Answer Assist
The Right Answers Delivered to Your Agents

The Power of Precise Answers
Answer Assist streamlines your knowledge by centralizing it in one location. It uses AI and customer-driven data to deliver contextually precise answers to agents — resulting in shorter handle times, improved customer satisfaction, and first-contact resolution.
Streamline Your Agent Operations
Answer Assist helps streamline knowledge management — reducing response times, improving first-contact resolutions, and feeding precise and accurate responses to agents.


Stay Consistent Across Your Channels
Keep all of your agents informed with real-time alerts for important updates so they can provide consistent responses across all channels
Accelerate Inquiry Resolution
Shelf’s MerlinAI listens to questions and suggests answers instantly to reduce average handle times, shorten first-contact resolution times, and eliminate escalations.


Simplify Your Training and Onboarding
Significantly cut down on your onboarding and training costs by embedding Answer Assist into your existing applications.
Product Features
Decision Trees/Guided Workflows
Leverage guided workflows to help agents navigate complex processes or procedures.
Content Recommendations
Configure intelligent recommendations for relevant content based on search and browsing history.
Context Suggestions
Provide context-based suggestions from preconfigured content based on customer interactions.
Answer Assist SDK
Integrate Answer Assist capabilities into your customer support systems, CCaaS, IVR, ticketing, and CRM for enhanced agent productivity.
Multiple Languages
Use Shelf in multiple languages to cater to a diverse audience.
Shelf is Consistently Rated #1 for Knowledge Management

A Best Practices Guide for Knowledge Managers
Kick-start your next-gen knowledge management strategy. Explore the key elements and processes of practical knowledge management from Patrick Clapp, a Harvard University information research specialist and knowledge management expert.

Hear from a Few of Our Happy Customers

DSW
DSW has helped customers find their favorite pair of shoes for over 30 years.

HelloFresh
HelloFresh is the largest meal kit provider in the United States.

Glovo
Glovo is a Spanish quick-commerce start-up founded in Barcelona in 2015.

OPEX
OPEX is a leading manufacturer of automation machines.
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