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# Execute Skill action

# Execute Skill action {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated August 21, 2025  
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## Summary of Execute Skill action

The Execute Skill action enables you to run a published Now Assist skill within a flow or subflow and utilize the skill's outputs dynamically.
It is designed to integrate Now Assist capabilities directly into your workflows for enhanced automation and intelligence.
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## Key Features

* **Integration with Now Assist Skill Kit:** Available as an action within the Now Assist Skill Kit, requiring activation of the Now Assist Skill Kit plugin via the Now Assist panel.
* **Role and Subscription Requirements:** Users must have appropriate delegated development roles or assigned permissions to use this action, ensuring secure and controlled access.
* **Dynamic Inputs:** Accepts multiple dynamic inputs such as Workflow, Product, Feature, Skill Config, and Skill Inputs, allowing flexible configuration based on your skill deployment settings and skill design.
* **Outputs as Dynamic Objects:** The action returns the skill's response as a JSON-formatted dynamic object, making it easy to consume and use elsewhere in your flow.

## Practical Use and Next Steps

To implement this action in your workflows, you need to:

* Activate the Now Assist Skill Kit plugin in your instance.
* Ensure you have the necessary roles assigned for workflow development.
* Configure skill deployment settings for Workflow, Product, and Feature to match your environment.
* Specify the skill to execute and provide required inputs dynamically to tailor the action to your use case.
* Utilize the JSON-formatted skill output data within your flow for further processing or decision-making.

This action empowers you to seamlessly integrate AI-driven skills into your ServiceNow workflows, enhancing automation and user assistance capabilities.  
Run a published Now Assist skill and use the skill outputs in a flow or subflow.

## Roles and availability {#execute-skill-action__section_i3z_wzx_jgc}

Available as a Now Assist Skill Kit action.{#execute-skill-action__available-action}

Subscription requirements{#execute-skill-action__action-ih-subscription}
:   This action requires activiating the Now Assist Skill Kit plugin from the Now Assist panel. For more information, see [Install Now Assist plugins](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=install-now-assist-feature-plugins&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

Role requirements{#execute-skill-action__action-fd-roles}
:   This action requires roles granted by delegated development or assigned to the user. For more information, see [User access to Workflow Studio flows](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/GYXUUfIquOaOYZYuLzS2rQ "Administrators can grant users access to Workflow Studio flows by assigning delegated development permissions or directly assigning a user role. Administrators can also specify which features and content a user can access based on user roles. Application developers can access Workflow Studio functionality through APIs for flows, subflows, and actions.").

## Inputs {#execute-skill-action__section-inputs}

Provide a value for each input that your action needs. To add
dynamic values, you can also drag pills from the Data panel or select them from the pill
picker.{#execute-skill-action__inputs-description}

Workflow
:   Data type: Dynamic Choice

    The Workflow deployment setting that the Now Assist skill uses. For more information on skill deployment settings, see [Configure skill deployment settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-skill-settings&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

Product
:   Data type: Dynamic Choice

    The Product deployment setting that the Now Assist skill uses. For more information on skill deployment settings, see [Configure skill deployment settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-skill-settings&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

Feature
:   Data type: Dynamic Choice

    The Feature deployment setting that the Now Assist skill uses. For more information on skill deployment settings, see [Configure skill deployment settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-skill-settings&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

Skill Config
:   Data type: Dynamic Choice

    The name of the Now Assist skill that you want the action to run. For more information on skill configurations, see [Create a skill](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-new-skill&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

Skill Inputs
:   Data type: Dynamic Inputs

    The list of inputs that the Now Assist skill uses. For more information on skill inputs, see [Create a skill](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-new-skill&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US).

## Outputs {#execute-skill-action__section-outputs}

These outputs appear in the Data panel. You can use them as inputs
elsewhere in your flow.{#execute-skill-action__outputs-description}

Output
:   Data type: Dynamic Object

    The response provided by the Now Assist skill as a JSON-formatted object.