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Send direct alerts to mentioned agents for ticket comments

Automatically monitor ticket updates across Zendesk and routing data in Zapier Tables. Send direct alerts when ticket updates, comment mentions update, or referenced agents qualifyβ€”so you can extract mention IDs, look up recipients, and notify agents without manual ticket follow-up.

How this automation accelerates agent replies

When ticket audit detects comment mentions during Zendesk ticket updates, urgent context can be missed. This automation extracts mention IDs and looks up recipient mappings and sends direct Slack messagesβ€”so your team can respond faster.

  1. 1.Detects ticket updates

    Integrate Zendesk, ticket systems, and audit workflows to detect updated tickets and route mention context.

    Zendeskor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Finds the latest ticket comment

    Integrate Zendesk, ticket comment search, and audit data to find the latest comment for the updated ticket.

    Zendeskor swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Extracts mentioned user identifier

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and HTML parsing to extract the mentioned user identifier from the comment body.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  4. 4.Looks up recipient mapping

    Integrate Zapier Tables and lookup mappings to find the recipient channel or user record.

    Zapier Tablesor swap with your favorite app
  5. 5.Sends a direct message alert

    Integrate Slack and messaging routing to send a direct message to the found channel or user ID.

    Slackor swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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