Project Management

Don't Just Listen. Respond.

Closing the Loop Between Feedback and Support

ByGodwin Pinto
February 20, 2024
1 min read

Overview

Collecting feedback is powerful, but if it sits in a silo, customers feel ignored and frustrated. Product and support teams often struggle with turning user-reported bugs into actionable tickets and real-time communication across tools.

With Encatch as the single destination for feedback, and workflow automation engines like Zapier or n8n, you can automatically close the loop: feedback instantly becomes a tracked issue, linked to support tickets, and surfaced to the right teams.

Problem

  • Users report bugs or issues, but the feedback gets lost in email threads, chat logs, or survey exports.
  • Support teams manually copy-paste feedback into Zendesk/Intercom or Jira, which wastes time.
  • Product and engineering teams lack context about the original feedback.
  • Customers feel like their voice disappears into a black hole.

Solution with Encatch + Workflow Automation

By making Encatch the destination of truth for customer feedback, every reported bug or request can be enriched and routed automatically to the right places.

Step 1: Feedback Captured in Encatch

A customer uses the in-app widget in Encatch to report: "Checkout button doesn't respond after clicking."

Feedback enters Encatch as a structured record (user info, session, timestamp, feedback text).

Step 2: Trigger the Workflow (Zapier/n8n)

Encatch sends a new feedback event to Zapier/n8n.

Workflow kicks in automatically.

Step 3: Close the Loop Actions

Create an Engineering Ticket

  • Automatically create a Jira or GitHub issue.
  • Full context is attached: feedback text, user metadata, browser info, and session URL.

Update Support Tools

  • If the user is also in Zendesk or Intercom, the ticket is updated with an Encatch feedback link.
  • Support teams see both the original bug report and the product team's linked issue.

Notify Customer Success

  • A Slack message is sent to the CSM channel, with details of the feedback + linked Jira/GitHub issue.
  • CSMs can proactively follow up with the customer.

Example Workflow in n8n

Trigger: New feedback submitted in Encatch

Steps:

  1. Create a Jira issue with full context.
  2. Update Zendesk ticket (if exists).
  3. Post a Slack message to #customer-feedback.

Outcome

  • Faster acknowledgment: Customers know their issue is being tracked.
  • No lost feedback: Every bug report is captured, linked, and visible across systems.
  • Improved collaboration: Support, Product, and Engineering all share the same source of truth.
  • Customer delight: Instead of silence, customers hear back with updates tied directly to their feedback.

Conclusion

With Encatch + workflow automation, feedback doesn't just get collected. It gets actioned, tracked, and communicated across the right teams. This creates a smoother experience for customers and keeps internal teams in sync — turning frustrated users into loyal ones.