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COMMUNITY QUESTION ROUTING · Workflow idea

Give each community question a useful answer and destination.

When someone asks for help in a community conversation, identify the topic and prepare a relevant response. Send the reply to the channel your team has chosen for that kind of question so the right people can follow along.

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Starts with
Community member question
Produces
A categorized response delivered to the channel assigned to that kind of question.
Category
Operations

01 / The starting point

A clear request.
A useful direction.

A new request for help or information in a community conversation

“Understand the member’s question, sort it into a useful topic, prepare a response, and direct it to the appropriate community channel.”
An example request · Make it specific to your team.

02 / The work

5 tasks.
One useful outcome.

Helps community teams respond to incoming questions and keep related conversations together in the right place.

  1. Receive a community question

    Start with a member’s message and retain enough of the conversation to understand what they are asking.

  2. Identify the question topic

    Sort the request into one of the categories your community team recognizes, and flag messages that do not fit.

  3. Prepare a relevant response

    Draft a clear, conversational answer that addresses the member’s request without adding unsupported details.

  4. Choose the right community channel

    Direct the response to the channel your team uses for that category so members can find and follow the discussion.

  5. Review unclear or sensitive requests

    Have a moderator take over when the request is ambiguous, personal, or outside the community’s approved guidance.

03 / The result

Something useful.
Something to build on.

A categorized response delivered to the channel assigned to that kind of question.

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Route and answer community questions

Operations · Example outcome

The handoff

A categorized response delivered to the channel assigned to that kind of question.

Keep in mind

Questions can be unclear or belong in more than one category. Review the topic choices and channel destinations, and make it easy for a person to take over when a question needs context or careful judgment.

04 / Make it yours

Set the brief.
Set the standard.

A few choices shape the work around your team.

Define the question categories

Choose a short set of topics that reflect the kinds of requests your community receives.

Match topics to community channels

Decide where each type of answer belongs and who can help with questions that do not have a clear destination.

Set the response style and boundaries

Provide examples of a helpful tone and explain when the bot should leave a question for a moderator.

Try common and ambiguous questions

Check routine requests, off-topic messages, and questions with missing context to confirm the answers and destinations make sense.

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