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Deploy Copilot to Zendesk

How to use Fin Copilot for Zendesk to enable AI-powered teammate support.

Updated this week

Copilot gives every Zendesk agent a personal AI assistant. Enabled by Fin, it surfaces AI-generated replies from across your support content and past tickets—speeding up responses and improving consistency without changing how your team works.

Key benefits / use cases

  • AI-powered teammate support directly within Zendesk.

  • Faster response times with answers powered by Fin’s training.

  • Flexible teammate permissions to control who can use or manage Copilot.

  • Simple reporting tools to track Copilot usage and impact.


How to deploy Copilot

1. Connect to the Zendesk API

Navigate to Deploy > Copilot in your Fin workspace and connect to the Zendesk API with your Zendesk subdomain, email address, and API token.

This is the same API connection used by Fin for other Zendesk channels, so you might already have it connected.

Copilot can generate answers using information from the last 30 days of ticket history if you agree to sync ticket history.

2. Install the Fin Copilot app in Zendesk

You'll need to click Request installation link to install the Fin Copilot app in Zendesk. This will connect you to our Support team who will get you set up.

Note: Once installed, you can manage the Fin Copilot installation settings from Apps and integrations in Zendesk.

3. Assign Copilot seats

Copilot costs $35/month per teammate, so you must select which Zendesk agents you’d like to have access. You can give access to Copilot only, or also invite agents to your Fin workspace for those who need to manage Copilot’s training and performance.

Assign Copilot to existing teammates

Go to Settings > Teammates in your Fin workspace. In the Fin Copilot seat column, assign seats to teammates who need access.

Enable Copilot for new teammates

Go to Settings > Teammates in your Fin workspace and click New teammate. Enter the teammate’s email address then select the Copilot Seat option.

You can choose to give teammates one of the following access levels to your Fin workspace:

  • Full Access: Manage training, deployments, and all Fin settings.

  • View Only: View training, test Copilot, and access reports.

  • No Access: Use Copilot in Zendesk only, without access to your Fin workspace.

Invited teammates will receive an email to join Fin and they can create a password and sign in.

They'll be given options of what they can log into, depending on the level of access they were granted.

  • Teammates who were only invited to use Copilot with "No Access" to your Fin workspace, will be directed to Zendesk.

  • Teammates who were given "Full Access" or "View Only" permission to your Fin workspace will see an option to log into Fin and an option to log into Zendesk and use Copilot.

6. Use Copilot in Zendesk

Once a Copilot invite has been accepted, teammates can access the Fin Copilot app from their Zendesk inbox and pin it to the sidebar. They'll be asked to sign in to their Fin account to start using the app.

Now they can ask questions and Copilot will utilize the training it’s been given in your Fin workspace to provide answers.


Train Copilot

Go to the Train > Content section in Fin and open the content source you want to enable for Copilot.

Select content items in bulk and click Change Fin Copilot state then click Enable for Fin Copilot.

Enable ticket history from specific agents

From the Train > Content section, you can also select Zendesk ticket history and enable “Use historical tickets.” When this option is enabled, Copilot can use your Zendesk ticket history from the last 30 days to improve responses. You can also specify which agents’ tickets Copilot is allowed to use.

Note:

  • To enable Copilot to use historical tickets, first enable synchronization of ticket history.

  • Personal information in tickets will be redacted from answers wherever possible. However, we recommend answers should always be reviewed by agents prior to sharing.

Preview Copilot

To preview Copilot, go to Train > Content in Fin. Select Fin Copilot using the dropdown on the interactive preview. This provides an accurate representation of Copilot’s training, so you can understand the way it will answer your agents in Zendesk.

You can also specify which sources you want Copilot to use when generating an answer.


Copilot reporting

To view Copilot reporting, go to Analyze > Custom Report in Fin.

If you haven't edited this report before, you’ll find a default section at the bottom called “Fin Copilot” which includes the following charts:

  • Copilot questions

  • Conversations using Copilot

  • Percentage of conversations with a copied Copilot answer

  • Teammates using Copilot

  • Teammate overview

  • Copilot content performance

If you've edited your custom report, you'll need to add these charts in. To do this, hit Edit and then add a chart and use the "Report is" dropdown to select Copilot to add your own metrics or visualizations.


FAQs

How much does Copilot cost?

Copilot seats cost $35/month per teammate.

Can I control which content Copilot uses?

Yes. Use the Fin Copilot state toggle in Fin’s Content section to control access to sources. You can also limit which teammate tickets are used.

What data does Copilot use to answer questions?

Copilot uses the sources you've enabled in your Fin workspace to answer questions.

Can I test Copilot’s answers?

Yes. In the Fin Content section use the preview to test how Copilot will respond to teammates.

How quickly will Copilot ingest new Zendesk tickets?

The last 30 days of Zendesk tickets are ingested initially and then subsequent tickets are ingested on a daily basis if "Use historical tickets" option is enabled:

To ensure efficiency and scalability, advanced algorithms are used to process a select subset of tickets. This approach maintains optimal performance while handling a large volume of data.

Are ticket notes included in historical tickets used by Copilot?

Yes, notes within a ticket history are also used by Copilot.

Can Copilot ingest multiple support content sources simultaneously?

Yes, Copilot can ingest content from multiple content sources at the same time.

How does Copilot handle multimedia (images/video)?

All multimedia is currently not used/visible to Copilot.

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