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The platform captures leads on its own when the conversation happens inside it (web chat, WhatsApp,
Telegram). But many customers arrive through **other channels**: they call you on the phone, write in from
a portal or an ad, or show up at the office. The manual lead lets you register them in the same funnel,
with the same board stages and the same follow-up as the ones captured by the AI — your whole pipeline in
one place.