Sort, categorize, and prioritize your support inbox automatically — so nothing falls through the cracks.
A busy service business's inbox is chaos. Customer questions, complaints, scheduling requests, invoicing issues, and vendor emails all land in the same place. Without triage, important messages get buried, urgent issues are missed, and response times suffer. AI can read, categorize, and route every incoming message in seconds.
Connect your support email (Google Workspace, Outlook, or a help desk like Freshdesk/Zendesk) to Make.com or Zapier.
Each new email is passed to GPT-4 with a classification prompt: categorize as Complaint / Question / Scheduling / Invoice / Other, and rate urgency 1-3.
Based on the classification, automatically apply Gmail labels or Zendesk tags, and route to the appropriate team queue or person.
For FAQ-type messages ('What are your hours?', 'Where's my invoice?'), have AI draft a reply that a human can review and send with one click.
Any message classified as urgent or containing keywords like 'complaint,' 'cancel,' or 'lawyer,' gets immediately flagged with a Slack notification to a manager.
Use these templates as-is or customize for your business.
Classify the following customer email. Return JSON only.
Categories: complaint, question, scheduling, invoice, other
Urgency: 1 (low), 2 (medium), 3 (high - needs immediate attention)
High urgency indicators: legal threats, service failures, payment disputes, safety concerns.
Email subject: [SUBJECT]
Email body: [BODY]
Return: {"category": "...", "urgency": 1, "summary": "one sentence summary", "suggested_reply": "optional draft reply if this is a simple FAQ"}Urgent email from [Sender] — [Subject] Summary: [AI Summary] Category: [Category] Link: [Gmail/Zendesk link]
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Don't fully automate replies to support emails without human review — especially for complaints or anything involving money or legal matters. AI triage and draft replies are excellent; fully autonomous replies carry risk in these categories.
A phased approach to get this workflow running and delivering ROI.
Days 1–30
Categorize & Prioritize
Days 31–60
Auto-Route & Draft Replies
Days 61–90
Measure & Automate Further
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