Your Complaint Resolution Agent Follows Every Case to Resolution
The AgentWorks Complaint Resolution Agent keeps every constituent complaint moving from the day it is logged to the day it is closed. It tracks each case through the responsible department, sends the constituent status updates before they have to ask, escalates cases that pass their due date along a defined path, and reports on resolution by department and complaint type. Your constituent services staff and department supervisors are free to work the cases and serve the residents in front of them.
What it takes off your plate
Consider how complaints are handled in many city and county offices. A resident reports a pothole that damaged a tire, a neighbor's overgrown lot, a streetlight out on a dark corner. The complaint is logged in a database, assigned somewhere, and then forgotten, because nobody reviews the open list.
Resolution takes weeks. The resident hears nothing, so they call, then call again, then email a council member. Nobody is sure who owns an overdue case or when it should move up, so escalation happens only when the complaint lands on the commissioner's desk. By then the resident has lost patience, a staff member drops everything to reconstruct what happened, and the office has spent more time on the complaint than fixing the problem would have taken.
What the Complaint Resolution Agent does, step by step
The Complaint Resolution Agent starts with the constituent.
- Confirms the complaint. Once a complaint is logged, it sends the constituent a case number, the department handling it and the expected resolution time for that complaint type.
- Assigns ownership. It places the case in the responsible department's queue in Zendesk or your case system with a named owner and a due date from your service standards.
- Sends status updates. When the department schedules work, updates the case or needs more information, it tells the constituent by text or email, in plain language.
- Answers follow-up calls. When a resident calls or emails about their complaint, it gives the current status from the case record.
- Watches the due dates. It reminds the case owner as a due date approaches.
- Escalates overdue cases. When a case passes its due date, it escalates along your defined path, owner, then supervisor, then department head, with the case history attached, and tells the constituent it has been escalated.
- Confirms resolution. When the case is closed, it tells the constituent what was done and asks whether the issue is resolved. A resident who says no reopens the case.
- Reports on resolution. It produces regular reports by department and complaint type: open cases, time to resolve, escalations and reopened cases.
Department staff decide how each complaint is resolved. The agent keeps each case owned, dated and communicated.
Where the work is recorded
An agent that cannot record its results is a chatbot. The Complaint Resolution Agent keeps a record anyone in the office can read.
Every update, call and email with the constituent is logged on their record in the CRM, so a staff member who takes their next call sees the full history and picks up exactly where the agent left off. The case in Zendesk or your case system holds the owner, due date, each status change, each escalation and the resolution.
The next morning, each supervisor sees their department's open cases, those coming due and anything escalated overnight. Leadership sees the resolution report by department and complaint type, and a council member's office can get a straight answer on any case.
What your people do instead
Constituent services staff spend their time with the residents who need a person: the frustrated caller, the complex complaint that crosses departments. Department crews and supervisors work cases rather than answer status calls. Department heads use the resolution reports to see where complaints cluster and where staffing or process needs attention.
Residents hear from the office before they have to call, which is where trust starts.
Complaints often begin as ordinary requests. For how those are taken in and numbered, see Constituents Stop Calling Back When Every Request Gets a Case Number and Your Constituent Case Intake Agent Opens the Case Before the Call Ends.
One next step
If complaints in your office are logged and then lost, the free Industry Assessment shows which workflow an agent should take first. To see the AgentWorks Complaint Resolution Agent alongside the other agents for city, county and state agencies, visit the Government industry page.
See where the Complaint Resolution Agent would start in your government business.
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