The ServiceNow IDE and ServiceNow SDK support developing applications in source code with ServiceNow Fluent, creating JavaScript modules, and using third-party libraries. ServiceNow Fluent is a TypeScript-based domain-specific programming language for creating application metadata in code.
This repository contains agent skills for creating, editing, and deploying ServiceNow Fluent applications. These skills teach AI coding assistants how to use the @servicenow/sdk CLI to look up platform conventions, metadata types, and project structure before making changes.
Important
These skills rely on features available only in version 4.6.0 or newer of the SDK.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| now-sdk-explain | Fetches SDK documentation via npx @servicenow/sdk explain. Covers API types, metadata conventions, skills, and project structure. Automatically triggered when working in a Fluent app or when ServiceNow/Fluent topics are mentioned. |
| now-sdk-setup | Configures the environment (Node.js 20+, @servicenow/sdk v4.6.0+) so that now-sdk explain works. Run this if now-sdk-explain fails with environment errors. |
- Start a Claude Code session.
- Add the marketplace and install the plugin:
/plugin marketplace add servicenow/sdk /plugin install fluent /reload-plugins
- Start a Codex session.
- Run the following two commands to directly install the skills:
$skill-installer https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk/tree/master/skills/now-sdk-setup $skill-installer https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk/tree/master/skills/now-sdk-explain - Restart Codex to load the skills.
- Open Cursor Settings (Cmd+Shift+J).
- Navigate to Plugins.
- Paste in the link to the repo:
https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk.git - Select
Add to Cursorfor thefluentplugin.
Alternatively, loading the skills into Claude Code will also allow Cursor to use them.
The providers/kiro/ directory contains a Power with steering files for each skill.
- Open Kiro and navigate to the
Powertab. - Select
Add power from GitHub. - Enter this URL:
https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk/tree/master/providers/kiro. - Select the power from the list.
Some agents may not have built in support to install skills from Github. However, you can manually install the skills by following these steps:
- Start a new session with your favorite AI coding tool.
- Prompt it to install the skills directly from GitHub:
Please install these skills in my user level configuration from github: https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk/tree/master/skills - The agent should be able to pull and load the skills from the configuration.
- You may need to restart the agent to load the skills.