# Request Router

> Request Router is a speed-to-lead system for service businesses: it answers
> inbound web-form leads by email within seconds with one AI-written qualifying
> question tailored to the business, captures the answer, and forwards the
> enriched conversation to the business. Email-only, one question per lead,
> flat $49/month for up to 500 leads. No website changes — the customer points
> their existing contact form's notification email at a provided address.

## Docs

- [Request Router docs](https://requestrouter.com/docs/overview.md): What Request Router is and how the speed-to-lead system fits together.
- [Getting started](https://requestrouter.com/docs/getting-started.md): Create an account, spin up your first agent, and understand what's free vs. paid.
- [Training your agent](https://requestrouter.com/docs/knowledge-sources.md): Add links and files so the AI asks sharp, on-brand qualifying questions.
- [Agent settings](https://requestrouter.com/docs/agent-settings.md): Every setting you can change: name, lead forwarding, and agent guidance.
- [Testing with test leads](https://requestrouter.com/docs/test-leads.md): Send fake inquiries through the real pipeline to see exactly what your customers get.
- [Connect your form & go live](https://requestrouter.com/docs/going-live.md): Activate, point your contact form's notification email at your inbound address, and switch on real leads.
- [What happens to a lead](https://requestrouter.com/docs/lead-pipeline.md): The full timeline from form submission to enriched summary in your inbox.
- [Best practices & limits](https://requestrouter.com/docs/best-practices.md): Getting the most out of your agent, plus plan limits and billing states in plain terms.

## Guides

- [An auto-reply to your contact form that actually starts the sale](https://requestrouter.com/contact-form-auto-reply): Replace “we'll be in touch” with an instant, on-brand email that asks one qualifying question. No plugins — forward your form's notification email. $49/mo.
- [The best contact-form reply asks one good question](https://requestrouter.com/contact-form-reply-that-asks-a-question): A confirmation email ends the conversation. A reply that asks one tailored qualifying question starts it — and keeps the lead from calling your competitor.
- [Auto-reply to Netlify Forms submissions — no functions, no Zapier](https://requestrouter.com/netlify-forms-auto-reply): Netlify Forms can't email the person who submitted — only you. Get an instant AI reply to every submitter with one notification setting. No functions, no Zapier.
- [A Contact Form 7 auto-reply that does more than confirm](https://requestrouter.com/contact-form-7-auto-reply): CF7's Mail (2) sends the same canned autoresponder to everyone. Send an instant AI reply that asks a qualifying question instead — no WordPress plugin required.
- [A Gravity Forms auto-reply that reads the message](https://requestrouter.com/gravity-forms-auto-reply): Gravity Forms can email the submitter a static template. For a reply that reads the message and asks a qualifying question, forward one notification — no code.
- [Why your contact-form leads go cold (and how to keep them warm)](https://requestrouter.com/why-contact-form-leads-go-cold): The homeowner who filled your form usually filled two competitors’ forms in the same sitting. The first useful email wins — here’s why, and how to send it.
- [Speed to lead, by email: answer form fills in seconds](https://requestrouter.com/speed-to-lead-email): Speed-to-lead tools obsess over calls and texts. Your lead filled out a form — meet them in their inbox, in seconds, with a reply that asks the right question.
- [An auto-reply for law firm intake forms that asks the right question](https://requestrouter.com/law-firm-contact-form-auto-reply): Keep your intake form — skip the chatbot. Every potential client gets an instant, professional email that asks the one intake question your staff would ask.
- [Instant replies to HVAC form leads — emergency or replacement, answered in seconds](https://requestrouter.com/hvac-contact-form-instant-reply): HVAC form fills spike after hours, and emergency and replacement leads need different answers. Reply to both in seconds with an email trained on your company.
- [The MIT lead-response study, read honestly](https://requestrouter.com/mit-lead-response-study): What the famous 5-minute study actually measured, what the HBR audit found, which stats are real, which are untraceable — and what it all means for form leads.

## Optional

- [Pricing](https://requestrouter.com/pricing): Flat $49/month, up to 500 real leads; free to build and test before paying.
- [Home](https://requestrouter.com/): Product overview and a live demo.