AI agents for service
11 live agents (Customer Care, Order Status (WISMO), Store Locator…) and 32 on the roadmap: what each does, the data it needs and the questions it answers.
Most service questions are about orders, returns, stores and policies. These agents answer them from your own data and rules, so the answer matches what your store would say.
11 agents you can switch on today
Customer Care
Answers policy questions from the retailer's own documents, checks orders and return eligibility.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs, Orders, Order lines
Tools it uses: search over your policies and FAQs, with citations; order and delivery status; return-eligibility rules engine (deterministic); store finder with live opening hours
Ask it, for example:
- "What's your refund policy for sale items?"
- "Can I return items from order MC-1003?"
- "How long do refunds take?"
Order Status (WISMO)
"Where is my order?": status, dates and what happens next.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Orders
Tools it uses: order and delivery status; search over your policies and FAQs, with citations
Ask it, for example:
- "Where is order MC-1004?"
- "Has order MC-1010 shipped yet?"
- "My order MC-1004 is late, what can I do?"
Store Locator
Nearest stores, live open/closed status in local time, hours and services.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Stores
Tools it uses: store finder with live opening hours
Ask it, for example:
- "Is there a store open now in Dubai?"
- "Which stores offer tailoring?"
- "Where can I collect my order in person?"
Loyalty Assistant
Explains membership tiers and benefits and the member's own status.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs, Customers
Tools it uses: search over your policies and FAQs, with citations; customer profile and history
Ask it, for example:
- "What do I get as a Club Plus member? My id is C-1001"
- "What are the membership tiers?"
- "How do I reach the next tier? My id is C-1001"
Policy & FAQ Bot
Instant, cited answers from policies, FAQs and terms; the simplest deflection agent.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs
Tools it uses: search over your policies and FAQs, with citations
Ask it, for example:
- "Do you ship to Singapore?"
- "How long do refunds take?"
- "Can I pay in instalments?"
Complaint Triage
Understands a complaint, checks the order and policy, and replies with the right next step and urgency.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs, Orders, Order lines
Tools it uses: order and delivery status; search over your policies and FAQs, with citations; return-eligibility rules engine (deterministic)
Ask it, for example:
- "My order MC-1004 is late and I need it for Saturday"
- "The dress from order MC-1003 arrived damaged"
- "I was charged twice for my order MC-1005"
Warranty & Repairs
Explains what's covered for faulty items, checks the order dates and tells the customer what to do.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs, Orders, Order lines
Tools it uses: search over your policies and FAQs, with citations; order and delivery status; return-eligibility rules engine (deterministic)
Ask it, for example:
- "The strap of my bag broke, what can I do?"
- "Is my watch from order MC-1003 still covered?"
- "My shoes came apart after two weeks"
Agent Assist (human CX)
Drafts replies and next-best actions for human support agents, grounded in the customer, order and policy.
Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Knowledge docs, Orders, Customers
Tools it uses: customer profile and history; order and delivery status; search over your policies and FAQs, with citations; return-eligibility rules engine (deterministic)
Ask it, for example:
- "Customer C-1001 asks to return order MC-1003, draft my reply"
- "Draft a reply about refund timings"
- "Summarise order MC-1004 before my call with the customer"
Proactive Delay Notifier
Finds orders running late against the shipping promise and drafts apology messages before customers ask.
Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Orders, Knowledge docs
Tools it uses: read-only SQL over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace); search over your policies and FAQs, with citations
Ask it, for example:
- "Which orders are running late?"
- "Draft delay messages for orders still processing after 3 days"
- "How many shipped orders aren't delivered after 5 days?"
Refund Status Tracker
Tells customers where their refund is, when it will land and why it might be delayed.
Who it's for: Shoppers (shopper assistant on your website or a link)
Data it needs: Orders, Order lines, Knowledge docs
Tools it uses: order and delivery status; return-eligibility rules engine (deterministic); search over your policies and FAQs, with citations
Ask it, for example:
- "When will I get my refund for order MC-1003?"
- "How long do refunds take to reach my card?"
- "Is order MC-1005 eligible for a refund?"
Human handover summariser
Prepares a crisp case summary for a colleague taking over a customer, with the suggested fix.
Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Orders, Customers, Knowledge docs
Tools it uses: customer profile and history; order and delivery status; search over your policies and FAQs, with citations
Ask it, for example:
- "Summarise customer C-1001's situation for a colleague"
- "Hand over order MC-1004 to the store team"
- "Brief the next agent on customer C-1002"
Coming next
- Multilingual care (Arabic/Thai): Full service flows in the customer's language.
- Delivery rescheduler: Changes delivery slots or switches to click & collect.
- Fraud & abuse screen for returns: Flags serial returners and abnormal refund patterns.
- WhatsApp & Instagram care: The service agents on messaging channels
- Voice of the customer: Clusters reviews and tickets into themes with trends and examples.
- Ski and Bike Rental Booker: Books ski, snowboard and bike rentals with correct sizing and collection times.
- Return Label Generator: Starts an eligible return, picks the cheapest drop-off option and issues the label in one conversation.
