THE PROBLEM
Why this system existed
Appointment workflows require state, tool coordination, policy checks, and recoverable failure handling—not an open-ended chatbot loop.
Agents · Tool Use · Reliability
A multi-step scheduling workflow that resolves intent, checks policy, invokes bounded tools, verifies outcomes, and escalates safely when confidence is insufficient.
THE PROBLEM
Appointment workflows require state, tool coordination, policy checks, and recoverable failure handling—not an open-ended chatbot loop.
OUTCOME
Reduced booking-related escalations by more than 20% and validated 10× baseline traffic.
REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
DECISIONS
FAILURE CASE
Ambiguous intents caused premature tool calls. A clarification state and deterministic preconditions reduced unsafe execution.
SECURITY BOUNDARY
This case study exposes patterns, not employer architecture. It uses synthetic data, no client identifiers, no internal prompts, no proprietary datasets, and no production endpoints.
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