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Support Inbox Triage with AI Classification

We introduced AI-based ticket classification and routing so support leads could reduce queue time without adding headcount.

-46%
First Response Time

Automatic triage moved urgent tickets to the right queue in seconds instead of manual sorting.

-38%
Backlog Reduction

Routing rules and confidence thresholds reduced the number of misrouted tickets that bounced between teams.

+27%
Agent Throughput

Agents spent less time on categorization and more time resolving customer issues.

91%
Escalation Accuracy

The model hit target accuracy after adding a weekly review loop with support leads.

Project Details

Industry
Customer Operations
Timeline
12 weeks
Role
2 backend engineers, 1 ML engineer, 1 product designer
Technology Stack
TypeScriptPythonPostgreSQLOpenAIQueue Workers

Problem

The client handled support via shared inboxes and manual tags. During release weeks, ticket volume spiked and urgent issues were buried in low-priority requests.

Approach

We built an AI triage pipeline that classifies intent, urgency, and account tier, then routes tickets to team-specific queues. The trade-off was adding a human-review checkpoint for low-confidence predictions to avoid routing mistakes.

Result

Support operations became predictable during peak weeks, with faster first response and fewer queue bottlenecks.

What Could Be Better

Model quality dropped after a major product launch changed ticket language. We stabilized it with weekly retraining on recent conversations.

Planning a similar rebuild?

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