How to Build a Speed-to-Lead System in n8n (Jev + OpenRouter)
Explore Openrouter: https://openrouter.plug.dev/xqMrzK0 Build a speed to lead automation in n8n that replies to every quote request in minutes, and only spends money on real buyers. In this tutorial, Jev (TypeSafe's new System 1 model on OpenRouter) judges each lead, and OpenRouter's image, video and voice models create a personalised reveal for the hot ones. Most speed-to-lead systems treat every lead the same. Here, a homeowner uploads a photo of her kitchen and records a voice note. Within minutes she gets an email linking to her own kitchen, redesigned, plus a short before-and-after video and a voice note from the owner. Tire-kickers get a polite reply and cost nothing. Leads Jev isn't sure about pause and go to the owner in Slack. You'll see the whole n8n speed to lead build: the architecture, the PRD Claude wrote first, the 43-node workflow, how one HTTP Request node to Jev replaces an AI agent, an output parser and an IF node, and the two plain HTML pages that call n8n. Then real test runs and the honest cost math: about $0.27 per hot lead, and $27 instead of $180 a month in video costs when Jev gates who gets the expensive stuff. Tools used: n8n, OpenRouter (speech to text, vision, Gemini image editing, Veo 3.1 Lite video, text to speech), Jev 1.13, Supabase, Slack, Gmail, and Claude Opus 5.5 to build it. Grab the free build kit in the AI Automation Hub: all three n8n workflows, both pages and a step-by-step setup guide. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Speed to lead demo: a quote request at 9:47 PM 0:48 - The client and the n8n + OpenRouter + Jev stack 1:53 - Why an AI agent + output parser breaks 2:39 - What is Jev? System 1 AI with probabilities 3:51 - Speed-to-lead architecture: following one request 4:50 - The PRD Claude wrote before building 5:37 - Building with Claude and the n8n connector 6:26 - Workflow A: intake, speech to text and vision 7:20 - The Jev node: AI lead scoring in one HTTP request 8:11 - Routing, Slack approval, image, video and voice 9:29 - Workflows B and C: reveal data and follow-up 9:59 - The quote page and reveal page 10:43 - Test night: three real leads 11:31 - What it costs: $0.27 per hot lead 12:21 - Wrap-up and the free build kit Resources: FREE Speed-to-Lead Build Kit (3 n8n workflows + 2 pages + setup guide), free in the AI Automation Hub community: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-community-5707/free-speed-to-lead-build-kit-n8n-jev-openrouter?p=9f5ec572 Live demo quote page: https://derekcheungsa.github.io/ai-automation-resources/northline/quote.html Jev on OpenRouter (docs): https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/community/jev Jev 1.13 model page: https://openrouter.ai/typesafe/jev-1.13 TypeSafe: https://typesafe.ai n8n: https://n8n.io 📧 FREE Weekly AI Automation Newsletter: Get weekly tutorials, free workflow templates, and the latest AI news straight to your inbox 👉 https://aifornoncoders.com/newsletter 🤝 Join the AI Automation Engineering Community: Go deeper — interact with me and the community, get feedback on your builds, and stay ahead of the curve 👉 https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-engineering-3014 If you build automations for clients, grab the free build kit above and adapt the questions to your niche: real estate, dental and home services all work the same way. #n8n #SpeedToLead #OpenRouter #Jev #AIAutomation