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Give customers an accurate update on escalated Zendesk tickets
For support agents who need the Jira status behind an escalation in plain language, by asking their AI assistant.
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The problem
Escalation updates mean a trip into a system support barely knows
When a customer asks about an escalated problem, the agent has to find the linked Jira issue, read its status and comments, and translate engineering detail. Each update takes a trip into a system support may barely know.
Without PopdockAI
- Find the Jira link in the ticket's notes
- Read the issue status and comments
- Translate engineering detail for the customer
- Ask engineering when it is unclear
With PopdockAI
- Linked Jira issues are found from notes and summaries
- Broken links are listed, not dropped
- Status, assignee, due date and latest comment are summarised
- A plain reply is drafted for you only, and nothing is posted
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** For Zendesk ticket {ticket-id}, find the linked Jira issue or issues, report their progress, and draft (but do not send) an update for the customer.
**Step 1: Read the ticket (Zendesk)**
Call `zendesk-get-ticket` with ticket-id {ticket-id}. If nothing comes back, stop and say so.
**Step 2: Find the linked Jira issues**
Call `zendesk-get-ticket-comment` with ticket-id {ticket-id} and public false and collect every key from notes starting `Linked Jira issue:`. Then call `jira-get-issue` with summary.contains `[ZD-{ticket-id}]`. Merge both sets. If neither finds anything, report that the ticket has not been escalated to Jira and stop.
**Step 3: Read each issue (Jira)**
For each key, call `jira-get-issue` with issue-key to get status, assignee, due date and last update. Call `jira-get-issue-comment` for the issue and keep the three most recent comments.
**Step 4: Report**
* Ticket: id, subject, Zendesk status, requester, organization.
* One row per Jira issue: key, status, assignee, due date, last updated, and a one-line summary of the latest comment.
* A flag if the ticket is solved or closed while an issue is still open, or the reverse.
* A draft customer reply of 2 to 4 sentences, in plain language, with no internal names, Jira keys or estimates the Jira comments do not support.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* `zendesk-get-ticket` and `zendesk-get-ticket-comment` are on the zendesk server. `jira-get-issue`, `jira-get-issue-comment` and `jira-get-issue-watcher` are on the jira server.
* Read-only. Do not call `zendesk-add-ticket-comment`, `zendesk-update-ticket`, `jira-add-issue-comment` or `jira-update-issue`. The draft is shown to the user, not posted.
* Linking convention used by every prompt on this server: an escalated Jira issue's summary starts with `[ZD-<ticket id>]`, and the Zendesk ticket carries an internal note whose first line is `Linked Jira issue: <ISSUE-KEY>`. Find links by either marker.
* Jira issue ids: `jira-get-issue` returns the issue key but not the numeric id. Pass the key (e.g. ABC-123) where a Jira tool asks for an issue id; Jira accepts either. If Jira rejects the key, call `jira-get-issue-watcher` filtered by issue-key and take its issue-id.
**Validation:**
* If a key in a Zendesk note no longer exists in Jira, list it as a broken link rather than dropping it.
* If the Jira comments are all internal technical detail, say the draft is based on status alone.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Support agents
Answer the customer's what is happening
Get the Jira status and a plain draft reply without learning Jira or chasing engineering.
What is the Jira status behind Zendesk ticket 51877, and what can I tell the customer?
Escalation managers
Spot tickets and issues out of step
A flag shows when the ticket and the Jira issue disagree on whether the work is finished.
Does Zendesk ticket 49302 agree with its Jira issue on whether the fix is done?
Customer success managers
Update key accounts with confidence
Give an important customer an accurate update with no internal names or unsupported dates.
Draft an update for Contoso on Zendesk ticket 50114 based on the linked Jira work.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You give the Zendesk ticket and your AI assistant reads the linked Jira issues. You get the status and a draft reply for your eyes only, and nothing is posted or changed.
01
Ask
You give the Zendesk ticket.
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Find
It finds the linked Jira issues from internal notes and summaries.
03
Read
It reads each issue's status, assignee, due date and latest comment.
04
Report
You get the status, any disagreement and a draft reply, and nothing is posted.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for Jira and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
zendesk-get-ticket
zendesk-get-ticket-comment
jira-get-issue
jira-get-issue-comment
jira-get-issue-watcher
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Accurate escalation updates in minutes
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