AI-Assisted Support Ticket Triage with n8n
Pure API automation with n8n: incoming support tickets are classified by an LLM, prioritised, and routed to the right team; relevant knowledge articles and reply drafts are generated automatically. Delivered by Groenewold IT Solutions in Leer/East Frisia (Made in Germany).
AI-Assisted Support Ticket Triage with n8n
Automation
The Challenge
Growing ticket volume, manual distribution
As the user base grew, tickets grew faster than the support team. Tickets were triaged, categorised, and distributed by hand; urgent cases got lost in the volume, and standard questions tied up specialists unnecessarily.
Knowledge exists, but not at the right time
An extensive knowledge base existed but was rarely consulted day to day. A mechanism was missing that automatically suggests relevant articles for each ticket and speeds up handling.
Our Solution
Workflow & AI views
n8n connects helpdesk, LLM, and knowledge base
Each new ticket triggers an n8n workflow via the helpdesk API. An LLM determines category, language, urgency, and sentiment; based on that the ticket is assigned to the right team and prioritised. Critical or negative cases are additionally escalated in Slack or Teams.
Reply drafts instead of empty tickets
Using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), the workflow finds matching knowledge articles and produces a reply draft that support only has to review and approve. The final decision stays with a human—the system suggests, it does not answer on its own.
Measurable and extensible
Classification quality and cycle times are measured; new categories or languages can be added without changing the core. Since everything runs over APIs, no RPA is required. Delivered by Groenewold IT Solutions in East Frisia.
Results
Faster response, relieved specialists
Urgent tickets land with the right team immediately; standard questions are answered faster with prepared drafts. The knowledge base is finally used—automatically and at the right moment.
Reference for AI-assisted workflow automation
The project shows how n8n as an orchestrator connects AI, helpdesk, and knowledge base—a pure API solution without RPA, with humans in the approval loop.
Features
Feature overview
- Ticket trigger via the helpdesk API
- LLM classification (category, language, urgency, sentiment)
- Rule-based routing to the right team
- Escalation of critical cases in Slack / Teams
- RAG retrieval of matching knowledge articles
- Automatic reply drafts with human approval
- Metrics on quality and cycle time
- Delivery by Groenewold IT Solutions (Made in Germany)
Project Details
Project
SaaS provider with growing supportCompleted
Design and operations (reference project)
Technologies
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