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# Discovering AI assets through trace connectors

# Discovering AI assets through trace connectors {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated August 5, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Extend your AI asset inventory to AI agents running on hyperscaler cloud platforms by discovering them through trace connectors.

Trace connectors are primarily an observability capability. A trace connector polls a supported cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and collects execution-level trace data through a MID Server. AI Control Tower analyzes that data to produce the evaluation scores that appear on the Monitor tab of the AI system's asset record, and the security metrics that appear on its
Security tab.

An established trace connection that gathers trace data for monitoring quality and safety, or security, is discovering AI systems at the same time, filling in assets that connectors and native detection can't reach. Assets detected
this way register automatically in your AI asset inventory.

For more information, see [Configuring trace connections](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ryWU9mayy2W0VEuV6UVRnA "Collect trace data from AI agents running on supported cloud platforms and monitoring services to generate evaluation metrics, populate AI inventory, and support security monitoring in AI Control Tower.").