JobNimbus

JobNimbus

· #204 most-used

CRM and project management built for contractors

CRMSalesProjectsDocumentsFinanceSchedulingPayments

JobNimbus is a CRM and project management platform purpose-built for roofing, siding, windows, and other exterior contractors. It brings contacts, jobs, estimates, invoices, scheduling, and payments into a single Kanban-style workspace. Connect it to Actionist and your agents can create and track contacts and jobs without opening the app, surface overdue estimates, auto-move jobs through pipeline stages, and keep your field teams, office staff, and back-office finance all working from the same up-to-date record.

Average time saved
14 hours
per person · per month
≈ 2 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate the manual cycle of entering leads, updating job statuses, creating follow-up tasks, and compiling pipeline reports — work that otherwise requires logging into JobNimbus multiple times per day.

Schedule

What your JobNimbus agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

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7Agents at work
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Multi-app workflows

JobNimbus × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
6Apps spanned
~21 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
For sales
Featured2 apps

New roofing lead created and assigned in under a minute

When a homeowner fills in the website contact form, the agent checks JobNimbus for an existing contact with that email address. If none exists, it creates a new contact with source tag, status 'New Lead', and the homeowner's details. It then creates a follow-up task on the record assigned to the next available sales rep and posts a lead alert to the #new-leads Slack channel — all within about a minute of the form submission.

~4 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When a homeowner submits a contact form on the company website
Result
Create Contact with source tag and 'New Lead' statusCreate Task on contact record assigned to the next available sales repPost lead alert to #new-leads with homeowner name, phone, and source
The win
Saved per run
8 min
Runs / week
~30×
Zero unlogged leads — every form submission is in the CRM before a rep even checks their email
Driven bySales Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    40 min / week
    Manual lead entry and task creation

    A rep copies homeowner details from the form email into JobNimbus, manually creates a follow-up task, and sets the lead status — 8 minutes per lead, every time, often hours after the lead arrived.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates contact and task in under a minute

    When a form submission arrives, the agent deduplicates on email, creates the JobNimbus contact with correct source tag and status, and creates the follow-up task assigned to the right rep — all within about a minute.

  • Marketing
    30 min / week
    Manual CRM filter for re-engagement campaigns

    The marketing coordinator manually filters contacts by status and last-contact date each week, exports the list, and uploads it to the email platform — 30 minutes of manual CRM work before the campaign even starts.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent builds and exports the re-engagement segment automatically

    Every Tuesday the agent lists dormant contacts matching the re-engagement criteria and pushes the segment to the email platform — ready for the campaign without anyone opening the CRM.

  • Customer Support
    25 min / week
    Manual post-job follow-up task creation

    After each completed job, a support team member searches for the contact in JobNimbus, opens the record, and manually creates a follow-up task — often skipped when the team is busy, leading to missed satisfaction checks.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates follow-up tasks the moment jobs complete

    When a job moves to 'Work Complete', the agent retrieves the contact record and creates a follow-up task in seconds — 100% coverage regardless of workload.

  • Human Resources
    20 min / week
    Manual onboarding task tracking across email and CRM

    The HR coordinator checks a separate onboarding checklist spreadsheet each week, cross-references it against JobNimbus contacts, and manually follows up with managers whose new hires have incomplete tasks — 20 minutes of reconciliation every Wednesday.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent audits onboarding records and alerts managers automatically

    Every Wednesday the agent reviews new-employee contact records, identifies outstanding onboarding tasks, and sends targeted Slack reminders to the responsible managers with the employee name and specific missing item.

  • Finance
    45 min / week
    Manual invoice-ready job identification

    The billing team manually scans the JobNimbus job board each Friday looking for 'Work Complete' jobs without an invoice, then creates billing tasks one by one — a 45-minute process that still misses jobs when the board is large.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent surfaces every uninvoiced job automatically every Friday

    The finance agent lists all completed-but-uninvoiced jobs, retrieves each record, and creates billing tasks in a single scheduled run — zero jobs missed regardless of board size.

  • Operations
    20 min / week
    Manual production board morning brief

    The crew dispatcher opens JobNimbus each morning, manually filters jobs by status, copies details into a Slack message, and posts the production list — 20 minutes before the first crew call even starts.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent posts the prioritised job queue before 7:30 AM

    Every Monday at 7 AM the operations agent lists scheduled jobs, retrieves each record's site address and job type, and posts a sorted production brief to #production — the dispatcher opens the week ready to assign crews.

  • Legal
    30 min / week
    Manual insurance claim document audit

    The legal coordinator opens each insurance claim job in JobNimbus one by one, checks the attachments list for required documents, and creates missing-document tasks by hand — 30 minutes per audit cycle, prone to being skipped under pressure.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent audits every insurance claim job and creates compliance tasks automatically

    Every Wednesday the legal agent lists all insurance claim jobs, checks each for required document attachments, and creates targeted compliance tasks for any gaps — a complete audit in under 5 minutes.

