The default pattern
Trigger-based chains
A sequence of if-this-then-that steps wired between your tools. Works for the case it was built for, breaks or stalls on the case it was not.
- Fixed if-this-then-that steps; the first case the chain builder did not anticipate breaks the flow silently.
- No memory of what already happened; a no-show and a reschedule run the same downstream steps.
- One channel at a time; voice, chat, and form intake live in separate chains that drift out of sync.
- Edge cases route to a human by default, so the automation only saves time on the easy path.
- Failures surface as a support ticket days later, once a customer notices the follow-up never came.
- Every new exception means another branch bolted onto an already-tangled chain.


