Turn on the app generation skill

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Install the Now Assist for Creator application so that you can get started with creating an application for your organization.

    Before you begin

    Starting with the Australia release, app generation is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer activated on new instances but will continue to be supported. Build Agent provides the latest experience for this functionality. For more information, see Build Agent.

    Install Now Assist for Creator on your instance before turning on the skill. For more information, see Install Now Assist for Creator.

    Enable the Now Assist panel before completing these steps. For more information, see Activate the Now Assist panel standard chat.

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Now Assist Admin > Skills.
    2. In the workflow list, select Creator.
    3. Find the app generation card using either the search bar or by selecting the next page icon.
    4. Select Turn on.
      App generation skill card with turn on button highlighted.

    What to do next

    • Set app generation as your preference for creating AI-assisted applications in the ServiceNow Studio user preferences menu. For more information, see Use the app generation skill to generate apps.
    • Grant the now_assist_panel_user role and either the admin or sn_g_app_creator.app_creator role to each user that you want to create and edit applications using app generation.
    • Users that only need to edit (not create) applications using app generation can be granted the delegated_developer, now_assist_panel_user, and now.assist.creator roles. For more information, see Delegated development and deployment.