Intercom Fin
Type: app · Vendor: Intercom · Language: Web product · License: proprietary · Status: active · Status in practice: mature
Intercom's CX agent (now branded Fin / Fin AI Agent on fin.ai) that retrieves answers from customer knowledge and Procedures, validates them, takes actions in external systems, escalates to human agents in the customer's preferred inbox, and runs across voice, email, chat and social.
Description. Fin is Intercom's AI customer-service agent. Vendor documentation describes a four-stage processing pipeline (refine query, retrieve with proprietary `fin-cx-retrieval`, rerank with `fin-cx-reranker`, validate accuracy) powered by 'the patented Fin AI Engine'. Fin uses customer Procedures, knowledge and policies; takes actions in external systems; and escalates to human agents in the customer's inbox of choice. Pricing is outcome-based (pay only on full resolution or successful Procedure execution).
Agent loop shape. Per-message pipeline: refine query, retrieve with `fin-cx-retrieval`, rerank with `fin-cx-reranker`, validate accuracy, then either produce a direct answer, execute a Procedure (which can update external systems), or escalate to a human agent in the customer's preferred inbox. Multi-channel: tickets, email, live chat, WhatsApp, SMS, voice and social.
Primary use cases
- AI customer-service agent across voice, email, chat and social
- Procedure-driven multi-step support workflows with outcome pricing
- knowledge-grounded answers via proprietary retrieval and reranker
- escalation to human agents in the customer's preferred inbox
Key concepts
- Fin AI Engine (docs) — Proprietary architecture engineered for customer service.
- Procedures (docs) — Customer-defined multi-step workflows the agent executes; outcome-priced.
- fin-cx-retrieval and fin-cx-reranker → agentic-rag (docs) — Proprietary retrieval and reranker models used in the answer pipeline.
- Channels (docs) — Voice, email, chat, social, plus tickets, WhatsApp and SMS.
- Inbox escalation → conversation-handoff (docs) — Hand off to a human agent in the customer's preferred inbox.
Patterns this app implements —
- ★★Agentic RAG
Documented four-stage pipeline with proprietary `fin-cx-retrieval` and `fin-cx-reranker` models plus a validation step.
- ★★Conversation Handoff to Human
Escalates to agents in the customer's preferred inbox.
- ★★Tool Use
Procedures can update external systems; outcome pricing covers successful Procedure execution.
- ★Spec-First Agent
Procedures are customer-authored multi-step specs that drive the agent for complex queries requiring multiple steps or business logic.
- ★Multilingual Voice Agent Stack
Voice is listed as a first-class channel alongside email, chat and social; Fin Voice is multilingual out of the box across 28 languages.
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