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Zendesk Help: Managing conversation handoff and handback
Documents messaging conversation handoff and handback, including actions that change the first responder between an AI agent and a live agent.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escalate to human | Choose escalate to human when users need a route from AI, automation, chatbot, self-service, or failed recovery to a human channel or queue. | The escalation action names the human destination and whether it is live, asynchronous, specialist, supervisor, emergency, or review-only. | Supports AI-to-live-agent handoff, handback, and first-responder changes. |
| Handoff summary | Choose handoff summary when the user's task is to take over work or continue a conversation, case, incident, ticket, patient, workflow, or agent session from someone or something else. | A handoff summary is tied to a named source object and transfer event, not an orphan note. | Zendesk documents conversation handoff and handback between AI and live agents. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Escalate to human vs handoff summary vs chat interface vs review queue vs human approval gate vs recommended next action
Supports conversation handoff, handback, and first-responder transitions between AI and live agents.
- Handoff summary vs assignment vs summary box vs activity log
Zendesk documents changing first responder between AI and live agents during handoff and handback.
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