The Agent experience for Sidekick Answers fits seamlessly in an Agent’s overall workflow, with the entire interaction with the Customer visible within the Conversation Timeline.
If Sidekick Answers cannot respond accurately or if a transfer is initiated based on configured transfer reasons, the Customer will be connected to an Agent, and the Customer can continue their Conversation with a human Agent.
Take a look at the elements in the Conversation Timeline below, which depict an interaction in which Sidekick Answers engaged first and then handed the Conversation off to an Agent when it’s unable to provide an accurate reply.
[A] – The routing event indicates that Sidekick (App) has engaged with a Customer.
[B] – Sidekick responds to the Customer using information stored as Public Answers, reviews the guidance and handoff scenarios configured.
[C] – The Customer responds to Sidekick, which Sidekick determined it can’t respond accurately.
[D] – Because Sidekick determined it cannot provide an accurate response, it sends hand off messaging which indicates the Customer is being routed to an Agent. This handoff message is configurable within the Sidekick Answers set up.
[E] – Before Sidekick routes the Customer to an Agent, it provides a summary of the Conversation so that the Agent has context into the previous exchange.
[F] – The routing line indicates that the Conversation has been handed off to an Agent, who converses with the Customer like any other Conversation.
Review the Conversation Timeline before responding to the Customer
All responses that Sidekick provides to the Customer are detailed in the Conversation Timeline. Be sure to look over Sidekick’s previous engagement to avoid the need for Customers to repeat themselves. Consider the summary generated by Sidekick for greater context about the automated interaction before an Agent engages with the Customer in order to reduce redundancies.
Agent replies fuel Suggested Answer content
Sidekick reviews Agent responses for all handed off Conversations and creates Suggested Answers based off of response content. Regularly monitoring these suggestions and adding them into your Public Answers repository where appropriate will help Sidekick respond to these types of inquiries in the future and reduce hand offs moving forward.