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Escalation Guard

Standardize Zendesk escalations with required context and automatic routing.

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ASA Labs LLC

About this app

Stop chasing agents for missing escalation context.

Escalation Guard helps Zendesk teams standardize how escalations are submitted, routed, and reviewed. Create escalation templates that guide agents through the right questions, require critical context, and automatically add a structured internal note to the ticket.

Built for your existing Zendesk workflow

  • Require the right context before an escalation is submitted

  • Create templates for different escalation types and teams

  • Automatically apply routing tags for existing Zendesk triggers

  • Generate consistent internal notes for faster review

  • Map responses to Zendesk ticket fields with Pro

  • Configure everything directly in Zendesk

Agents get a simple, guided escalation form directly in the ticket sidebar. Admins control what information is required and how each escalation is routed.

No separate dashboard. No new ticketing workflow. Just cleaner, more consistent escalations inside Zendesk.

Lite plan

  • 1 active escalation flow

  • Up to 5 fields

  • 1 routing tag

  • Required field validation

  • Formatted internal note generation

Pro plan

  • Unlimited escalation templates and fields

  • Multiple routing tags

  • Custom template configuration

  • Optional Zendesk ticket field mapping

  • Template import and export

Data & privacy

Escalation Guard runs inside Zendesk. It accesses the current ticket ID to update the correct ticket, reads escalation templates stored in the app's Zendesk settings, and uses the escalation details entered by the agent to create the internal note. It writes the completed internal note and routing tags back to the ticket and, for Pro when configured, writes mapped custom field values. This Zendesk data is used only to perform the requested escalation workflow and is not stored by ASA Labs.

Escalation Guard sends limited product telemetry to ASA Labs using a random app-specific installation identifier, app version, plan, and aggregate configuration counts. ASA Labs does not collect Zendesk subdomains, ticket IDs or content, customer or requester data, agent identity, template or field content, routing-tag values, mapped-field IDs or values, or internal note text through telemetry.

Full privacy policy: https://asa-labs.com/privacy/escalation-guard/

App details

How to install

  1. Install Escalation Guard from the Zendesk Marketplace.

  2. Once installed, click the Escalation Guard icon in the Zendesk left nav to open the Template Builder.

  3. Click Start with a template (Manager Escalation is recommended) or Build from scratch.

  4. Review the required fields and routing tag.

  5. Click Save template. Agents will see Escalation Guard on all tickets immediately.

  6. Optional: build Zendesk triggers on escalationguard tags to route tickets to the right group automatically.

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Plans and pricing

Lite

Never pay a thing

Standardize one common escalation path with required fields, one routing tag, and a clean internal note. Best for teams that want agents to submit better manager escalations without extra setup.

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Pro

Free 14-day trial, then $3.00 per agent, per month

Unlock unlimited escalation templates, unlimited fields, multiple routing tags, field mapping, and import/export. Best for teams managing escalations across support, billing, product, security, and leadership.

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