Now Assist for Creator release notes

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated April 30, 2026
  • 6 minutes to read
  • The ServiceNow® Now Assist for Creator application includes generative AI skills and AI agents that can help you develop on the ServiceNow AI Platform efficiently. Now Assist for Creator was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.

    Now Assist for Creator highlights for the Australia release

    Australia Patch 2
    • Upload brand guidelines as a PDF in the theme creation workflow to generate themes that align with your brand.
    • Prepare for the app generation and test generation plugins to be deprecated in a future release.
    • Learn about Build Agent updates in the new Build Agent release notes.
    Australia Patch 1
    • Generate readable documentation throughout the app development life cycle using the new release lifecycle documentation AI agent.
    • Generate themes and color palettes from brand images using the new theme generation workflow in Theme Builder.
    Australia early availability
    • Create and update applications in ServiceNow Studio using Build Agent.
    • Generate application modules in UI Builder workspaces using natural-language prompts.
    • Learn how to vibe code using an AI-first approach to development in the new vibe coding documentation.

    See Now Assist for Creator for more information.

    Important:
    Now Assist for Creator is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

    Important information for upgrading Now Assist for Creator to Australia

    Australia early availability
    • To upgrade the Build Agent application, upgrade the Now Assist for Creator application (sn_now_creator), which includes the Build Agent Pro plugin (sn_build_agent_pro). To upgrade the Build Agent (Trial) app, upgrade the sn_build_agent plugin.

    New in the Australia release

    Australia Patch 2
    Upload brand guidelines to generate theme colors
    Upload brand guidelines as a PDF to the Theme Builder theme creation workflow to generate themes aligned with your brand.
    Australia Patch 1
    Release lifecycle documentation AI agent
    Improve transparency across your app development environment using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent to generate update set descriptions and release notes.
    Generate themes using the new theme generation workflow in Theme Builder
    Use the new theme generation workflow in Theme Builder to generate themes based on your brand image. After generating a theme, navigate to Theme Builder to publish and apply additional styling.
    ServiceNow product tiers
    The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available:
    • Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights
    • Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases
    • Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets and create your own

    Depending on your entitlements, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents.

    Australia early availability
    Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio
    Use Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio to create and edit full-stack applications conversationally.
    Generate modules using Now Assist

    Use Now Assist to generate application modules in UI Builder workspaces using natural-language prompts. The Now Assist agent processes your prompts and generates various modules, including lists, records, URLs, scripts, dashboards, and folders.

    New vibe coding documentation
    Read new documentation that introduces vibe coding, which is a natural language approach to application development on the ServiceNow AI Platform. The documentation includes how to get started, when to use it, and how it fits within the broader suite of AI-powered development tools.

    Changed in this release

    Use the app generation skill to generate apps
    Build Agent is the default setting for app generation in ServiceNow Studio. To continue using the app generation skill, change the setting in ServiceNow Studio.

    Removed in this release

    Spoke generation has been removed from Now Assist for Creator. See the ServiceNow Store website for additional information.

    Activation information

    Install Now Assist for Creator by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

    Plugin information

    New plugins

    The following plugins are new in Australia Patch 1 release for the release lifecycle documentation AI agent:

    • App Life Cycle AI Agents (com.sn_app_lc_agents): Scoped app: AI agent definition, script includes, REST API, system properties
    • App Life Cycle AI Agents - Global (com.glide.app_lifecycle_agents.global): Hosted global plugin: UI actions, UI scripts, global utilities
    Plugins planned for deprecation

    The following plugins are planned for deprecation in a future release:

    • App generation (sn_ae_gen_ai): Planned for deprecation in September 2026. The Build Agent plugin provides the latest experience for this functionality.
    • Test generation (sn_text2test): Planned for deprecation in September 2026. The Build Agent plugin provides the latest experience for this functionality.