] here from [Your business]. Thanks for getting in touch - is now a good time for a quick chat?
What it does
A lead who lands in the evening hears something straight away instead of silence, and gets the real opening the next working morning.
How to use it in Palby AI Agent
- 1Open Workflows and choose Start with a template.
- 2Pick the one called "New lead after hours". It opens as a draft with every step drawn and your name and business filled in.
- 3Change any words you like, then press Test to try it in a test chat.
- 4Publish it when it reads right. Nothing is sent before that, and you can stop it any time.
It sends from the WhatsApp you already use, linked as a device the way WhatsApp Web is. WhatsApp's help centre warns that linking through unofficial apps "may put your account at risk", so workflow messages wait their turn at your number's pace.
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Questions
Yes. Copy the steps or print them from this page. Running it on your WhatsApp in Palby AI Agent starts with a walkthrough.
Yes. Every message, question and wait is yours to rewrite in the builder, and you can add or remove steps before you publish.
No. It runs on the WhatsApp you already use, linked as a device the way WhatsApp Web is, so there are no message templates to get approved. WhatsApp's help centre warns that linking through unofficial apps "may put your account at risk", so workflow messages wait their turn at your number's pace.
Nobody can promise it won't. Workflow messages wait their turn at your number's pace like every other message, so a burst of chats is answered one after another, in the order they came in.
You build workflows for your own number and publish them yourself. Your team admin switches automation on for the team first.
Switch it on with your own words in it.
Book a walkthrough to see the workflows run in the app.
30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.