A SaaS Team Took Intercom Fin From 20% to 85% Resolution by Rebuilding Its Knowledge Base
HeyReach's new support lead rebuilt team processes, rewrote the knowledge base with 30+ new articles in two months and widened what Intercom Fin resolves alone. Three months on, the CEO reports resolution up from 20% to 85% and CX score from 60% to 100%.
Who this is about: LinkedIn outreach SaaS (HeyReach; 7,500+ customers per its CEO's bio)
What it takes
- Cost
- PaidFin is billed per outcome on Intercom plans, per Intercom's pricing page; the post gives no costs.
- Setup time
- A few weeksOur estimate from the source, for one business.
- Skill needed
- No codeApps and settings only.
Explain it simply
A software company was paying for an AI support agent but barely using it. A new support lead rewrote the help articles the AI learns from, changed how it handles tickets and let it solve more on its own. Within three months it was solving most conversations and customer ratings went up.
What was done
When a new lead took over support in May, Fin sat at about 20-25% resolution, satisfaction was 60%, the team was demotivated and two senior people had left.
He set new team processes and encouraged the team to use AI without fear.
He rewrote the whole knowledge base, adding 30+ articles in two months, changed how Fin handles tickets and expanded what it resolves on its own.
How it went
Three months later, CEO Nick Velkovski reports resolution at 85% (from 20%) and CX score at 100% (from 60%), with more of support automated and the team no longer buried in tickets.
- Not promotional: the CEO is praising his own team, and HeyReach sells LinkedIn outreach software, not support tools.
- A short social post: how resolution and CX score are measured isn't stated, and he gives the starting rate as both ~20-25% and 20%.
- The team changed at the same time (new lead, two senior departures), so the gain isn't down to Fin alone.
Prompt
Here are last month's support conversations that our AI agent handed to a human: [export].
Group them by reason (missing article, outdated article, needs account data, needs an action, policy question). For each group, give the count and two examples.
Then draft outlines for the 10 help articles that would let the agent resolve the most of these on its own. Flag anything that needs a human decision instead of an article.
Setup notes
- Start with the knowledge base: list the questions the AI hands off and write or fix the articles behind them.
- Widen what the agent may resolve step by step, and watch satisfaction as you go.
- Agree with the team that the AI is there to help them, not replace them; HeyReach's turnaround started with the team.
Business fit
Who this helps, and how:
SaaS support teams: get more out of an AI agent you already pay for by fixing the content it answers from.
StartupsStores with a help center: rewrite stale help articles so the chat AI resolves more on its own.
Shopify & ecommerce
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