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Support Inbox Triage
A support triage workflow for order questions, returns and damaged shipments, with clear escalation rules.
EcommerceAudience
Customers asking about order status, returns or a damaged shipment.
The problem to solve
Automated replies can be fast but unhelpful when an order or policy detail is uncertain.
Resolve the routine. Escalate the exception.
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Order status
Retrieve the authenticated order status and share the approved tracking information.
Return request
Explain the applicable policy from the knowledge base and offer a human review for exceptions.
Damaged item
Acknowledge the issue, collect only required order details and send it to the support team.
Confidence rule
Draft instead of send if the source is missing, contradictory or outside the approved answer set.
Privacy
Keep payment details and unnecessary personal information out of generated summaries.
How the pieces work together
| Stage or segment | Condition or need | Next step or deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking request | Verified order available | Approved status response |
| Policy exception | Refund or damaged item | Human review with context |
| Unknown intent | No matching answer | Clarifying question or queue |
Measurement plan
Measure resolution accuracy, reopen rate and handoff completeness. Reply speed alone is not a quality measure.
Before implementation
Test stale policy versions, wrong order identity, prompt injection inside incoming messages and requests for another customer’s information.
Platforms and tools: Help desk, Shopify, Knowledge base. Tool names describe the intended workflow; they do not imply an active connection or platform certification.
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