Templates After-hours coverageVERSION 1 · ADAPT TO YOUR BUSINESS

After-hours coverage

Handle enquiries when the team is away and prepare the next response.

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Your template, version and language follow you into agent setup.

THE CONVERSATION DESIGN

Useful from the first draft.

  1. 01

    welcome

    Collect the details needed for the next step and handle incomplete answers.

  2. 02

    assist

    Use your business instructions and context to handle the conversation, with clear limits and a human fallback.

  3. 03

    reply

    Set a clear expectation and guide the caller to a useful next step.

  4. 04

    next

    Collect the details needed for the next step and handle incomplete answers.

  5. 05

    handoff

    Pass the request and relevant context to your configured human destination.

CHALLENGE IT BEFORE YOU LAUNCH

Start with these tests.

A useful workflow includes the difficult conversations, too.

  • Urgent request
  • Caller declines callback
  • Holiday-hours question

Experience the conversation first.

Explore the relevant demonstration, then return to the same workflow and language.

Try this workflow