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Zendesk’s Custom Agents and Agent Builder turn business logic into reusable AI components. For this article I've configured a family of agents that can handle real processes, improve reuse, and simplify automation.
Zendesk Relate is the company’s flagship annual event for customer and employee service leaders, bringing together more than 2,000 attendees for three days of keynotes, product sessions, workshops, networking, and customer conversations. This year, the conference is taking place May 18–20 in Denver,
In the previous article in this series, I laid out the new shape of the Resolution Platform. Resolution sits in the middle. Two flows feed it. The resolution flow handles the customer's question. The learning flow makes the platform better at the next one. This article is about the first flow.
In my introduction to Relate 2026 I described the Resolution Platform as two flows feeding each other. The resolution flow handles a customer's question. The learning flow makes the platform better at handling the next one. The previous article in this series covered the first flow. The Autonom
The previous two articles in this series covered the two sides of the Resolution Platform. AI Agents resolving customer questions. Copilots closing the learning loop. But underneath these processes lies the platform itself. The engine that powers the resolution flow, runs the learning flow, and conn
Most people look at Zendesk, or any other CX platform, and might see it as a standalone environment where their agents interact with customers. And while this might have been true in the early 2000s, it's wrong today. Today, Zendesk functions as a resolution platform. It connects to your conten
Zendesk Admin Copilot turns admins from manual configuration hunters into strategic operators. It surfaces account-specific insights, recommends fixes, and helps execute changes with approval, closing the loop between data, AI, and action.
Zendesk is unifying its AI Agent offering and making agentic email GA. This roundup covers every notable AI Agents Advanced release in 2026 so far, from hybrid procedures and knowledge replies to new governance tools and conversation journey reports.
Manual ticket triage and categorization waste time, delay responses, and limit automation. Zendesk’s AI-powered Intelligent Triage automatically classifies tickets by intent on arrival, enabling faster routing, accurate prioritization, and deeper reporting for smarter support workflows.
Zendesk now creates a ticket for every interaction, unifying AI and human workflows into one ticket throughout the conversation. This might cause duplicates for previous workarounds. The article explains ticket lifecycle changes and how to adapt.
Zendesk’s acquisition of Forethought marks a major leap in customer service automation. Combining platform depth with Forethought’s multi-agent AI, Zendesk pioneers a self-improving, omnichannel Resolution Platform that transforms customer support from reactive tickets to proactive processes.
Zendesk helps businesses build AI-ready knowledge bases that power faster, consistent, and personalized customer service. By connecting, governing, and optimizing knowledge, Zendesk enables AI Agents and Agent Copilot to automate routine queries and assist agents for better resolutions at scale.