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my new automated support agent surprised me today
for context - I shipped a new "frame" feature f...
my new automated support agent surprised me today
for context - I shipped a new "frame" feature for ColorBliss a few weeks ago. A power user replied to my changelog email with a few use cases where it could be made more useful. I put it in my backlog.
I had a PR open for it for a while, and finally got around to merging it behind a feature flag this morning.
I knew later I would have to go back and email the customer that it was good to go.
When I logged into my help desk later - I found that my agent had already notified him!
Here's what it did:
- The help desk software I use has an automation that will re-open a closed ticket if an attached issue in Linear is marked done (this is super helpful for telling users their feature has shipped)
- When I merged the PR, the issue itself was marked as done, and then the support ticket was re-opened.
- When the support ticket was re-opened, my automated support agent checked the context of the ticket, reviewed updates in linear, and was ab