Each use case includes KPI targets, a starter template, and article ideas you can publish safely.
1) Support & Ticket Automation
KPI
- First Contact Resolution (FCR)
- First Response Time (FRT)
- Human Handoff Rate
- Escalation Rate
Starter Template
support_flow:
ingest: <CHANNEL_EVENT>
classify: [billing, technical, refund, other]
respond:
faq_hit: auto_reply
faq_miss: draft_reply + human_review
ticket:
create_when: [high_risk, repeated_issue, low_confidence]
metrics: [fcr, frt, handoff_rate, escalation_rate]
Article Ideas
- How to Normalize Multi-Channel Support into One Event Flow
- Where Automation Stops: Mandatory Human Handoff Rules
- Designing Observable Support KPIs from Day One
3) On-call Alerting & Incident Collaboration
KPI
- MTTA (Mean Time to Acknowledge)
- MTTR (Mean Time to Resolve)
- Alerts per Hour
- False Positive Rate
Starter Template
incident_flow:
ingest: <MONITORING_ALERT>
dedupe:
key: [service, fingerprint, severity]
window: <DEDUP_WINDOW_MINUTES>
route:
p1: page_primary_oncall
p2: notify_channel
close_loop:
ack: write_back_status
resolved: close_ticket + postmortem_stub
metrics: [mtta, mttr, alerts_per_hour, false_positive_rate]
Article Ideas
- Aggregate Before Notify: Reducing On-call Alert Noise
- MTTA/MTTR as Collaboration Quality Metrics
- A Minimal Incident Closure Template from Alert to Postmortem