Appointment no-show recovery
Detect a no-show, offer the right rebooking options, and notify the waitlist after approval.
What this workflow does
Detect a no-show, offer the right rebooking options, and notify the waitlist after approval. It coordinates dependencies across connected systems, pauses at exception boundaries, and records the state of every approved sub-step.
What you gain
Empty slots are recovered with less manual calling.
What the AI agent changes
How this worked before
A fixed workflow required every system and input to behave exactly as expected; one exception stopped the entire chain.
What the AI agent changes
The agent chooses the next tool from the current state, recovers from common exceptions, and asks for a decision at the right boundary.
Agent trigger
A booked customer does not check in within the allowed window.
Inputs
- Process context: booking, cancellation policy, customer preferences, open slots, and waitlist
- Approved policies, ownership, and exception rules
Agent flow
- 1
Build the dependency graph and verify every connector permission.
- 2
Coordinate read-only sub-steps and surface blocked dependencies.
- 3
Prepare a rebooking path and the next eligible waitlist contact with state, exceptions, and rollback points.
- 4
Execute approved sub-steps idempotently and verify the final state.
Human decisions
After step 3
The accountable process owner approves a rebooking path and the next eligible waitlist contact.
Outcome
- Approved rebooking and waitlist messages
- Evidence, exceptions, and audit trail
Guardrails
- Pause when a dependency or approval is missing.
- Record before-and-after state for every system write.
Risks and mitigations
A partial multi-system execution can leave records in conflicting states.
Use idempotency keys, checkpoints, and explicit compensation for every write step.
Sources and evidence
Sources establish feasibility or impact. Not every metric comes from an identical implementation.
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