AI customer service agent for order tracking and support

Answers customer questions, tracks orders, and places new orders through a chat assistant that remembers each conversation.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsE-commerce & ProductSpreadsheet & Database OpsAPI & Webhook IntegrationCustomer Support & Ticketing
Connects
Google SheetsGmailOpenAIPostgres

The problem it solves

Customers keep asking the same questions about shipping, returns, and where their order is, and answering each one by hand eats up your day. You also lose track of conversations when the same customer reaches out again later.

Who it fits

E-commerce businesses that get repetitive customer support questions about orders and products.

How it works

  1. A customer sends a message through chat
  2. AI figures out whether it's a policy question, product question, or order question
  3. The assistant looks up the answer in your FAQ, product, or order records
  4. For new orders, it validates the customer's email and creates the order
  5. A confirmation or answer is sent back, and order emails go out automatically
What you get

Customer questions answered around the clock

Customers get instant answers about orders, products, and policies, plus the ability to place new orders, right from a chat conversation.

What you get

An instant chat reply to the customer, plus updated order records and automatic confirmation emails.

What you need

A Google Workspace account for Sheets and Gmail, an OpenAI API key, and a Postgres database for chat memory.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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