Field service ticket triage with dispatch approval
Reads messy customer tickets about solar inverters or heat pumps, finds the matching fix in the manuals, and checks whether the spare part is in stock and which technician can go. A dispatcher approves the proposed visit before anything is scheduled.
What it does
- Extracts the error code and intent from each ticket, in either language
- Searches the product manuals and known issue list for the fix
- Checks spare part stock in the inventory sheet and finds a technician with the right skill and region
- Proposes a dispatch plan, or loops back for a workaround when the part is out of stock
- Escalates when no manual entry matches
Your approval boundaries
Creates draftsThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Approving the dispatch plan before a visit is scheduled
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for support leads and small teams who answer customers every day. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it extracts the error code and intent from each ticket, in either language. Next, it searches the product manuals and known issue list for the fix. Then it checks spare part stock in the inventory sheet and finds a technician with the right skill and region. After that, it proposes a dispatch plan, or loops back for a workaround when the part is out of stock. Finally, it escalates when no manual entry matches. It works with your help desk, spreadsheets and docs, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before approving the dispatch plan before a visit is scheduled, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
“proposes a dispatch plan for human approval”
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Tools and access
Zendesk
Handles the help desk part of this job. Grant a limited agent seat that writes internal notes.
API required: Yes. Needs an API token or OAuth client created by a Zendesk admin.
Google Sheets
Handles the spreadsheets part of this job. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.
API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app or a service account with the Sheets API turned on.
Google Docs
Handles the docs part of this job. Grant one folder, create and edit only.
API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app with the Docs API turned on.
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Model recommendations
Best pick
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Writes careful replies and reads long ticket threads.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
Claude Haiku 5.5
Made for sorting and routing at high volume.
From $0.10 per million input tokens and from $0.50 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
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Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Connect Zendesk with its own login, not yours. Grant a limited agent seat that writes internal notes.
- 2Connect Google Sheets with its own login, not yours. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.
- 3Connect Google Docs with its own login, not yours. Grant one folder, create and edit only.
- 4Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 5Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 6Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Writes drafts and notes inside your tools, nothing leaves on its own.
Waits for a yes on: approving the dispatch plan before a visit is scheduled.
Leaves drafts you can throw away, with a record of what it made.
Runs on its own login across 3 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Human approval: Add a second named stop next to "approving the dispatch plan before a visit is scheduled", so every step that leaves your hands waits for a yes, and have the confirm say plainly what cannot be undone +3
- Scope: Cut it down from 3 connected tools to the 2 it needs most, each with its own limited login instead of your full account +2
Do all of these to reach 89, up from 84.
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