Configure Now Assist for Integrated Risk Management (IRM)

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • If you have the admin role, you can configure Now Assist for IRM so that your agents can use the generative AI skills in the IRM workspace.

    Now Assist for IRM Configuration overview

    Important:
    After installing Now Assist for IRM, all Now Assist for IRM skills and agentic workflows are activated by default.

    Use the Now Assist Admin console to configure Now Assist for IRM. This console contains everything that you need to install plugins and configure the generative AI skills. For additional information, see Overview tab in Now Assist Admin.

    For earlier versions, go to Application Manager to upgrade it to a later version.

    For information about configuring generative AI skills and prompts, see Configuring Now Assist Admin features.

    Note:
    Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents. For more information, see ServiceNow product tiers.

    Now Assist for IRM plugins

    Activate the Now Assist for IRM store app (sn_irm_gen_ai) to use the skills and agentic workflows.

    This store app has the following dependencies:
    • Now Assist Platform

      Integrates generative AI into ServiceNow workflows, enabling intelligent assistance through summarization, content creation, conversational AI, and agentic workflows for IT, HR, and compliance processes. For more information, see Now Assist Platform.

    • GRC Common Generative AI

      Provides foundational AI capabilities for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), automating tasks like risk assessments and compliance documentation while helping ensure consistency across GRC workflows.

    • GRC Shared Generative AI

      Delivers centralized generative AI services for multiple GRC domains, supporting shared governance, secure automation, and integration with AI systems for compliance and risk management.

    • GRC Compliance Generative AI

      Enables continuous monitoring, predictive risk management, and automated regulatory mapping to transform compliance from periodic audits to real-time oversight.

    • Recommendation Template

      Provides actionable, AI-powered insights seamlessly within the user interface. The framework offers rich contextual details about recommendations to enable users to make informed decisions and take necessary follow-up actions effortlessly. Admin users can set up contexts for recommendations, and compliance users can review the recommendations for implementation. For more information, see Recommendation contexts and templates.

    For information about the installation process, see Install Now Assist plugins.
    Note:
    For more information on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Retention policies, see Indexed sources in AI Search and User data usage policy for Now Assist.