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AI agents for Customer Support

Contact center, chat, email, and self-service support.

80 cases

Header image: A support agent wearing a headset at a desk
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Tools mentioned & how to build it

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Tools mentioned

  • Fin AI Agent (Intercom · 29 cases)
    Intercom's customer-service AI agent; the most-documented tool in the casefile.
  • Sierra (Sierra · 14 cases)
    Conversational AI agents for customer service, chat and voice.
  • Agentforce (Salesforce · 11 cases)
    Salesforce's agent platform across service, sales and field service.
  • Decagon (Decagon · 11 cases)
    AI customer-support agents for chat, email and voice.
  • Claude & Claude Code (Anthropic · 4 cases)
    Anthropic's models, Claude Code and enterprise plans.
  • Notable (Notable · 2 cases)
    AI agents for intake, scheduling, prior auth and care-gap outreach.

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  • n8n
    Open-source workflow automation with AI agent nodes; self-host or cloud.
  • HubSpot (Breeze agents)
    SMB-friendly CRM with Breeze AI agents for prospecting and support.
  • Relevance AI
    Build an 'AI workforce' of agents, e.g. BDR agents that research and book meetings.
  • Retell AI
    Build and deploy phone agents for scheduling, intake and call routing.

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