// directory · 15 entriesAI agent use cases.
Practical patterns for presales and enterprise IT. Each entry names the problem, how an agent helps and the kind of tools involved.
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presales01
RFP first draft
- problem
- Teams spend days assembling answers to long questionnaires from scattered past responses.
- how an agent helps
- An agent retrieves approved past answers, drafts responses per question and flags gaps for experts.
- tools
- LLM, vector search, SharePoint or Drive
presales02
Discovery call summaries
- problem
- Notes from discovery calls are inconsistent and requirements get lost.
- how an agent helps
- An agent turns call transcripts into structured requirements, risks and open questions.
- tools
- Transcription, LLM, CRM
presales03
Solution sizing assistant
- problem
- Early sizing estimates depend on a few senior people.
- how an agent helps
- An agent applies your sizing rules to captured requirements and produces a reviewable estimate with assumptions listed.
- tools
- LLM, spreadsheets, pricing rules
presales04
Competitive briefings
- problem
- Account teams lack quick, current context on competing offers.
- how an agent helps
- An agent compiles public information into a short briefing with sources for each claim.
- tools
- Web search, LLM, docs
sales05
Account research pack
- problem
- Reps prepare for meetings by hand across many websites.
- how an agent helps
- An agent gathers public news, filings and org changes into a one-page brief before each meeting.
- tools
- Web search, LLM, calendar
sales06
CRM hygiene
- problem
- Opportunity records go stale and forecasts suffer.
- how an agent helps
- An agent reads emails and meeting notes, suggests field updates and asks the owner to confirm.
- tools
- CRM API, email, LLM
sales07
Proposal personalisation
- problem
- Generic proposals don't reflect what the client said.
- how an agent helps
- An agent tailors standard proposal sections using discovery notes, keeping approved language intact.
- tools
- LLM, document templates
it ops08
Incident triage
- problem
- On-call engineers sift through noisy alerts.
- how an agent helps
- An agent groups related alerts, pulls recent changes and suggests a likely cause and runbook.
- tools
- Monitoring tools, ITSM, LLM
it ops09
Change request review
- problem
- Change requests arrive incomplete and get bounced back.
- how an agent helps
- An agent checks each request against policy, fills obvious gaps and lists what's missing.
- tools
- ITSM, LLM, policy docs
data10
Natural-language reporting
- problem
- Business users wait on analysts for simple questions.
- how an agent helps
- An agent translates questions into queries on a governed data model and explains the result.
- tools
- SQL warehouse, semantic layer, LLM
data11
Data quality watcher
- problem
- Bad records reach dashboards before anyone notices.
- how an agent helps
- An agent runs checks, explains anomalies in plain language and opens tickets for owners.
- tools
- Data pipelines, LLM, ticketing
security12
Alert enrichment
- problem
- Analysts spend time gathering context for every alert.
- how an agent helps
- An agent enriches alerts with asset, user and threat-intel context and drafts a triage note.
- tools
- SIEM, threat intel, LLM
security13
Policy Q&A
- problem
- Staff can't easily find what security policy allows.
- how an agent helps
- An assistant answers questions from approved policy documents and cites the section.
- tools
- LLM, retrieval, intranet
support14
Ticket deflection
- problem
- Repeat questions fill the support queue.
- how an agent helps
- An assistant answers from the knowledge base and hands over to a person with full context when unsure.
- tools
- Help desk, retrieval, LLM
support15
Knowledge base upkeep
- problem
- Articles drift out of date as products change.
- how an agent helps
- An agent spots resolved tickets with no matching article and drafts updates for review.
- tools
- Help desk, LLM, docs