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RMA email intake with AI photo-condition triage

Turns inbound return-request emails in Front into structured RMA records, classifies attached product photos by damage severity.

CategoryOther
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps7
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerNew return-request conversation in FrontFront
  • ActionDownload photo attachments from the emailFront
  • ActionClassify photo condition with Hugging Face vision modelHugging FaceHugging Face
  • LogicMap condition grade to disposition (refund/repair/inspect/deny)
  • ActionCreate structured RMA record in AirtableAirtableAirtable
  • ActionTag Front conversation with dispositionFront
  • OutputPost triaged RMA summary to SlackSlack

What it does

When a customer emails a return request into a Front inbox, this workflow pulls the message and any attached product photos, runs the images through a Hugging Face vision model to grade physical condition (like-new, used, cosmetic damage, defective), and creates a structured RMA row in Airtable with the verdict. It then tags the Front conversation and posts a triage summary to Slack so the returns team knows what landed and where it should go.

When to use it

Use it when returns arrive as free-form emails with photos and a human has to eyeball each one before deciding refund vs. repair vs. reject. It removes the manual photo review and the copy-paste into your RMA tracker.

How it works

  1. 1A new tagged conversation in Front fires the trigger.
  2. 2The flow extracts the sender, order reference, and downloads photo attachments.
  3. 3A Hugging Face image-classification model scores each photo for condition and damage type.
  4. 4A logic branch maps the score to a disposition (refund / repair / inspect / deny).
  5. 5An Airtable record is created with the RMA number, condition grade, and disposition.
  6. 6The Front conversation is tagged with the disposition for the agent.
  7. 7A Slack message delivers the triaged summary to the returns channel.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect FrontShared inbox, conversations.
  2. 2
    Connect Hugging FaceModels, datasets, spaces — the open-source hub.
  3. 3
    Connect AirtableBases, tables, views, automations.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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