Pipeline v2.3-DE

How Howzer works

A customer sends a message. Howzer reads it, understands the problem, scores the risk, finds patterns across thousands of messages, and drafts a professional reply. All in seconds.

Three stages, one pipeline

Every message flows through three stages. The entire process typically finishes in under 5 seconds.

1

Analyze

Multiple AI models examine the message simultaneously, detecting language, tone, emotions, the underlying problem, and business risk.

2

Enrich

The system adds business context: who is this customer, what do company policies say, and are other customers reporting the same issue?

3

Respond

A professional reply is drafted, routed to the right team, and flagged for human review when needed. Full audit trails included.

AnalyzeEnrichRespond
1Stage 1

Analysis: understanding the message

Multiple AI models examine every message from different angles, building a complete picture in a single pass.

Language Detection

Identifies the language of the incoming message. The pipeline is optimized for German but handles other languages automatically. If the language can't be determined with high confidence, a multilingual mode kicks in.

Understanding Tone

Determines the overall tone: is the customer happy, unhappy, neutral, or expressing mixed feelings? Optimized for German text with high accuracy.

Detecting Emotions

Goes beyond positive or negative to identify specific emotions like anger, frustration, disappointment, fear, joy, and surprise. Smart logic prevents under-reporting on clearly negative messages.

Finding the Root Cause

Identifies what the customer is actually complaining about. Not just the words, but the underlying category of problem. Matches against known issue types and discovers new ones automatically.

Assessing Business Risk

Scores the overall business risk: will this customer leave? Will they escalate? Could this damage the brand publicly? The result is a risk score split into four tiers: Low, Medium, High, and Critical.

Churn signals
How likely is the person to cancel? Based on tenure, satisfaction history, legal threats.
Escalation signals
Will this issue escalate? Multi-contact patterns, service failures.
Brand damage
Could this go public? Social media mentions, influencer status.
Revenue impact
Direct financial exposure from this issue.
Regulatory signals
GDPR, SLA, or other compliance concerns.
Competitor mentions
Is the customer comparing to alternatives?
2Stage 2

Enrichment: adding business context

After analysis, the system pulls in context from multiple sources to give the full picture. Who is this customer? What do the policies say? Are others reporting the same problem?

Text Metadata Auto-Extraction

German customer emails follow predictable structures. The system automatically extracts structured metadata from free text. No manual tagging required.

Location (PLZ)
Detects 5-digit German postal codes and resolves to city, Bundesland, and coordinates
Reference numbers
Extracts Mitgliedsnummer, Schadensnummer, Aktenzeichen, and Vorgangsnummer
Urgency markers
Identifies legal threats (Rechtsanwalt, BaFin), deadlines (Fristsetzung), and escalation language
Channel detection
Recognizes email structure, letter formatting, app review patterns from text alone

Customer History

Pulls the customer's full profile: how long they've been a member, past issues, whether their satisfaction is improving or declining, and whether they're at risk of leaving.

  • Membership tier and tenure
  • Interaction frequency (30, 90, 365 days)
  • Sentiment trend: improving, stable, declining, or volatile
  • Churn risk score based on behavioral signals
  • Special flags (e.g. legal threat history, long tenure)

Policy Lookup

Searches internal policy documents to find the rules, coverage terms, and compensation guidelines relevant to this customer's issue. This prevents the system from making claims that don't match actual policies.

  • General terms and conditions
  • Service coverage details
  • Compensation guidelines
  • Escalation procedures
  • GDPR and compliance rules

Pattern Detection

Looks across all recent feedback to find patterns. Are multiple customers reporting the same problem? Is there a regional spike? A seasonal trend? This turns individual messages into actionable intelligence.

  • Geographic clusters (e.g. regional service issues)
  • Time-based spikes (sudden complaint surges)
  • Provider-specific problems
  • Seasonal patterns
  • Cascade patterns (issue → follow-up → cancellation)
3Stage 3

Response: drafting the reply

The system generates a professional reply that references the actual issue, follows company policies, and matches the right tone.

Context-aware

Responses reference the full analysis context: sentiment, emotions, risk, customer history, and relevant policies.

Quality-checked

Every response is scored against quality standards before it reaches a reviewer. Below-threshold drafts are automatically flagged.

Runs locally

All response generation runs in your infrastructure. No data leaves your network.

Tone calibration

The response engine adjusts its tone based on the feedback type, from warm and brief for positive messages to composed and specific for critical issues.

Positive feedback
Brief, warm, genuine thanks
Positive with concern
Acknowledge positive first, then address concern factually
Neutral
Direct, factual, helpful
Mildly negative
Professional acknowledgment, factual explanation, concrete next steps
Strongly negative
Clear ownership, specific remediation
Critical
Serious tone, institutional responsibility, specific escalation paths

Smart routing: the right message to the right team

After analysis and enrichment, the system decides who should handle each message. Low-risk items can be handled automatically, while critical issues are escalated immediately.

Low risk

Auto-eligible

Low risk, low emotion intensity. Can potentially be sent without human review.

Medium risk

Standard review

Moderate risk or emotion. Routed to response engine with human review required.

High value

Retention specialist

High churn risk and high customer value. Flagged for retention team, especially near renewal.

Critical

Escalation

Critical risk or legal threat history. Requires immediate human review at the highest tier.

Pattern-aware routing

When feedback is part of a known pattern (e.g. multiple customers reporting the same issue), the routing system flags it accordingly. This helps teams prioritize systemic issues over isolated ones.

Pipeline versions

Howzer maintains separate pipeline versions optimized for different languages.

Currentv2.3-DE

German-optimized pipeline with native German sentiment, emotion detection, and root cause analysis.

Stablev2.2

English-language pipeline with language-specific optimizations.

Make risk visible. Respond with confidence.

Less noise, more clarity. Howzer helps your team hear the real message behind every request, so replies feel fast, fair, and human.

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