Activate the common control objective creation skill in Now Assist

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read activate-common-control-objective-skill.md

When activating the common control objective creation skill, the system uses generative AI to analyze the accepted duplicate control objectives and to generate a common control objective.

Before you begin

Install the ServiceNow Otto for IRM plugin (sn_irm_gen_ai).

Role required: sn_nowassist_admin.nsa_admin

Procedure

Navigate to All > Admin Center > AI Admin Hub.
In the AI Skills tab, navigate to Technology > Risk & Sustainability.

The Now Assist Skills for IRM page lists the available generative AI capabilities for Policy and Compliance.
Under the common control objective creation skill, select Activate Skill.
On the General details page, review the information about the skill and then select Save and Continue.

Note: This information is read-only.
On the Summary fields page, review the columns that are being summarized to suggest the new common control objective and then select Save and Continue.
On the Review and activate page, review the summary and select Activate.

After activation, the Successfully Activated dialog box appears.
In the Successfully Activated dialog box, select Return to IRM to navigate back to the Now Assist Skills for IRM page.

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title: Activate the common control objective creation skill in Now Assist
description: When activating the common control objective creation skill, the system uses generative AI to analyze the accepted duplicate control objectives and to generate a common control objective.
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product: Policy and Compliance Management
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# Activate the common control objective creation skill in Now Assist

When activating the common control objective creation skill, the system uses generative AI to analyze the accepted duplicate control objectives and to generate a common control objective.

## Before you begin

Install the ServiceNow Otto for IRM plugin \(sn\_irm\_gen\_ai\).

Role required: sn\_nowassist\_admin.nsa\_admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Admin Center** &gt; **AI Admin Hub**.

2. In the **AI Skills** tab, navigate to **Technology** &gt; **Risk &amp; Sustainability**.

The Now Assist Skills for IRM page lists the available generative AI capabilities for Policy and Compliance.

3. Under the common control objective creation skill, select **Activate Skill**.

4. On the General details page, review the information about the skill and then select **Save and Continue**.

**Note:** This information is read-only.

5. On the Summary fields page, review the columns that are being summarized to suggest the new common control objective and then select **Save and Continue**.

6. On the Review and activate page, review the summary and select **Activate**.

After activation, the Successfully Activated dialog box appears.

7. In the Successfully Activated dialog box, select **Return to IRM** to navigate back to the Now Assist Skills for IRM page.