Grounded Light CRM

Briefing · Love Is A Habit · working name: groundedlightcrm.org

One place where people, their support circles and the coordinators who serve them actually meet.

An agentic CRM and unified inbox, built so that every text, email, call and shared document lands in one conversation, and so the people doing the caring can create what someone needs, right there in the chat.

Unified inbox Client portal Care console Community & challenges Create studio

"A generation given the tools to chase their dreams will change the world." Unpack the dream, refine it through the lens of the greatest good for them and for all people, then lock in love through practical steps, commitments and actions.

01 · The stack

Five layers, one conversation.

Tap a layer to see what lives there.

02 · The backbone

Proven services underneath. Our own software on top.

We don't rebuild what already works. The custom part is the experience that ties it together.

Twilio

Messaging, automation and calls. Texts and group chats, scheduled daily messages, phone numbers, call routing and call setup.

  • SMS & group texts
  • Automated flows
  • Voice & call setup

Google Workspace

Email, Drive, calendar and documents. Emails flow into the same inbox as texts; files shared with people live in Drive.

  • Email in the unified inbox
  • Drive for shared documents
  • Calendar for scheduling
BAA possible

Social media syncing

Write once, post everywhere. Either Postiz (open source, scheduling across platforms) or direct connections like Meta's.

  • Challenge announcements
  • Nonprofit updates
  • AI drafts, human approves
No BAA needed

03 · The client side

Every person gets a portal that's actually theirs.

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Good morningDay 9 of your challenge
Today's message

One small step counts. What's yours today?

Check in ✓
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Messages2 new from your coordinator
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Shared with youResume draft · Budget sheet
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ResourcesPicked for you
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My support circle3 people
Tap here for a human

Private messages

See and reply to every conversation with their coordinator, in one place.

Share & receive documents

Send a pay stub, get back a resume. Artifacts that anyone serving them makes land here.

Resources & content

Find help nearby and engage with lessons, tools and games made for them.

Account & notifications

They choose how and when they hear from us: text, email, or just the portal.

For now: confirmed in messaging

Guests keep the simple text-message experience. The portal grows with them over time, and signing in to a challenge stays as easy as possible.

Community engagement

Isolation to real support, built into the daily rhythm.

Daily messagingScheduled encouragement that arrives every day
Group chatsBy text or inside the portal
Habit challengesTrack progress together, day by day
Support circlesPeople add the friends and family who walk with them
Ongoing supportA real person never more than a tap away

04 · The coordinator side

The care console: one inbox, with a sidekick.

Try it. This is an illustration with made-up messages, not real data.

Care console · Inbox
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Sample Personvia text · Day 9 challenge
Hey, I lost my job last week. Trying to stay positive but it's a lot.
I used to do catering. Thinking maybe I could start something?
Suggested reply

I'm really glad you told me. That's a heavy week. Want to sketch out the catering idea together? I can help you put a simple plan on paper today.

Agentic CRM, your call

Switch it on and records update themselves from conversations. Switch it off and you update by hand. Either way, a person stays in charge.

Insights & feedback

Suggested texts, conversation and call insights, and gentle coaching notes, while the chat is happening.

Never alone

Other team members can be alerted and brought in for support in a single tap.

05 · Unlocked conversations

The coordinator decides what each person's experience looks like.

AI isn't right for everyone, and some tools distract or confuse. So nothing is switched on by default. Try the settings.

Tap here for a humanAlways on. Can't be switched off.Always
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Your spaceMessages with your coordinator
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CoordinatorAlways here
Tap here for a human

Every unlocked conversation is watched over by people. When it would help, the person is invited to share relevant context with their support circle, because the goal is always more community, not more screen time.

06 · The ability to create

A Base44-style builder, inside the conversation.

Coaches teach people to think creatively and strategically by building alongside them, live.

1Update a resume
2Make it a live website
3Start a business plan
4Design a logo

One conversation can turn a hard week into a plan. That's how the middle class comes back booming.

Visual aids

Sometimes a message lands better as an image, a short video or a little live game.

Live search

Look something up together without leaving the chat.

Scheduled messages

Set up daily messages that build community and keep goals moving.

Drop it in

Anything made in the sidebar goes straight into the chat and the person's portal.

Who creates

Teachers

Live tools and games for their students. See it working at teachcreate.app ↗

Mental health professionals

Interactive curriculum and check-ins.

Case workers, hotline teams, church leaders

Guides and tools for the people they serve.

The coordinators running the work

Data-linked website widgets, new websites, tools that make the business more efficient.

MCPlive data
CRM recordsInboxChallengesResourcesDocumentsCalendars

Everything built is wired into data that's already live, through MCP connections. A widget on a website can show today's real challenge numbers; a tool a teacher makes can know who's in their class.

07 · Already real

See what happens when people are given the tools to create.

TeachCreate

Teachers describe what their class needs and walk away with a working tool, ready for the board. No code, no waiting on someone else. It is the create studio, already in the hands of teachers.

Open teachcreate.app ↗

Now picture that same power in every caregiver's hands, each with a dynamic portal for the people they serve:

DisciplersCliniciansParentsTeachersCoachesCase workersChurch leadersHotline teams

Creatively supporting everyone in their corner, until there are no corners left.

Best of all, people are always a step away.

The software helps. People care. If something we build isn't working for someone, a real person can help, and we improve it together.

Love is the light of our lives. This is built to help it shine through.