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Lead

v0.1.0

A single sales lead: one shopper's expression of interest in buying, leasing, selling, or trading a vehicle, captured from any channel and tracked through the CRM lifecycle. This entity is the modernized, typed equivalent of an entire ADF (Auto-lead Data Format) XML lead payload — an ADF document describes exactly one lead, so Lead is that document's root object. Field lineage follows ADF throughout: <requestdate> maps to received_at, <prospect status>/@status maps to status + is_resend, <provider> maps to provider, <vehicle interest=...> maps to vehicles_of_interest[].interest, and <timeframe> maps to timeframe. Durable cross-entity relationships (the resolved customer, an assigned salesperson, a scheduled appointment, consent records) are referenced by UUID rather than embedded; the customer's master record lives in the Customer entity, and a lead that converts produces a Deal.

Resourcesleads.get_leadleads.create_leadleads.search_leads

lead.example.jsonJSON
{
  "id": "2f7c1e6a-4b3d-4c8e-9a1f-6d5e0b2c9a11",
  "source_ids": [
    {
      "system": "cars.com",
      "id": "CDC-88213470",
      "sequence": 1
    },
    {
      "system": "dealer-crm",
      "id": "LEAD-000451992",
      "sequence": 2
    }
  ],
  "received_at": "2026-06-28T09:14:22-07:00",
  "status": "working",
  "substatus": "awaiting_trade_value",
  "is_resend": false,
  "priority": "high",
  "score": 82,
  "provider": {
    "name": "Cars.com",
    "service": "New Car Listings",
    "lead_id": "CDC-88213470"
  },
  "channel": "marketplace",
  "sub_source": "Cars.com VDP - 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS",
  "campaign": {
    "name": "Summer EV Push 2026",
    "utm_source": "google",
    "utm_medium": "cpc",
    "utm_campaign": "blazer-ev-2026-socal",
    "gclid": "Cj0KCQjw-abcDEF123gHIjkLMnoPqrsTUvwXyz456"
  },
  "referrer_url": "https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/blazer-ev-rs-2026/",
  "customer_id": "b91d4f2c-3e57-4a19-8c26-1f0a7b3d9e42",
  "contact": {
    "name": {
      "first": "Marisol",
      "middle": "Ann",
      "last": "Delgado",
      "prefix": "Ms.",
      "full": "Marisol Ann Delgado"
    },
    "emails": [
      {
        "address": "marisol.delgado@example.com",
        "type": "personal",
        "is_primary": true,
        "verified": true
      },
      {
        "address": "mdelgado@work-example.com",
        "type": "work",
        "is_primary": false,
        "verified": false
      }
    ],
    "phones": [
      {
        "number": "+15125550143",
        "type": "mobile",
        "is_primary": true,
        "sms_capable": true,
        "preferred_time": "evening"
      },
      {
        "number": "+15125550188",
        "type": "home",
        "extension": "0",
        "is_primary": false,
        "sms_capable": false,
        "preferred_time": "any"
      }
    ],
    "addresses": [
      {
        "type": "home",
        "lines": [
          "4820 Mesa Verde Drive",
          "Unit 6"
        ],
        "city": "Austin",
        "region": "TX",
        "postal_code": "78745",
        "country": "US",
        "is_primary": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "vehicles_of_interest": [
    {
      "interest": "lease",
      "vehicle_id": "7c2a9d18-5f60-4b3a-a1c4-8e2f6b0d3a55",
      "year": 2026,
      "make": "Chevrolet",
      "model": "Blazer EV",
      "trim": "RS",
      "vin": "3GNKBHR40PS123456",
      "stock_number": "C26-4471",
      "is_new": true,
      "target_price": {
        "amount": 48990,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "payment_target": {
        "amount": 579,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    },
    {
      "interest": "test_drive",
      "year": 2026,
      "make": "Chevrolet",
      "model": "Equinox EV",
      "trim": "2LT",
      "is_new": true
    }
  ],
  "trade_in": {
    "year": 2019,
    "make": "Honda",
    "model": "CR-V",
    "vin": "2HKRW2H85KH512345",
    "odometer": 61240,
    "estimated_value": {
      "amount": 18500,
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "financing": {
    "interested": true,
    "credit_range": "good",
    "budget_monthly": {
      "amount": 600,
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "timeframe": {
    "description": "Looking to lease within the next 30 days",
    "earliest_date": "2026-07-01",
    "latest_date": "2026-07-28"
  },
  "best_time_to_contact": "evening",
  "comments": "Interested in the Blazer EV RS in Radiant Red. Would like to know about current lease specials and whether the tax credit applies. Prefer texts over calls.",
  "assigned_to_id": "e4a8c6b2-1d90-4f37-b5e8-2a7c9f0d61b3",
  "team": "Internet Sales",
  "appointment_id": "9d3f7a51-6c28-4e0b-8f14-3b5a2c7d9e60",
  "consent_ids": [
    "c1b2a3d4-5e6f-4708-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6071",
    "d2c3b4a5-6f70-4819-8b2c-3d4e5f607182"
  ],
  "disposition": "in_progress",
  "converted_deal_id": "a7e1c9b3-2d84-4f56-9c07-1b8e3a6d5f24",
  "created_at": "2026-06-28T09:14:25-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-06-30T16:42:10-07:00",
  "extensions": {
    "acme:region_code": "SW-04",
    "acme:lead_grade": "A"
  }
}
Object shapes align with the AutomotiveAPI open data standard where sensible, and with the industry's ADF lead format — so a conformant server maps cleanly onto systems dealers already run.