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SMART HANDOFF

The bot knows when it doesn't know — and passes the baton to a person.

Without your customer repeating anything, on the same WhatsApp. It serves the customer and serves the business: one number, two sides.

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Una sola conversación. El bot sabe cuándo pasar la posta — y el cliente nunca repite.

THE FEAR

My fear is the bot embarrassing me with my customers. The one who looks bad is me, not the bot.

Automating is scary for one reason: the bot messing up with your customer. The handoff is the safety net. That's why it's the first thing we solve — everything else only becomes believable once you know that, if the bot hesitates, a person steps in right away.

How does a bot-to-human handoff work on WhatsApp?

DEFINITION

The handoff is the moment the assistant passes the conversation to a person on your team. The bot detects it shouldn't continue alone (it's not sure, the customer asks for a human, or the case is sensitive), summarizes the whole case and hands it to an agent in the same WhatsApp chat. The customer repeats nothing and, to them, it's still one single conversation.

In OyeIA the handoff is not a “I didn't get it, message this other number.” It's a transfer with context: the agent receives the thread, the case summary and where it lands (their mobile or the team panel).

Five moments where the handoff saves you

Each one is a “yes, but what if…?” from the owner, solved.

The bot isn't sure

It doesn't invent: it summarizes the thread and passes it to a human.

Your customer never gets a false answer.

They ask for a person

It hands off right away, without insisting or stalling.

Zero friction, no customer trapped with the bot.

They write after hours

It attends, captures the details and intent, and notifies the team.

The lead doesn't bounce: a person picks it up on return.

Sensitive case or complaint

It escalates immediately — it knows this isn't to be automated.

You protect the relationship right where it matters most.

The human takes over

The bot steps aside (no double replies) and hands over the context.

Your agent replies from their mobile or the panel, with the full thread.

How it works, step by step

  1. 01

    Detects

    The assistant recognizes it shouldn't continue alone: it hesitates, they ask, or the case is sensitive.

  2. 02

    Summarizes

    It builds a case summary from what the customer already said — nothing is lost.

  3. 03

    Routes

    It sends it to the right person: the salesperson's mobile or the team panel.

  4. 04

    Replies

    The agent steps into the same WhatsApp, with all the context in view.

  5. 05

    Returns

    Once resolved, the conversation can go back to the bot for follow-up.

One WhatsApp, two sides

The handoff is the bridge between the two.

What your customer sees

One smooth chat. They never notice it went from bot to person — they repeat nothing.

What your business sees

The routing, the transferred context and who's handling it. Plus commands and reports from the same chat.

Reliable because it knows when to stop

Reliability doesn't come from the model, it comes from the system around it: guardrails that hold, a handoff when the bot hesitates, and metrics that prove it.

Escalates

when it hesitates, instead of improvising

With context

the agent receives the full case

24/7

after hours the lead still isn't lost

Security and data

Questions about the handoff

Does the customer notice it switched to a human?+

Only if you want. By default it's one smooth conversation; we can introduce the agent by name or keep it transparent — you set the tone.

Does the conversation land in a new app or in my WhatsApp?+

Where you already work. The agent can reply from their own mobile on WhatsApp or from the team panel. No new app to learn.

Does it work after hours?+

Yes. The bot is on 24/7: if no one on the team is available, it captures the customer's details and intent and notifies the team to pick it up as soon as they're back.

Can I take over the conversation from my phone?+

Yes. Your team can take any conversation from their WhatsApp and the bot steps aside so it won't reply over them.

What about sensitive data?+

Sensitive cases (complaints, health data, returns) are handed to a person immediately: the bot knows that isn't to be automated.

Is context lost when the human steps in?+

No. That's exactly the point: the agent receives the full thread and a case summary, so the customer doesn't have to repeat anything.

See the handoff in action

We'll show you how it would look in your WhatsApp, with your information.