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# Use Now Assist context menu for custom skill deployment

# Use Now Assist context menu for custom skill deployment {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated April 20, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Use the Now Assist context menu to deploy the custom skills created using Now Assist skill kit.

AI practitioners can use Now Assist skill kit to create a custom skill to provide custom solutions, with Now Assist's generative AI capabilities.

Now Assist allows the administrators to choose the custom skills for deployment. Use Now Assist context menu as a preferred channel to deploy a custom skill, when you configure deployment setting in Now Assist skill kit. For more information, see [Configure skill deployment settings](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/CwzuofFYiO1m2cV7olv9xQ "Configure the deployment settings for the skill that you create. The deployment settings enable you to choose where the admin can find the skill in Now Assist Admin.").

You must also select Now Assist context menu as a display option when you activate the skill in Now Assist Admin. For more information, see [Activate a Now Assist skill](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lVPmA~Wy_nkjtAD4QCG1RA "Configure the triggers, settings, and display locations for Now Assist skills to enable generative AI capabilities across the ServiceNow AI Platform.").

To complete the activation process, create a new Now Assist context menu configuration. For more information, see [Create Now Assist context Menu configuration](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Jbot8ddeLm1Pa013r2VIyA "Create a new Now Assist context Menu configuration to deploy and activate a custom skill.")