Sending an outbound email to the Connect assistant block does nothing but is still charged, so AWS advises a Check contact attributes block before it to route tasks and outbound emails around it.

Checked 2026-10-01

Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
Amazon Connect
Subsystem
flows
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-01
Checked
2026-10-01

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 1). Setting up Amazon Q in Connect for agent assist and self-service: source note amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged,
  title  = {Setting up Amazon Q in Connect for agent assist and self-service: source note amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged},
  note   = {Source note amazon-connect-q-setup-outbound-email-charged, checked 2026-10-01}
}

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