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7/5/2026
Answer 'where's my order?' emails with an agent that has its own inbox

Answer 'where's my order?' emails with an agent that has its own inbox

Short summary

Automate ecommerce support by deploying an autonomous agent to [email protected] that fields order-status emails, looks up shipments in your database, and replies with tracking info—without human review for the routine 80%. Use Nylas Agent Accounts to give your app its own mailbox, webhooks to receive inbound messages, and your database for order lookup—the agent is deterministic, not reasoning-based.

  • Deploy an Agent Account (programmatic mailbox) via Nylas to handle routine order-status inquiries autonomously
  • Use webhooks to receive inbound mail, verify HMAC-SHA256 signatures, and deduplicate events via notification IDs
  • Implement database lookup to match senders to orders and reply with tracking numbers; route unmatched inquiries to humans

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