Use Build Agent

Build Agent is an autonomous AI agent native to ServiceNow that translates plain language instructions into ready-to-deploy applications and metadata, using the platform’s domain language and guardrails. It's purpose-built for full-stack creation and editing across tables, flows, UI, and scripts, and it operates as the core engine for agentic development on the ServiceNow AI Platform.

Available in the ServiceNow IDE and ServiceNow Studio, Build Agent appears as a chat panel with a multi-turn conversation interface. Build Agent processes natural language prompts, autonomously generates full-stack applications, manages the entire build process, and responds to feedback. The agent generates all necessary code, organizes files clearly, and manages both the core logic and user interface components of applications.

Build Agent supports the following development tasks:

• Generate and edit enterprise-grade applications: Create full-stack ServiceNow applications from natural language prompts with enterprise-grade governance.
• Accelerate development workflows: Support flow design, catalog item creation, and Automated Test Framework (ATF) test creation.
• Enhance understanding: Explain how to best perform tasks on the ServiceNow AI Platform.
• Perform diverse code tasks: Refactor tables, explain and document code, validate and enhance existing applications, fix errors, run queries, and more.
• Support governance: Work inside platform scopes, roles, and testing workflows rather than as a detached external bot.

• Enable developer learning: Answer ServiceNow development questions, summarize documents, and provide practical examples.

• Accessing Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio and the ServiceNow IDE
  Build Agent is available in ServiceNow Studio (UI-first, declarative workflows) and the ServiceNow IDE (code-first, autonomous full-stack development).

• Create an application using Build Agent
  Build custom ServiceNow applications by describing your requirements in plain language to Build Agent. The AI agent generates and builds the application code automatically.
• Edit an existing application using Build Agent
  Modify existing ServiceNow applications using natural language prompts with Build Agent.
• Creating or updating an app file with Build Agent
  Use Build Agent to add new files or modify existing files in ServiceNow applications to assist with ongoing metadata and app development and maintenance.
• Agentic workflows, agents, and skills
  Build Agent can generate agentic workflows, agents, and skills scoped to your custom app. Turn business requirements into configured AI artifacts without building from scratch.
• Create agentic workflows, agents, and skills
  Build custom agentic workflows, AI agents, and skills for your applications using automated generation tools with Build Agent. You can streamline development by creating the necessary instructions, tools, and access controls based on your requirements.
• Revert app changes with Build Agent
  Restore your development to a previous state when you want to undo recent changes. Use checkpoints created during Build Agent conversations to revert both code and chat history.
• Testing what you built
  Test Agent generates test coverage for code created by Build Agent, executes tests, and performs root cause analysis on failures. Prompt Test Agent to complete build-to-test workflows in a single development session without manual test authoring or failure investigation.
• Document an application using Build Agent
  Generate documentation for the structure, tables, and UI components of an application. Build Agent reads the codebase and creates a README file describing the application architecture.
• Build Agent checkpoints and conversation change log
  The conversation change log tracks every change Build Agent makes to your application. It appears automatically in an integrated tab in ServiceNow Studio and lets you view updates, roll back to a previous checkpoint, and deploy changes to an update set.
• Update sets and Build Agent
  When you work with Build Agent, your changes are automatically tracked in update sets so you can review, revert, and deploy them without leaving ServiceNow Studio.
• Deploying what you built with Build Agent
  Learn about deployment methods and workflows for moving applications created with Build Agent from development to production environments. Choose the right deployment approach based on your application complexity and organizational requirements.
• Issues and solutions in Build Agent
  Identify and resolve common issues in Build Agent.

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