Flow generation

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Flow Generation

    Flow Generation in ServiceNow enables users to create flows or subflows through text descriptions using the Now Assist for Creator tool. This feature is designed to streamline the flow creation process, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

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    Key Features

    • Now Assist for Creator: Activate this plugin and the flow generation skill to begin creating flows from text descriptions.
    • Support and Availability: Note that not all model providers are available for customers with in-country SKUs and that certain features may be restricted in specific environments such as FedRAMP or Australia IRAP-Protected data centers.
    • Data Processing: Data is transferred from your ServiceNow instance to a centralized environment, potentially involving third-party cloud providers, adhering to ServiceNow's internal policies.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing Flow Generation, you can efficiently create automated processes tailored to your needs. However, be aware of AI limitations and ensure human oversight of outputs, especially in critical areas like healthcare or finance. ServiceNow also collects data to enhance its technologies, but customers have the option to opt out of this data collection at any time.

    Use Now Assist for Creator to create a flow or subflow from a text description.

    This video demonstrates creating a flow from a text description.

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    Important:
    • Not all model providers are available for customers with in-country SKUs, and some Now Assist products/features are currently unavailable for in-country customers. For more information, see the KB1584492 article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. Be sure to check for model provider availability updates in future releases.
    • Some Now Assist products/features are currently unavailable for customers in the FedRAMP, NSC DOD IL5, or Australia IRAP-Protected data centers, self-hosted customers, or in other restricted environments. For more information, see the KB0743854 article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.
    • Some Now Assist products/features are currently available only for customers in some regions. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.
    • Some AI products and skills are not available in Regulated Markets. For more information, see KB2593939: Regulated Markets AI Products/Skills Not Available. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.

    AI limitations

    This application uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, which are rapidly evolving fields of study that generate predictions based on patterns in data. As a result, this application may not always produce accurate, complete, or appropriate information. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that this application has been fully trained or tested for your use case. To mitigate these issues, it is your responsibility to test and evaluate your use of this application for accuracy, harm, and appropriateness for your use case, employ human oversight of output, and refrain from relying solely on AI-generated outputs for decision-making purposes. This is especially important if you choose to deploy this application in areas with consequential impacts such as healthcare, finance, legal, employment, security, or infrastructure. You agree to abide by ServiceNow’s AI Acceptable Use Policy, which may be updated by ServiceNow.

    Data processing

    This application requires data to be transferred from ServiceNow customers' individual instances to a centralized ServiceNow environment, which may be located in a different data center region from the one where your instance is, and potentially to a third-party cloud provider, such as Microsoft Azure. This data is handled per ServiceNow's internal policies and procedures, including our policies available through our CORE Compliance Portal.

    Data collection

    ServiceNow collects and uses the inputs, outputs, and edits to outputs of this application to develop and improve ServiceNow technologies including ServiceNow models and AI products. In addition, this application will collect skill usage metrics. Customers can opt out of future data collection at any time, as described in the Now Assist Opt-Out page.

    For more information, see the Now Assist documentation.