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Zendesk

Connect Vela to Zendesk to auto-draft replies and resolve support tickets based on priority. Free up your team to focus on high-priority cases.

Click the Configure Zendesk button in the Integrations section of the sidebar.

Configure Zendesk

Name the integration

Give the integration a name, for example "Zendesk Ticket Resolver".

Zendesk setup

Add your Zendesk subdomain

Log in to your Zendesk account. Your subdomain is the part of the URL before .zendesk.com. For example, if your URL is https://yourcompany.zendesk.com, your subdomain is yourcompany.

Or go to Admin Center > Account > Branding and find your subdomain at the bottom right.

Subdomain

Add your Zendesk admin email

The email address of the Zendesk admin or agent account that owns the API token.

Add your Zendesk API token

Go to Admin Center > Apps and Integrations > API configurations. Check the box to accept the Zendesk Developer Terms, click Allow API token access, and click Save.

API config

Click API tokens from the left sidebar and click Add API token.

Add API token

Add a description for the API token, click Save, then copy the token and paste it into the Vela Zendesk integration setup.

API token

Set ticket priorities

Your Vela agent is connected to Zendesk and resolves tickets based on priority. All priorities are enabled by default. To limit the agent to specific priorities, select them in the Vela Zendesk integration setup.

Priorities