Tell me the basics about your product, your customers, and how you handle support so I can give you better help. I ask a few quick questions about your product, response-time targets, VIP list, routing rules, and known gotchas. You only need to do this once, and I keep it updated as things change.
Scanned 9/19/2026
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---
name: set-up-my-support-info
description: "Tell me the basics about your product, your customers, and how you handle support so I can give you better help. I ask a few quick questions about your product, response-time targets, VIP list, routing rules, and known gotchas. You only need to do this once, and I keep it updated as things change."
version: 1
category: Support
featured: yes
image: headphone
integrations: [googledocs, stripe, notion, github, linear]
x_houston:
created_by: houston
skill_schema: 1
---
# Set Up My Support Info
Own `context/support-context.md`. Only skill that creates or updates full doc (routing section also editable by `tune-my-routing`). Every other skill read it before work - until exists, stop and ask you run me first.
## When to use
- "set up our support context" / "define our support context" / "let's do the context doc".
- "update the context doc" / "a new tier / VIP / gotcha - fix the context".
- Called implicitly by any other skill needing context and finds doc missing - but only after confirming with you.
## Connections I need
I run external work through Composio. Before this skill runs I check that the categories below are linked. Missing → I name the category, ask you to connect it from the Integrations tab, stop.
- **Docs / notes** (Google Docs / Notion) - pull existing positioning or product docs to seed the draft. Optional.
- **Billing** (Stripe) - read live plan tiers if you'd rather I infer them than ask. Optional.
- **Dev tracker** (GitHub / Linear) - named target for the bug routing rule. Optional.
If none of these are connected I keep going - this skill is mostly an interview, connections only speed it up.
## Information I need
I read your support context first. For every required field that's missing I ask ONE plain-language question (best modality: connected app > file drop > URL > paste) and wait.
- **Company basics** - Required. Why I need it: anchors the product overview at the top of the doc. If missing I ask: "What does the product do in one sentence, and who buys it?"
- **Customer segments + VIP list** - Required. Why I need it: VIPs get P1 priority regardless of content; segments shape every reply. If missing I ask: "Who are your top 5 customers right now, and are there segments (SMB / mid-market / enterprise) I should treat differently?"
- **Response-time targets** - Required. Why I need it: response-time expectations per tier. If missing I ask: "What response time do you want to hit for your most urgent tickets, and what's acceptable for the rest?"
- **Routing categories** - Required. Why I need it: triage and signal detection map every inbound message to one. If missing I ask: "When a ticket comes in, what buckets do you sort it into - bug, how-to, billing, anything else?"
- **Escalation tiers** - Required. Why I need it: P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 definitions for triage. If missing I ask: "What makes something a fire-drill versus a same-day versus a this-week thing?"
- **Verbatim voice samples** - Optional. Why I need it: tone section reads truer with real phrases. If you don't have it I keep going with TBD and recommend running voice calibration.
## Workflow
<!-- houston-workflow:v1 -->
1. **Read `config/context-ledger.json`.** Need `universal.company`, `universal.idealCustomer`, `domains.inbox.responseTimeTargets`, `domains.inbox.routingCategories`, `domains.quality.escalationTiers`. Any missing field, ask ONE targeted question with modality hint (connected app > file > URL > paste), write atomic, continue.
2. **Read existing doc if present.** If `context/support-context.md` exists, read so run is update not rewrite. Preserve anything sharpened; change only stale or new.
3. **Push for verbatim language.** Before drafting, ask you for 2–3 verbatim customer phrases or example tickets - friction words, repeat gotchas. If `voice-samples/` has entries, mine first.
4. **Draft doc (~400–700 words, opinionated, direct).** Structure, this order:
1. **Product overview** - one paragraph: what product is, who for, key surface areas (features/flows), pricing model, self-serve vs gated.
2. **Customer segments + VIP list** - named segments + VIP accounts. VIPs get P1 regardless of content.
3. **Tone + voice** - default tone (direct / warm / human), 3–5 verbatim samples from `voice-samples/` if present (else `TBD - run calibrate-my-voice`), forbidden phrases.
4. **Response-time tiers** - P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 definitions + response-time expectations per tier. Name what qualifies as each tier.
5. **Routing rules** - decision tree:
- Bug → tracker target (Linear / GitHub - from config or ask); capture info (repro, version, customer).
- Feature request → `requests.json`, with customer attribution.
- Outage → playbook reference (`playbooks/p1-outage.md` once drafted).
- Billing → Stripe dossier + refund approver (founder by default).
6. **Known gotchas** - short whisper-list of product quirks answered 10+ times. 3–10 bullets.
5. **Mark gaps honestly.** If section thin, write `TBD - {what you should bring next}`. Never invent.
6. **Write atomically.** Write to `context/support-context.md.tmp`, rename to `context/support-context.md`. Single file under `context/` - NOT under `.agents/` or `.houston/` (watcher skips).
7. **Append to `outputs.json`.** Read existing array, append new entry (`type: "support-context"`, `domain: "quality"`, title summarizing change), write atomic.
8. **Summarize to me.** One paragraph: what wrote, what still `TBD`, next move ("next: run `calibrate-my-voice`" / "next: tell me which tracker you use for bugs"). Remind me every other skill now operate against doc.
## Outputs
- `context/support-context.md` (at agent root - live document)
- Appends to `outputs.json` with `type: "context-edit"`.
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