Agent Assist

The icon for the AgentAssist action - a monitor with a speech bubble coming out of it. The speech bubble contains two circles next to each other.

Connects an agent assist application to your contact center. Agent assist applications assess live interactions and display relevant or useful information to the agent in the agent application, such as MAX. Information can include things such as knowledge base articles or FAQs.

Double-clicking this action opens Agent Assist Hub, where you can manage the connections to the agent assist applications you use with CXone.

Dependencies

The Agent Assist action must be placed after the Onanswer event action in your script. Agent Assist requires the ID of the agent handling the interaction. This ID isn't assigned until after Onanswer.

Supported Script Types

The icon for a Generic script type - a rectangle with < and > symbols inside it.

The icon for the Email script type - a large @ symbol in a diamond.

The icon for the Chat script type - a chat bubble with an ellipsis inside (...), in a diamond shape.

The icon for the Phone script type - an old-style phone handset with curved lines indicating sound coming out of it.

The icon for the Voicemail script type - a symbol that looks like a cassette tape - two circles sitting on a horizontal line.

The icon for the Work Item script type-a piece of paper with one corner folded down and a bullet list on it.

The icon for the SMS script type - a smart phone with a chat bubble coming out of it.

Generic

Email Chat Phone Voicemail Work Item SMS

Supported Agent Assistants

You can use the Agent Assist action with Google Contact Center AI.

Agent assistants require configuration in addition to adding the action to your script.

Input Properties

These properties define data that the action uses when executing.

Property

Description

Caption

Enter a short phrase that uniquely identifies this action in the script. The caption appears on the script canvas under the action icon. The default is the action name.

assistLaunchConfigName

The name of the agent assist application. This property is populated automatically when you assign an agent assist configuration app to the action from Agent Assist Hub.  

scriptParams

The name of the variable that holds data to pass to the agent assist application. The data must be defined in a Snippet action using the Script Parameters code snippet. The variable you use in this field must hold the data in JSON format. If you don't include the snippet, you don't need to complete this field.

Result Branch Conditions

Result branch conditions allow you to create branches in your script to handle different outcomes when an action executes.

Condition

Description

Default

Path taken unless the script meets a condition that requires it to take one of the other branches. It is also taken if the action's other branches are not defined.

OnError

Path taken when the action fails to execute properly. For example, when there is an unexpected problem such as poor connectivity, syntax errors, and so on. The _ERR variable, with a single underscore character, should be populated with a condensed explanation of the problem.

Required SNIPPET Action Code

The scriptParams property requires the script to have a Snippet action with code to define the parameters to send to the agent assist application.

Assign an Agent Assist Application or Profile to this Action

You need to assign the configuration application or profile for your agent assist application to the Agent assist action in your script. This connects the configuration settings to the script so they can be applied to the agents during an interaction.

If you haven't done so already, you need to add a configuration app for your agent assist application to Agent Assist Hub. This must be done before you can assign the application to this action.

  1. In Studio, open the script you want to use.
  2. Double-click the Agent Assist action to open Agent Assist Hub.

  3. In the left column, click the checkmark in a circle A light gray checkmark inside a light gray circle. next to the agent assist application or profile you want to assign to this script.
  4. Click Close.