Merchant operations assistant: POS, settlement, refund and limit
The merchant writes on WhatsApp; POS fault, settlement query, refund and limit increase are resolved in one dialogue.
Merchant operations assistant: POS, settlement, refund and limit is an agent scenario in the Fintech & Payments sector running on the whatsapp, web, voice channels. Trigger: Operations request over WhatsApp Business or the merchant portal. The Merchant Supervisor coordinates 4 specialist agents (Dialogue Agent, POS Agent, Operations Agent, Risk Agent) across 5 systems (WhatsApp Business, Terminal Management, Settlement Ledger, Refund Service, Ticketing); of 10 steps, 2 write to systems and 3 are checks or approvals. Outcome: POS reactivated, settlement explained, refund issued, limit request with risk. Approval rule: Refund > 25,000 or limit increase > 50% → risk team approval.
Merchant operations assistant: POS, settlement, refund and limit
- WhatsApp: "POS has been down 2 days, yesterday's settlement is short, I need to refund a customer"
- Contact number matched to the merchant record, one-time code verified
- Plan: terminal diagnosis → settlement breakdown → refund eligibility → risk → one reply
- Terminal TID 48213: last transaction 2 days ago, SIM data plan exhausted, device healthy
- Data plan renewed, terminal restarted remotely, test transaction successful
- Settlement 48,610: 2 instalment sales settle next day, 1 chargeback on hold; breakdown prepared
- Refund 1,890, original sale 6 days ago, merchant risk low → inside the auto-refund band
- Refund sent to the card, ref #RF-55120; customer SMS triggered
- Limit 150,000 → 300,000: +100% → routed to risk team approval
- One reply: POS active, settlement breakdown, refund reference, limit request in 1 business day
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Operations request over WhatsApp Business or the merchant portal
POS reactivated, settlement explained, refund issued, limit request with risk
Agents
Merchant Supervisor
Decomposes the objective, delegates to agents, manages approval points, merges the result.
Dialogue Agent
Verifies the merchant contact, separates requests, writes replies
verify_contactdetect_intentscompose_replyPOS Agent
Reads terminal state, runs remote diagnostics and reactivation
get_terminalremote_diagnosereactivate_terminalOperations Agent
Handles settlement, refund and limit operations with ledger and payment services
get_settlementexplain_feesissue_refundrequest_limitRisk Agent
Assesses refund and limit requests against the risk policy
merchant_risk_scorepolicy_checkroute_approvalSteps
| # | Kind | Agent | What happens | System | ms | tok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ingest | Merchant Supervisor | WhatsApp: "POS has been down 2 days, yesterday's settlement is short, I need to refund a customer" | WhatsApp Business | 180 | — |
| 02 | verify | Dialogue Agent | Contact number matched to the merchant record, one-time code verified | — | 520 | 140 |
| 03 | plan | Merchant Supervisor | Plan: terminal diagnosis → settlement breakdown → refund eligibility → risk → one reply | — | 240 | 220 |
| 04 | tool | POS Agent | Terminal TID 48213: last transaction 2 days ago, SIM data plan exhausted, device healthy | Terminal Management | 460 | — |
| 05 | write | POS Agent | Data plan renewed, terminal restarted remotely, test transaction successful | Terminal Management | 1,400 | — |
| 06 | tool | Operations Agent | Settlement 48,610: 2 instalment sales settle next day, 1 chargeback on hold; breakdown prepared | Settlement Ledger | 540 | 260 |
| 07 | verify | Risk Agent | Refund 1,890, original sale 6 days ago, merchant risk low → inside the auto-refund band | — | 480 | 200 |
| 08 | write | Operations Agent | Refund sent to the card, ref #RF-55120; customer SMS triggered | Refund Service | 620 | — |
| 09 | approval | Risk Agent | Limit 150,000 → 300,000: +100% → routed to risk team approval | Ticketing | 300 | — |
| 10 | notify | Dialogue Agent | One reply: POS active, settlement breakdown, refund reference, limit request in 1 business day | WhatsApp Business | 420 | 210 |
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