Connect your AI chat to a custom order-tracking system
A dog-training-collar company running three online brands wanted to automate routine questions across all of them. It deployed an AI chat agent and connected it to its own order-tracking API so customers can get their order status inside the chat. The rollout was completed within the 30 days the team had set as a goal.
Reported results
The source reports 70% of inquiries automated across the three brands.
Decide which data the bot may read (order status, tracking link) and nothing more.
Expose a small read-only endpoint that takes order number + email.
Connect it as an action in your chat AI and test with real orders.
Launch on one brand, then copy to the others.
⚠️ Watch out
Require two identifiers (order number and email) before revealing order details.
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