Features · Hand off to an admin
On every planThe AI knows when to step aside and hands the chat to your admin.
A customer asks to talk to a person, complains, sends a transfer receipt, or asks something that isn't in your store data. Admin Canggih, the AI admin for WhatsApp by Canggih.AI, stops replying in that chat and notifies you in the dashboard, and on Telegram if you've connected it.
- Built-in triggers
- Rules you write
- Notifications to admins
Illustration. After the 21:37 message, the AI stops replying in this chat. The store gets a dashboard notification, and if Telegram is connected, the Telegram message names the reason (a complaint). From there, an admin takes over. The working hours above are examples only.
01Behind the scenes
When does a WhatsApp AI hand a chat to a human admin?
If a customer asks for a person, complains or asks something outside your store data, the AI stops replying in that chat and the store gets a notification.
Handoff triggers
- Asks to talk to a person
- Complaint or refund
- Sends proof of payment
- Outside your store data
- A rule you wrote
Illustration. The message and reason above are examples only.
02Before and after
Customers get frustrated when they can't reach a person.
Without Admin Canggih
- Going in circles in a bot menu
- A bot that answers anyway
- Admins don't know someone is waiting
With Admin Canggih
- Built-in triggers
- Handoff rules you write
- A promised handoff actually happens
- Dashboard notification, details on Telegram
1. Catalog
2. Shipping rates
3. Order status
Going in circles in a bot menu
Dashboard notification, details on Telegram
Illustration. The chats, names, times and prices are examples only.
03How it works
From a chat that hit a wall back to the AI again.
Set the triggers in AI Settings
There are built-in switches for payments, customer service, complaints and orders. Customer service and complaints are on from the start. Add your own handoff rules if your store has special cases.
Fill in Team Working Hours
With team working hours, the AI can answer honestly when a customer asks when they'll hear back, and explain a handoff outside working hours using your store's own hours.
The AI hands off, you get notified
As soon as a trigger matches, the AI stops replying in that chat. A notification goes to the dashboard, and to Telegram if it's registered.
The admin replies, then returns it to the AI
The admin continues the conversation from the dashboard. Any chat can also be taken over at any time with the take-over button, then handed back to the AI agent when it's done.
04Your settings
You're in control, from your own dashboard.
Good to know (6)
- Every handed-off chat goes into one store queue. There's no automatic routing to a specific admin or team yet.
- How quickly an admin replies is still up to your team. If you fill in Team Working Hours, the AI can answer honestly when a customer asks when they'll hear back.
- Notifications go to the dashboard, and to Telegram if the store has registered its Telegram chat. Notifications to the store owner's WhatsApp aren't available yet.
- While a chat waits for an admin, the AI doesn't reply in it. If the customer writes again, the admin gets another dashboard notification, so make sure someone is on it.
- Handoffs can't be switched off entirely. You can set the triggers, but a customer who asks to talk to a person is always handed off.
- Your own handoff rules can't be used to ask for sensitive data, such as ID numbers (NIK), passwords or card numbers.
- Built-in triggersBuilt-in trigger switches: payments, customer service, complaints and orders
- Your own rulesUp to 10 handoff rules of your own
- Team Working HoursTeam Working Hours
- Telegram notificationsThe Telegram chat that gets notifications
- Take over and hand backWhen an admin takes over a chat and when it goes back to the AI
05Questions
What you'll probably ask first.
Message us on WhatsApp. The Canggih.AI team replies as soon as we can during business hours.
When does a WhatsApp AI hand a chat to a human admin?
Admin Canggih isn't a chatbot that loops through a menu until the customer gives up. A chat goes to a human admin when the customer asks to talk to a person, there's a complaint or refund, the customer sends a photo of proof of payment, the issue is complicated or sensitive, the answer isn't in the store data, or a rule you wrote matches. Once handed off, the AI stops replying in that chat and the store gets a notification.
What makes a chat go to an admin?
When the customer asks for a person, which is always honored. When the issue is complicated or sensitive. When the AI finds no relevant answer in the store data. When there's a complaint, refund, return or defective item. When the customer sends proof of payment after ordering. When a rule you wrote matches. A handoff is also the safe route when checkout can't continue. Some triggers follow switches in AI Settings, but a request for a person can't be switched off.
Can I write my own rules for when a chat is handed off?
Yes. In AI Settings you can create up to 10 handoff rules of your own, each with a label and a short instruction. For example, chats with a voice note, or customers who want to order wholesale for their business. If one of your rules matches, the chat is handed off first, even before it enters the checkout flow. One limit: rules can't be used to ask for sensitive data such as ID numbers, passwords or card numbers.
How does an admin know a chat was handed off?
The store gets a dashboard notification saying who needs help. If the store's Telegram chat is registered, there's also a more detailed Telegram message: the customer's name and number, their last message, the reason for the handoff and the channel. If the customer writes again while waiting, the admin gets another dashboard notification. Notifications to the store owner's WhatsApp aren't available yet, so make sure someone watches the dashboard or Telegram.
If a chat is handed off outside team hours, what is the customer told?
That depends on the Team Working Hours you fill in on the dashboard. With them, the AI can explain the handoff using your store's own hours, and answer honestly when a customer asks when they'll hear back. For example, if a chat comes in at 9 pm and your team works until 5 pm, the AI can say an admin will reply in the next working hours, not make a promise your team can't keep.
Can I take over a chat from the AI at any time, then hand it back?
Yes. On the chat page of the dashboard, take over any chat, even while the AI is handling it and no handoff has happened. While an admin holds the chat, the AI doesn't reply. When you're done, hand it back to the AI agent and the AI picks the chat up again.
Will the AI make up an answer if it doesn't know?
The rule is: if the AI can't find relevant info in the store's catalog and FAQ, the chat goes to an admin instead of getting a careless answer. There's a second safeguard too. If the AI has already said "I'll pass this to an admin" but hasn't actually handed off, the system hands the chat off itself. The more complete your FAQ, the more questions the AI can answer on its own without a handoff.
If an admin replies from their phone, does the AI reply too?
For now, admins reply through the Admin Canggih dashboard, not the WhatsApp Business app on a phone. Chats that have been handed off aren't answered by the AI anymore. Chats taken over by an admin aren't answered by the AI either until you hand them back to the AI agent. So customers don't get double answers from the AI and an admin in the same chat.
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