In March, we released version 28.1.2 (27.1.2 for Xanadu) of Now Assist for code generation (store.servicenow.com) Compatible with Yokohama Patch 1, and Xanadu Patch 7, if you are a Creator Professional Plus customer, simply upgrade the Now Assist for code generation application to enable the following new features:
- Azure OpenAI support
- Leverage GPT 4o for code generation, edit, explain code in detail, summarize code and autocomplete
- Autocomplete
- Predicts and suggests the next logical piece of code as you are typing
- Summarize code
- Short, AI generated summary of the code including key features
- Explain code in detail
- Now Assist writes a detailed breakdown of the code, covering all features including variables and tyles, functions, parameters, logic, return types, key considerations and an opinion on the code quality
- Switch LLM providers between Azure OpenAI (Default) and NowLLM
Watch our product team talk about these new features on a Creator Toolbox episode with Earl on the ServiceNow Developer channel (youtube.com)
Upgrading to 28.1.2
To install these new skills, update the Now Assist for Creator parent app. Open Application Manager and search for "Now Assist for Creator" or Navigate to this URI on your instance /now/app-manager/home/app/id/8178fec0ce0431105a7c9305875b2dca
Activate the new skills
Navigate to Now Assist Panel > Now Assist Features > Creator and click on the Code tile.
Version 28.1.2 comes with 4 new Azure OpenAI skills
- Code Assist AutoComplete
- Code Assist Summarization
- Code Assist Edit
- Code Assist GenerationThe original Code Assist skill has been renamed to Code Assist Legacy and turned off. This skill is only used when switching to NowLLM as the LLM Service (see more below).
New Skills
Activating the Code Assist Summarization skill will enable two new features: Summarize code and Explain code in detail when you select code. These features are available in the context menu of the ✨ button.
AutoComplete
Now Assist wants to finish your coding sentences! Simply pause typing and AutoComplete will generate the rest of the code block for you. Simply hit tab, and the text will materialize.
With limited context (just a function name) AutoComplete has given me some ideas on how I could go about implementing this function.
Adding in just a little more detail, AutoComplete has come very close to what I was aiming for saving me a trip to developer.servicenow.com to look up how GlideDateTime works.
Building on top of the two previous functions, AutoComplete has more than enough context to generate some usefulcode even calling existing functions in the generated suggestion.
Summarize code
Summarize code will give you a simple and concise description of what the code selected tries to accomplish. It's meant to give you a quick overview of the code rather than a deep dive. Simply select the code you'd like summarized and then click the Quick Action menu and select "Summarize code."
Explain code in detail
Users can utilize Explain Code to get a more detailed analysis of the code selected. Explain Code will try to walk through the logic, the variables and the APIs being used in addition to describing what the code tries to accomplish. Use Explain Code when you're looking to understand not just what the code is doing, but how it's doing it.
Choice of LLM Service
Yokohama introduces the ability to choose which LLM service you want to process some Now Assist skills. Navigate to Now Assist Admin > Settings > Manage LLMs. Here you will find a tile for Code Assist. If your preference is to no use Azure OpenAI, you now have the option to switch to Now LLM Service.
Switching to NowLLM (na4c_nowllm) will send Code edit, Code generation and AutoComplete requests to NowLLMinstead of the Azure OpenAI service. The Summarize code and Explain code in detail features will be disabled as they rely on Azure OpenAI.
Upgrade now!
If you have a Creator Professional Plus subscription, make sure you upgrade to either Yokohama Patch 1 or Xanadu Patch 7 and upgrade the Now Assist in Code generation app to version 28.1.2.
I went to upgrade my Xanadu instance to v27.1.2 and was surprised that I could not find v27 in the App Manager. The issue is the patch level of your instance. This new version requires Xanadu Patch 7+ or Vancouver Patch 1+ and App Manager will not show you versions which are incompatible with your instance.
Go to https://support.servicenow.com to upgrade your instance then give it a few minutes for the data to propagate in the backend before using the Sync button from the App Manager home screen to get the updated list of versions.
@Robert Ninness unfortunately this user preference does not appear to work in flow designer script fields. Is there another user preference I can use to disable this feature in flow designer?
