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# Create an AI connection for discovery

# Create an AI connection for discovery {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated August 5, 2026  
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Bring AI assets from an external platform into your AI asset inventory by creating an AI connection. AI Control Tower authenticates to the platform using your credentials and imports assets on a schedule, so
they're governed and monitored alongside AI systems built natively on ServiceNow.

## Before you begin

Confirm the following are in place:

* The com.sn_ai_disc and sn_sgc_central plugins installed on your instance. Without both plugins, the Connectors tab doesn't appear.
* The credentials required to authenticate AI Control Tower to the external platform. Credential requirements vary by connector.

Role required: sn_ai_disc.discovery_admin and sn_cmdb_int_util.sgc_admin

## About this task

A connector is the mechanism; an AI connection is the configured instance of a connector on your instance. Create a separate AI connection for each account or environment you want AI Control Tower to discover assets from. A single connector type can support multiple AI connections.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllAI Control TowerHomeSettingsIntegrationsConnectors.
2. On the Available Connectors tab, select the connector that you want to use.
3. On the form, fill in the fields.  
   Fields and credential requirements vary by connector. For the complete list of connectors and the fields each one requires, see [AI Control Tower- AI Discovery Connectors \[KB2986990\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2986990).
4. Select Save.
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## Result

The connection appears on the Established connections tab. After the discovery job runs, discovered AI assets appear in your AI asset inventory.

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