- Damaged Item Resolver: Collects photos of damaged deliveries and offers replacement, refund or partial credit within policy.
- Missing Parcel Investigator: Gathers carrier scans and delivery proof for missing parcels and resolves or escalates the claim.
- Account and Privacy Helper: Handles password resets, marketing preferences and data access or deletion requests under privacy law.
- Payment Issue Resolver: Explains declined payments, double charges and pending authorisations, and routes genuine errors to finance.
- Click and Collect Assistant: Tells customers when orders are ready, collection hours and what identification to bring.
- Cash on Delivery Assistant: Confirms cash-on-delivery orders, explains payment options at the door and reduces refused deliveries.
- Installation Booking Assistant: Books delivery with installation for appliances and TVs, checking access, old unit removal and slots.
- Device Troubleshooter: Walks customers through common setup and fault fixes before arranging a repair or replacement.
- Furniture Assembly Helper: Guides customers through assembly step by step and books a fitter when they get stuck.
- Large Item Delivery Planner: Arranges two-person delivery slots for furniture, confirming access, stairs and old item removal.
- Pharmacy Order Status: Tracks prescription preparation and delivery status and alerts patients about stock delays.
- Pharmacist Consultation Booker: Books vaccinations, health checks and private consultations at the nearest pharmacy with free slots.
- Bespoke Order Tracker: Keeps clients updated on made-to-order and engraved pieces, from workshop progress to delivery.
- Alteration Booking Assistant: Books hemming and tailoring services and tells customers when altered garments are ready.
- Fitting Appointment Rescheduler: Moves tyre or parts fitting appointments and confirms parts are reserved for the new slot.
- Grooming and Vet Booking: Books grooming, vaccination or vet clinic slots at in-store pet services.
- Product Safety Recall Notifier: Alerts parents who bought a recalled toy or baby product and explains the refund or fix.
- Delivery Slot Finder: Finds the earliest grocery delivery or collection slot and holds it while the basket is completed.
- Order Amendment Assistant: Lets customers add, remove or change items in a grocery order until the cut-off time.
- Freshness Complaint Handler: Handles complaints about short-dated or poor-quality fresh items with instant refunds within policy.
- Marketplace Dispute Mediator: Mediates disputes between shoppers and marketplace sellers, applying platform guarantees fairly.
- Pre-order Status Updater: Tracks pre-orders for new releases and games and tells customers their dispatch date.
- Bill Payment and Top-up Helper: Guides customers through in-store bill payments, mobile top-ups and parcel lockers, and resolves failed transactions.
- Equipment Servicing Booker: Books bike servicing, ski waxing or racket restringing and notifies customers when the work is done.
- Beauty Appointment Booker: Books makeovers, brow and skin consultations at counters, with reminders and preparation tips.
How to turn them on
- Load the data each agent needs (upload, API or, soon, a connector to your e-commerce platform).
- Open Agent catalog in the ServiceBuddy console: agents whose data is present show as ready.
- Install, add your own instructions, and test in the Playground.
Live AI Agent Buddies: Customer · Service
Customer · Service
Customer CareAnswers policy questions from the retailer's own documents, checks orders and return eligibility.
Customer · Service
Order Status (WISMO)"Where is my order?": status, dates and what happens next.
Customer · Service
Store LocatorNearest stores, live open/closed status in local time, hours and services.
Customer · Service
Loyalty AssistantExplains membership tiers and benefits and the member's own status.
Customer · Service
Policy & FAQ BotInstant, cited answers from policies, FAQs and terms; the simplest deflection agent.
Customer · Service
Complaint TriageUnderstands a complaint, checks the order and policy, and replies with the right next step and urgency.
Customer · Service
Warranty & RepairsExplains what's covered for faulty items, checks the order dates and tells the customer what to do.
Customer · Service
Agent Assist (human CX)Drafts replies and next-best actions for human support agents, grounded in the customer, order and policy.
Customer · Service
Proactive Delay NotifierFinds orders running late against the shipping promise and drafts apology messages before customers ask.
Customer · Service
Refund Status TrackerTells customers where their refund is, when it will land and why it might be delayed.
Customer · Service
Human handover summariserPrepares a crisp case summary for a colleague taking over a customer, with the suggested fix.
Coming soon: Customer · Service
Customer · Service
Multilingual care (Arabic/Thai)Full service flows in the customer's language.
Customer · Service
Delivery reschedulerChanges delivery slots or switches to click & collect.
Customer · Service
Fraud & abuse screen for returnsFlags serial returners and abnormal refund patterns.
Customer · Service
WhatsApp & Instagram careThe service agents on messaging channels
Customer · Service
Voice of the customerClusters reviews and tickets into themes with trends and examples.
Customer · Service
Multilingual Customer CareAnswers orders, returns and policy questions in the shopper's own language, Arabic and Thai included.
Customer · Service
Delivery ReschedulerChecks an order's delivery status and explains the options to change the date, address or method.
