Live chat and handoff
AI conversation monitoring
Chats separates the signed-in rep’s active AI-handled conversations from their human assignments so they can watch a Stand-in’s transcript in real time without taking ownership immediately. Monitoring preserves the option to offer help or take over with the existing context.
- Availability
- All plans
- Configured in
- Dashboard → Chats → AI conversations → select a conversation
- Category
- Live chat and handoff
- Reference status
- Current
Before you begin
Plan availability: All plans.
Prerequisite: An active AI-handled conversation associated with the signed-in rep, normally through a Stand-in they own.
Key boundary: Opening or reading an AI conversation does not itself make the rep the assigned responder and does not pause the AI. Use Offer to join or Takeover now to join.
What the monitoring view contains
- The live visitor and AI transcript in message order.
- Link cards, handoff cards, follow-up prompts, and other supported conversation records.
- Captured visitor name, email, and phone as they become available.
- Built-in and custom labels matched during the conversation.
- The handling Stand-in’s identity and controls for human participation.
Watching without joining
Selecting an AI conversation subscribes the dashboard to its current messages and state. The AI remains the active responder while the rep reads. The visitor does not see a system event merely because a rep opened the conversation.
This makes monitoring different from takeover: no human assignment or visitor-facing identity change occurs merely from reading. Use one of the handoff controls to participate.
Notifications while AI is handling
AI-handled conversations have their own notification preference. Ordinary visitor-reply alerts intended for a rep’s human assignment are not a guarantee that every AI message will notify every member.
Custom signal and Product Discovery notifications follow their own plan and skill settings. A rep can therefore monitor the AI list without enabling every alert type.
Available next actions
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Continue monitoring | Leaves the AI in control while the rep watches subsequent messages. |
| Offer to join | Asks for visitor consent before transferring active participation to the rep. |
| Takeover now | Moves the active responder to the rep immediately and shows the visitor the handoff. |
Availability and boundaries
- AI conversation monitoring is included on every plan.
- The live list contains conversations associated with the signed-in member; it is not an organization-wide inbox. An owner’s Team scope in History applies to completed records, not to this live list.
- Monitoring is for live sessions; completed records move to Conversation History.
- Viewing does not authenticate the visitor or make private page context visitor-visible.