Exploring ServiceNow Studio
ServiceNow Studio is a unified development environment where platform developers create, modify, and deploy apps. Use ServiceNow Studio to manage app files, edit metadata, and package changes for deployment without switching between tools.
What can you do in ServiceNow Studio?
ServiceNow Studio provides a single environment for app development, from creation to deployment. Use it to:
- Create, edit, maintain, and deploy custom, globally scoped, and base system apps and app files — without switching between tools. You can also customize store apps.
- Search for and edit any type of metadata record using the File Navigator taxonomy.
- Package app changes for deployment using update sets, pipelines, or the Application Repository.
ServiceNow Studio features and benefits
Use ServiceNow Studio to build, manage, and deploy apps faster in a single development environment. It provides the following features for admins and delegated developers.
- AI-native design: Use the generative and agentic AI capabilities in ServiceNow Studio to build apps faster and extend custom applications with AI. For more information, see Now Assist tools and AI files in ServiceNow Studio.
- Build Agent: Use Build Agent, an autonomous AI agent, to create and update applications in ServiceNow Studio. For more information, see Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio.
- Integrated builders: Access low-code builders available in the ServiceNow AI Platform, including Table Builder and flows in Workflow Studio, alongside app development tools. For more information, see Access integrated development tools and builders in ServiceNow Studio.
- AI and code search: Search for any application or metadata record in your instance using AI Search and standard code search. For more information, see Find an app or app file using Search and Find an app or app file using the Navigator panel.
- Accelerated deployment: Create and package apps for deployment using update sets, pipelines, or the Application Repository without leaving ServiceNow Studio. For more information, see Update sets in ServiceNow Studio and Publish app changes to the Application Repository from ServiceNow Studio.
- Choose your development experience: Switch between development environments using the experience switcher in ServiceNow Studio to use the best tool for each stage of your project. For more information, see Change your development experience in ServiceNow Studio.
- Create apps and files: Create apps and files in any scope that you have access to edit, including the global scope. For more information, see Create an application in ServiceNow Studio and Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio.
- Global and custom scope: Open and edit files of any scope you have access to, including global and custom files. The scope switches automatically when you switch between open files in different applications. For more information, see Open apps and app files across scopes in ServiceNow Studio.
Helpful resources
Use these ServiceNow resources to learn more about ServiceNow Studio and app development:
ServiceNow Community
- The fastest way to learn Build Agent prompting? Ask Build Agent.
Video
- Watch App Engine Academy: Platform capabilities and data modeling for custom applications.
- Watch App Engine Academy: Using ServiceNow Studio for Multi-Level Table Inheritance.
- Watch App Engine Academy #1: Custom App Development Best Practices
- Learn Instance help for your personal developer instance (PDI)
- ServiceNow Social Ambassadors Program training