Incident known error article AI agent

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This AI agent can find similar known error articles for an incident and attach them to the incident. It can also resolve the incident.

Workflow

  1. Use the Fetch similar knowledge articles tool to retrieve similar known error articles. If none are found, ask the user to provide a known error article number.
  2. If approved by the user, attach articles to the incident.

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

  • Scripts

Attach known error article and resolve incident

Fetch similar known error articles

Allowed user roles The specific user roles that can access this AI agent.

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Data access roles The specific user identity roles that determine which data the AI agent can access and what actions it can take.

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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

Wrap-up and resolve incident

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