--- title: Deploying and monitoring the skill description: After you evaluate the prompt, you can deploy the custom skill and monitor its effectiveness. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-skill-kit/deploying-and-monitoring.html release: australia product: Now Assist Skill Kit classification: now-assist-skill-kit topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [General guidelines for AI Skill Kit, Exploring AI Skill Kit, AI Skill Kit, Enable AI experiences] --- # Deploying and monitoring the skill After you evaluate the prompt, you can deploy the custom skill and monitor its effectiveness. ## AI Skill Kit deployment and monitoring Build and evaluate the skill in a non-production instance. After you’re satisfied with the final performance evaluation on a batch of test data in the non-production instance, you can begin to move a skill toward deployment. 1. Identify where the skill should be available to end users. Configure the deployment settings accordingly. 2. Perform end-to-end user testing in the non-production instance with different users and inputs. 3. After the results are acceptable, deploy the skill to the production instance. 4. Monitor the skill.