Help Desk Automation: Ticket Triage
Let your OpenClaw agent categorize, prioritize, and route incoming support tickets automatically so your team focuses on solving problems instead of sorting them.
What You Will Get
After this guide, every incoming support ticket will be automatically categorized, assigned a priority level, and routed to the appropriate team member or queue. Your OpenClaw agent reads the ticket content, understands the issue type, and applies your triage rules in seconds. Human agents receive pre-sorted tickets with context, so they can start working on solutions immediately.
Automatic triage eliminates the bottleneck of manual ticket sorting. Instead of one person reading every ticket and deciding where it goes, your agent handles the initial classification. This reduces response times significantly, especially during high-volume periods when manual sorting creates backlogs.
The system also sends an instant acknowledgment to the customer, confirming that their ticket was received and providing an estimated response time based on the assigned priority. This keeps customers informed and reduces follow-up inquiries about ticket status.
Step-by-Step Setup
Configure automatic ticket triage for your support workflow.
Define Your Ticket Categories
List the categories that describe your support tickets, such as billing, technical issue, feature request, account access, and general inquiry. Be specific enough that each category maps to a clear team or skill set, but not so granular that the agent struggles to classify edge cases.
Set Priority Levels
Define priority levels like critical, high, medium, and low. For each level, describe the criteria. Critical might mean a production outage affecting multiple users. Low might mean a cosmetic issue or general question. Document these criteria so the agent applies them consistently.
Create Routing Rules
Map each category and priority combination to a team or individual. Critical technical issues might route to your senior engineering team, while billing questions go to your finance team. Configure these rules in the Automations panel on RunTheAgent so the agent knows where to send each ticket.
Configure the Triage Prompt
In your OpenClaw agent's chat settings, craft a system prompt that instructs the agent on how to triage tickets. Include your categories, priority criteria, and any special rules, like 'Tickets mentioning data loss should always be marked critical.' Test the prompt with sample tickets to verify accuracy.
Set Up Acknowledgment Messages
Create templates for the automatic acknowledgment that customers receive when their ticket is triaged. Include the ticket number, assigned category, estimated response time, and a link to check status. Personalize the message with the customer's name when available.
Connect Your Ticket Source
Link the channel where tickets arrive, whether that is email, a web form, or a chat integration, to your agent on RunTheAgent. The agent will listen for new tickets and begin triage automatically as they come in. Verify the connection by submitting a test ticket.
Monitor and Refine
Review the first 50 to 100 triaged tickets to check classification accuracy. Look for misrouted tickets or incorrect priorities. Adjust your triage prompt and routing rules based on what you find. The accuracy will improve as you refine the criteria and the agent learns from corrections.
Tips and Best Practices
Use a Catch-All Category
Create a 'General' or 'Uncategorized' category for tickets the agent cannot confidently classify. Route these to a human reviewer rather than forcing the agent to guess. This prevents misrouted tickets and gives you data on edge cases to refine your categories.
Include Keyword Hints
In your triage prompt, include keywords that strongly indicate a category, like 'invoice' or 'charge' for billing, or 'crash' and 'error' for technical issues. These hints improve classification accuracy on straightforward tickets.
Track Triage Accuracy
Have your support team mark tickets as correctly or incorrectly triaged. Use this data to calculate your agent's accuracy rate and identify the most common misclassifications. Regular accuracy reviews drive continuous improvement.
Adjust During High-Volume Events
During product launches or incidents, temporarily adjust priority rules to handle the surge. You might auto-elevate all tickets mentioning the affected feature to high priority. Revert the rules once the event passes.
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