Recipe 4: Enquiry triage on autopilot

Every new enquiry is read by AI, sorted, logged in a sheet and given a draft reply for a human to approve.

You need: a Make account (n8n or Zapier work too), a test email inbox or form, and a Google Sheet. About 30 minutes.

  1. In Make, create a scenario. Trigger: new email in your test inbox (or a new form submission).
  2. Add an AI agent step with this instruction:
Read the enquiry. Return: category (sales, support, partnership,
spam), urgency (high, medium, low), a one-line summary, and a polite
draft reply in the same language as the sender. If unsure, say so.
  1. Add a Google Sheets step that appends a row with those fields.
  2. Add a step that saves the draft reply to your drafts folder. Do not auto-send.
  3. Send yourself five test emails, including one in Malay and one spam.
  4. Check the sheet and the drafts, then tighten the instruction.

Why this pattern works: Make recommends AI agents for messy, judgement-based inputs like support triage and lead qualification, and plain automation for the predictable steps around them.

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