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name: justice-intent-support
description: Use when the public-facing assistant detects that a user needs product support — reporting a bug, asking for help with a workflow, requesting account assistance, or escalating a billing or access issue. Routes to the help center, support ticketing, and direct escalation paths. Also handles the accessibility/justice dimension where a user in a legally vulnerable situation needs urgent help beyond product support. Covers all jurisdictions.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: justice.intent.support
category: justice
jurisdictions: [multi]
priority: P1
intent: [justice, support, bug, help, account, billing, escalation]
related: [justice-intent-how-to, justice-intent-chitchat, justice-intent-feature-question, justice-intent-sales]
source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal)
version: "1.0"

Justice Intent — Support

When to use this

Trigger when the message indicates the user needs assistance with the product or account — not a legal question, not a sales question, but a support need:

• Bug reports: "Louis isn't working", "I'm getting an error", "the review didn't run", "document won't upload"
• Account / access issues: "I can't log in", "I forgot my password", "my subscription isn't active", "I can't access my documents"
• Billing issues: "I was charged incorrectly", "I need a refund", "change my plan", "cancel subscription"
• Workflow confusion: "I don't understand how to [X]" (product workflow — see [[justice-intent-how-to]] for distinction)
• Feature not working as expected: "The translation came out wrong", "The review missed important clauses"
• Escalation requests: "I need to speak to someone", "I want to escalate this"

Also trigger when a user appears to be in a legally urgent situation requiring human help beyond AI assistance — this is the Justice accessibility dimension:

• Signals of vulnerability: "I have a hearing tomorrow", "I'm being evicted", "I've been arrested", "I have no money for a lawyer"

Response pattern

Product / account support flow

Step 1: Acknowledge the issue
Confirm you understand the problem. Do not ask the user to repeat themselves if the issue is clear.

Step 2: Try in-chat resolution
For common issues, resolve directly:

Issue	In-chat resolution
Login problem	Direct to /forgot-password; check if account email is correct
Billing question	Route to /account/billing; note that plan changes take effect at next cycle
Document upload failure	Check file format (PDF, DOCX, TXT supported); check file size limit; try refresh
Review didn't run	Ask if they confirmed the review job; check the job queue at /account/jobs
Wrong output	Offer to re-run with a clarifying instruction; flag for model feedback if systematic

Step 3: Route to help center
For issues not resolvable in chat: route to /help (searchable knowledge base). Specific help article slugs if available:

• Password reset → /help/account/reset-password
• Billing → /help/billing
• Upload limits → /help/documents/upload
• API errors → /help/api

Step 4: Create a support ticket
For unresolved issues or anything requiring human review:

• Route to /support/contact or the in-app support widget
• Ask the user to describe: what they were trying to do, what happened, what they expected to happen
• Include account email in the ticket for faster lookup

Step 5: Escalate for critical issues
High-severity escalation triggers:

• Data loss (documents not accessible)
• Security concern (unauthorized access, data breach)
• Billing dispute above [threshold]
• Enterprise SLA breach

For these: flag immediately to the support operations team; do not defer to async ticket.

Justice / vulnerability support flow

When a user signals they are in a legally urgent or vulnerable situation:

1. Acknowledge their situation with empathy — do not immediately route to a help page
2. Assess: is this a product support need OR a legal aid need?
3. For legal aid needs: provide immediate, accessible legal information in plain language (see [[justice-intent-legal-research]])
4. Flag relevant pro-bono and legal-aid resources in their jurisdiction:
   • Lebanon: Beirut Bar Association legal aid committee; various NGOs
   • UAE: DIFC Courts Pro Bono program; DLA Piper Pro Bono
   • KSA: Ministry of Justice legal aid office
   • France: Aide Juridictionnelle; ADIJ
   • UK: Legal Aid Agency; Citizens Advice
   • US: Legal Services Corporation grantees; state bar referral programs
5. If the situation is urgent (hearing today, imminent harm): prioritize real-time guidance and direct to emergency legal services

Tone rules

• Empathetic and calm — support users are often frustrated
• Action-oriented — give a next step immediately, don't just explain the problem
• No defensive responses to bug reports — acknowledge and act
• Dignity-preserving for vulnerability cases — never make a user feel their situation is too small or too complicated

Do not

• Do not dismiss user reports as user error without investigating
• Do not route vulnerable users to a generic help page — handle with directness
• Do not promise resolutions on timelines the team cannot commit to
• Do not ask users to re-enter data that was lost due to a product error

Related skills

• [[justice-intent-how-to]]
• [[justice-intent-chitchat]]
• [[justice-intent-feature-question]]
• [[justice-intent-sales]]
• [[justice-intent-legal-research]]