name: freshdesk
description: Manage customer support with Freshdesk's intuitive help desk solution.
category: business

Freshdesk Skill

Manage customer support with Freshdesk's intuitive help desk solution.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/freshdesk/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/freshdesk ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set FRESHDESK_DOMAIN "your_domain.freshdesk.com"
canifi-env set FRESHDESK_API_KEY "your_api_key"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:
1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Ticket Management: Create, manage, and resolve support tickets
2. Multi-channel Support: Handle tickets from email, phone, chat, and social
3. Team Collaboration: Assign tickets, add notes, and collaborate with team
4. Automation Rules: Set up auto-assignment and escalation rules
5. Customer Portal: Manage self-service knowledge base and forums

Usage Examples

Create Ticket

User: "Create a Freshdesk ticket for shipping delay from [email protected]"
Assistant: Creates ticket with requester and subject

Assign Agent

User: "Assign ticket #5001 to the technical support team"
Assistant: Updates ticket assignment

Add Note

User: "Add an internal note to ticket #5001 about the escalation"
Assistant: Adds private note to ticket

View Queue

User: "Show me my open Freshdesk tickets"
Assistant: Returns agent's open ticket queue

Authentication Flow

1. Get API key from Freshdesk profile settings
2. Use Basic Auth with API key as username
3. Password should be empty or 'X'
4. Domain-specific endpoints

Error Handling

Notes

• Part of Freshworks suite
• Free tier for up to 10 agents
• Freddy AI for automation
• Field service management add-on
• Omnichannel support in higher tiers
• SLA management included