"Instead of hiring 3 people for round-the-clock support, I built one AI agent."
The Drowning Support Team
Situation
Service Providers were messaging support 7 days a week, from 5:00 AM until midnight — and even cases coming in between midnight and 5:00 AM. 1,500 users across the platform. Same questions asked dozens of times a day. Tickets miscategorized, sent to wrong teams, bouncing between departments. To cover this volume properly, the company would have to hire a minimum of 3 additional support staff.
Task
Figure out what was broken in the support process. Fix it. Then build something that eliminates the need to hire 3 additional people entirely.
Action
Most chatbots are built by people who have never answered a support message in their life.
I architect tools, systems, and processes for an operations platform — but because I touch every layer of the business, from compliance and legal documentation to transport, recruitment, finance, and daily support, I also handle 30+ user requests every single day from Service Providers, On-Site Managers, Area Managers, and department leads.
That cross-functional exposure is exactly why I build better solutions. I don’t guess what needs automating — I know, because I’ve done it hundreds of times.
Part 1 — I improved the Ticketing system.
Redesigned the Support section and issue categorisation:
- Category-first routing: Ask the right questions before anything else
- Clear escalation triggers: When to escalate and to whom
- Ticket lifecycle visibility: Everyone sees status, no more "what happened to my ticket?"
Part 2 — I built an AI Support Chat.
Not a FAQ bot. Not a keyword matcher. A specialised intelligent agent trained on 101 real scenarios — every one extracted from conversations I have had with real users.
When a Service Provider messages "I can’t access the app," it doesn’t show a help page. It works out whether it’s a payment overdue, an expired subscription, a wrong password, or an account that was never activated — and gives the right answer for that specific case.
- Visual screen recognition — a Service Provider sends a screenshot of an error, the agent identifies the screen and walks them through the fix
- PII anonymisation pipeline — personal data is stripped before the AI ever sees it. 62 automated tests make sure it stays that way
- 88 escalation triggers — legal threats, payment disputes, safety concerns are detected and handed off to a human with full context
- Account-aware responses — 11 account states via 3 read-only API endpoints. No database access. Privacy-first by design
- GDPR-compliant conversation logging — every interaction auditable
Result
- ~85% of daily support handled instantly, 24/7
- Coverage from 5:00 AM to midnight (and beyond) without hiring 3 additional staff
- Team now has time to respond to emails and tickets in a timely manner
- Integration needs just 3 read-only API endpoints
- £200K annual savings projected
- User satisfaction improved — no waiting in a queue, faster responses to emails and tickets
Ownership
I handle 30+ support requests daily myself. I redesigned the ticketing system. I designed and built the AI support agent — every scenario extracted from real conversations I’ve had. From daily experience to AI solution, end to end.
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