Your agent achieves 55% first-contact resolution, well below the 80% target. Logs show it escalates…

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Your agent achieves 55% first-contact resolution, well below the 80% target. Logs show it escalates straightforward cases (standard damage replacements with photo evidence) while attempting to autonomously handle complex situations requiring policy exceptions. What's the most effective way to improve escalation calibration?

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A. Add explicit escalation criteria to your system prompt with few-shot examples demonstrating when to escalate versus resolve autonomously.

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B. Have the agent self-report a confidence score (1-10) before each response and automatically route requests to humans when confidence falls below a threshold.

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C. Deploy a separate classifier model trained on historical tickets to predict which requests need escalation before the main agent begins processing.

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D. Implement sentiment analysis to detect customer frustration levels and automatically escalate when negative sentiment exceeds a threshold.

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