A method for generating a dialog tree for an automated self-help system of a contact center from a plurality of recorded interactions between customers and agents of the contact center includes: computing, by a processor, a plurality of feature vectors, each feature vector corresponding to one of the recorded interactions; computing, by the processor, similarities between pairs of the feature vectors; grouping, by the processor, similar feature vectors based on the computed similarities into groups of interactions; rating, by the processor, feature vectors within each group of interactions based on one or more criteria, wherein the criteria include at least one of interaction time, success rate, and customer satisfaction; and outputting, by the processor, a dialog tree in accordance with the rated feature vectors for configuring the automated self-help system.