Customer · Service
Damaged Item ResolverHandles items that arrived damaged or faulty: checks the order and policy and sets out the remedy.
Customer · Service
Missing Parcel InvestigatorLooks into parcels marked delivered but not received and explains the next steps and timelines.
Customer · Service
Payment Issue ResolverExplains payment methods, failed or double charges and refund timings for an order.
Customer · Service
Return Label HelperChecks if an item can be returned and walks the shopper through getting the label and dropping it off.
Customer · Service
Account & Privacy HelperAnswers questions about accounts, personal data, marketing preferences and data deletion requests.
Customer · Service
Ski and Bike Rental BookerBooks ski, snowboard and bike rentals with correct sizing and collection times.
Customer · Service
Return Label GeneratorStarts an eligible return, picks the cheapest drop-off option and issues the label in one conversation.
Customer · Service
Damaged Item ResolverCollects photos of damaged deliveries and offers replacement, refund or partial credit within policy.
Customer · Service
Missing Parcel InvestigatorGathers carrier scans and delivery proof for missing parcels and resolves or escalates the claim.
Customer · Service
Account and Privacy HelperHandles password resets, marketing preferences and data access or deletion requests under privacy law.
Customer · Service
Payment Issue ResolverExplains declined payments, double charges and pending authorisations, and routes genuine errors to finance.
Customer · Service
Click and Collect AssistantTells customers when orders are ready, collection hours and what identification to bring.
Customer · Service
Cash on Delivery AssistantConfirms cash-on-delivery orders, explains payment options at the door and reduces refused deliveries.
Customer · Service
Installation Booking AssistantBooks delivery with installation for appliances and TVs, checking access, old unit removal and slots.
Customer · Service
Device TroubleshooterWalks customers through common setup and fault fixes before arranging a repair or replacement.
Customer · Service
Furniture Assembly HelperGuides customers through assembly step by step and books a fitter when they get stuck.
Customer · Service
Large Item Delivery PlannerArranges two-person delivery slots for furniture, confirming access, stairs and old item removal.
Customer · Service
Pharmacy Order StatusTracks prescription preparation and delivery status and alerts patients about stock delays.
Customer · Service
Pharmacist Consultation BookerBooks vaccinations, health checks and private consultations at the nearest pharmacy with free slots.
Customer · Service
Bespoke Order TrackerKeeps clients updated on made-to-order and engraved pieces, from workshop progress to delivery.
Customer · Service
Alteration Booking AssistantBooks hemming and tailoring services and tells customers when altered garments are ready.
Customer · Service
Fitting Appointment ReschedulerMoves tyre or parts fitting appointments and confirms parts are reserved for the new slot.
Customer · Service
Grooming and Vet BookingBooks grooming, vaccination or vet clinic slots at in-store pet services.
Customer · Service
Product Safety Recall NotifierAlerts parents who bought a recalled toy or baby product and explains the refund or fix.
Customer · Service
Delivery Slot FinderFinds the earliest grocery delivery or collection slot and holds it while the basket is completed.
Customer · Service
Order Amendment AssistantLets customers add, remove or change items in a grocery order until the cut-off time.
Customer · Service
Freshness Complaint HandlerHandles complaints about short-dated or poor-quality fresh items with instant refunds within policy.
Customer · Service
Marketplace Dispute MediatorMediates disputes between shoppers and marketplace sellers, applying platform guarantees fairly.
Customer · Service
Pre-order Status UpdaterTracks pre-orders for new releases and games and tells customers their dispatch date.
Customer · Service
Bill Payment and Top-up HelperGuides customers through in-store bill payments, mobile top-ups and parcel lockers, and resolves failed transactions.
Customer · Service
Equipment Servicing BookerBooks bike servicing, ski waxing or racket restringing and notifies customers when the work is done.
Customer · Service
Beauty Appointment BookerBooks makeovers, brow and skin consultations at counters, with reminders and preparation tips.
Articles about these buddies
Refund Status Tracker: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Tells customers where their refund is, when it will land and why it might be delayed. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
Human handover summariser: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Prepares a crisp case summary for a colleague taking over a customer, with the suggested fix. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch…
Proactive Delay Notifier: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Finds orders running late against the shipping promise and drafts apology messages before customers ask. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and ho…
Complaint Triage: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Understands a complaint, checks the order and policy, and replies with the right next step and urgency. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how…
Warranty & Repairs: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Explains what's covered for faulty items, checks the order dates and tells the customer what to do. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to …
Agent Assist (human CX): what this AI agent does and how to use it
Drafts replies and next-best actions for human support agents, grounded in the customer, order and policy. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and …
Customer Care: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Answers policy questions from the retailer's own documents, checks orders and return eligibility. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to sw…
Order Status (WISMO): what this AI agent does and how to use it
"Where is my order?": status, dates and what happens next. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
Store Locator: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Nearest stores, live open/closed status in local time, hours and services. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
Loyalty Assistant: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Explains membership tiers and benefits and the member's own status. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
Policy & FAQ Bot: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Instant, cited answers from policies, FAQs and terms; the simplest deflection agent. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
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