+ 100s of other JobNimbus automations
Average time saved
21 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
8 people
Hourly rate
$60 / hr
Hours saved / week
28
Hours saved / year
1,400
Annual ROI
$84,000

Based on JobNimbus's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~3.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug JobNimbus into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Generate an API key inside JobNimbus (Settings → API → New API Key) and paste it into Actionist. The agent uses it to authenticate every read and write call against your account.

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Open API settings

Log into JobNimbus, navigate to Settings → API, and click New API Key.

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Name and scope the key

Give the key a label (e.g. 'Actionist'), select an Access Profile that covers contacts, jobs, tasks, and estimates, then click Save.

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Copy and paste

Copy the generated API key. In Actionist's Apps tab, find JobNimbus and paste the key. Actionist runs a test read to confirm the handshake.

Credentials you'll need
API Key*
JobNimbus → Settings → API → New API Key. Assign an Access Profile that includes the data the agent needs.
Actions

15 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

2 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

FAQs

Questions about JobNimbus + Actionist

How does Actionist connect to JobNimbus?
Go to the Apps tab, search for JobNimbus, and click Connect. You'll need a JobNimbus API key: log into your JobNimbus account, navigate to Settings → API, click New API Key, and assign an Access Profile that includes permissions for the data your agent will read and write (contacts, jobs, tasks, estimates). Copy the key, paste it into Actionist, and click Test Connection — Actionist runs a read-only verification call before any agent action runs.
What permissions does the API key need on my JobNimbus account?
The API key inherits the permissions of the Access Profile you assign when creating it in JobNimbus Settings → API. For read-only tasks (listing contacts, listing jobs, looking up records) you only need read permissions. For write actions (creating contacts, updating jobs, attaching files, creating tasks) you'll need write permissions on the relevant record types. Create a dedicated Access Profile for Actionist that matches exactly the record types your agents will touch — this limits the blast radius if the key is ever rotated.
Can Actionist trigger workflows when a contact or job changes in JobNimbus?
Yes. JobNimbus has two webhook-based triggers that Actionist can listen to: Contact Created, Modified or Deleted and Job Created, Modified or Deleted. Both fire within about a minute of the change happening in JobNimbus. You set a status filter so the trigger only fires for specific status changes — for example, firing only when a job moves to 'Work Complete' rather than on every update. Note there is no per-field-change granularity; the trigger fires on any change to the record matching your filter.
What are the most common things agents do with JobNimbus?
The four patterns that come up most often: (1) lead intake — creating a contact record within about a minute of a web form or referral arriving, tagged with source and assigned to a rep; (2) pipeline automation — updating job status when an external event happens (materials confirmed, contract signed, work completed), so the board stays current without manual drag-and-drop; (3) document management — automatically attaching signed contracts, scope-of-loss PDFs, and inspection photos to the right job record; (4) task creation — automatically creating follow-up, billing, or compliance tasks on contacts and jobs so nothing falls through the cracks between team meetings.
Can I connect JobNimbus to QuickBooks, DocuSign, and other apps in the same workflow?
Yes. Actionist workflows can combine JobNimbus with any of the 200+ other connected apps. Common combinations include: create a QuickBooks invoice when a JobNimbus job moves to 'Work Complete'; create a JobNimbus job and attach a PDF when a DocuSign envelope completes; post a Slack alert when a JobNimbus contact status changes; write pipeline data to Google Sheets for weekly reporting. JobNimbus handles the CRM and job records; other apps handle the communication, finance, and reporting layers.
Does Actionist support the legacy JobNimbus contact API endpoints?
Yes. Actionist exposes both the current and legacy JobNimbus contact actions: Create Contact, Update Contact, Create Contact (Legacy), and Update Contact (Legacy). The legacy actions use the original JobNimbus API schema that does not require a display name field — useful if you have existing integrations or bulk imports that send contact data in the older format. New integrations should use the current actions, which require a display name and return more structured data.
How do I prevent duplicate contacts from being created in JobNimbus?
Use Find Contact by Email as the first step in any lead-intake workflow. If the search returns a match, the agent routes the lead to the existing record rather than creating a second one. If no match is found, it proceeds with Create Contact. This lookup-before-create pattern is especially important for referral and re-engagement workflows where the same homeowner may have been in the CRM before. JobNimbus does not natively deduplicate on email — the agent logic handles it.
Can the agent update job status automatically without a human touching the board?
Yes. The Update Job action lets an agent change a job's status, assigned user, completion date, notes, or any custom field — all without anyone logging into JobNimbus. Common automated status transitions include: 'Materials Ordered' → 'Ready to Schedule' when a supplier confirms delivery; 'Scheduled' → 'In Progress' when the crew checks in at the job site via a mobile form; 'In Progress' → 'Work Complete' when the crew submits a completion photo. Each transition can trigger downstream actions (invoice creation, customer notification, task creation) in the same scheduled agent task.