I built an AI support-agent prototype and realized the hard part is not the chatbot it is the handoff and audit trail. Looking for critique from people who run support/CX workflows.
Summary
The author built RelayOps, an AI support agent prototype for telecom/subscription support, and shares results from a 50-ticket sample, seeking critique on handoff records, unsafe actions, audit fields, and usefulness for testing.
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