Help desk integration
AI agents for Zendesk.
Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service platform that brings customer conversations from every channel into one place and gives agents the context and AI tools to resolve requests. It is sold as the Zendesk Suite, with a standalone Support ticketing option and a separate Sell CRM.
What an AI role does with your Zendesk data
A role works the records you already keep in Zendesk, governed and scoped to the job it is hired for.
Records it works with
- tickets
- users
- organizations
- groups
- comments
- attachments
- custom fields
- satisfaction ratings
- custom objects
What it can do
- list and show tickets
- create tickets
- update tickets in bulk
- merge tickets
- delete and restore tickets
- manage webhooks for event notifications
Roles you can deploy on Zendesk
4 roles
- Required · Low
Support Agent
Support · Improve Service
Classifies, resolves, and escalates Zendesk tickets end to end, updating ticket fields and triggering the right macros.
- Required · Medium
Senior Support Specialist
Support · Reduce Risk
Takes the escalations in Zendesk, resolving sensitive tickets with full conversation history and updating fields and macros.
- Required · Medium
Support Operations Analyst
Support · Move Faster
Reads ticket, satisfaction, and group data in Zendesk to produce weekly operating analyses on volume, themes, and CSAT.
- Optional · Medium
Trust & Safety Specialist
Trust & Safety · Reduce Risk
Triages flagged content and abuse reports as Zendesk tickets, actioning the clear cases and routing the judgment calls to a human.
Capabilities that use Zendesk
Specific capabilities that plug into Zendesk on top of the role's base stack.
Support Agent
Ticket Triage & Routing
Required
Support Agent
FAQ & Knowledge-Base Resolution
Required
Support Agent
Billing & Subscription Questions
Required
Support Agent
Order & Shipment Status
Required
Support Agent
Refunds & Returns Processing
Required
Support Agent
Multilingual Coverage
Required
Support Agent
Escalation Detection & Routing
Required
Senior Support Specialist
SLA Protection
Required
Senior Support Specialist
Sensitive Case Handling
Required
Senior Support Specialist
Complex Escalation Resolution
Required
Senior Support Specialist
Policy Interpretation
Required
Support Operations Analyst
Voice of Customer Insights
Required
Support Operations Analyst
Knowledge Gap Detection
Required
Support Operations Analyst
Queue Analytics
Required
Support Operations Analyst
CSAT Driver Analysis
Required
Support Operations Analyst
Leadership Reporting
Required
Trust & Safety Specialist
Report Triage
Optional
Trust & Safety Specialist
Dispute Resolution
Optional
Trust & Safety Specialist
Quality Audit
Optional
Trust & Safety Specialist
Fraud Signal Review
Optional
Common questions
- Does an AI role need its own Zendesk account?
- No. The role connects through Zendesk's API using API token via basic authentication, or OAuth access tokens (legacy password basic auth is still permitted but not recommended), with the access your team grants. There is nothing to replatform.
- What can an AI role do with our Zendesk data?
- It works with tickets, users, organizations, groups, comments, attachments, custom fields, and satisfaction ratings, and can list and show tickets, create tickets, update tickets in bulk, merge tickets, delete and restore tickets, and manage webhooks for event notifications. Each role is scoped to only the records and actions its job needs.
- Is the connection to Zendesk governed?
- Yes. Every action a role takes in Zendesk is logged and reviewable, under defined human oversight, with a full audit trail.
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