Change risk and impact analysis AI agent

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated August 14, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • This AI agent evaluates the risks and potential impacts associated with a provided change request.

    Workflow

    The agent collaborates with the user to identify and suggest the risks and impacts, revising the analysis based on feedback.
    1. Fetch the current change request details.
    2. Search for similar past change requests.
    3. If no similar past change data is available, ask the user: No similar past change requests were found. Would you like to proceed with generating a risk and impact analysis based on best practices?
    4. If the user agrees to proceed, continue to the next step; otherwise, stop execution.
    5. Generate a draft risk and impact analysis based on either the retrieved similar change requests or best practices.
    6. Present the risk and impact analysis to the user and ask for their feedback.
    7. Revise the risk and impact analysis based on the user’s feedback.
    Table 1. Configuration
    Field Description
    Allow third party to access this AI agent

    When enabled, third-party AI agents can use this agent. This value is off (false) by default. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs [sn_aia_agent_config] table on the External discoverable field.
    Allow AI specialists to access this AI agent

    When enabled, AI specialists can use this agent. This value is off (false) by default. When set to true, more configuration options for tools become available so that an AI specialist can map inputs and response templates to tool outputs. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs [sn_aia_agent_config] table on the Specialist enabled field.
    Manage long-term memory

    When enabled, all previous user interactions are used as context for the LLM. This value is off (false) by default. This setting is defined by the sn_aia.ltm.enable_long_term_memory system property. For more information, see ServiceNow Otto AI agents reference.
    Tools
    Script
    Update risk and impact analysis to change request
    Agent roles (ACLs) itil
    Data access roles itil
    Triggers

    Optional. None defined by default. An admin can specify triggers if desired. For more information, see Add a trigger to an AI agent.
    Channels

    Enable the AI agent for the ServiceNow Otto panel.
    Used in agentic workflows

    Not applicable.

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