TICKET MANAGEMENT

Collapse Duplicate Outage Tickets into One Incident and Notify Reporters

During a spike of inbound Zendesk tickets, detects when many describe the same outage, links them to a single master incident ticket.

CategoryTicket Management
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerevent
Steps6
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerInbound ticket spike detectedZendeskZendesk
  • ActionFetch the recent ticket burstZendeskZendesk
  • ActionDetect shared outage and draft update with OpenAIOpenAI
  • LogicProceed only if tickets share one incident
  • ActionLink duplicates to a master incident ticketZendeskZendesk
  • OutputEmail all reporters one shared status updateGmailGmail

What it does

Handles ticket storms during incidents. When inbound volume spikes, it determines whether the surge is many reports of one outage, designates a master incident ticket, attaches the duplicates to it, and sends all affected reporters a single coordinated update instead of scattered replies.

When to use it

Use it during outages or widespread bugs when dozens of customers report the same thing within minutes. It keeps agents from answering the same question repeatedly and gives reporters one clear, consistent message.

How it works

  1. 1A spike in new Zendesk tickets within a short window triggers the flow.
  2. 2Fetch the recent burst of tickets from the Zendesk API.
  3. 3Use OpenAI to decide if the burst is one shared outage and draft a unified status message.
  4. 4Branch: only proceed if the tickets converge on a single incident.
  5. 5Designate a master incident ticket and link all duplicates to it in Zendesk.
  6. 6Email every reporter the shared status update via Gmail and set the duplicates to pending.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect ZendeskTickets, queues, knowledge base.
  2. 2
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  3. 3
    Connect GmailRead, draft, send, label.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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