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title: AI capabilities in Playbooks
description: Explore the AI-powered capabilities in Playbook, from generating and recommending playbooks to enabling autonomous, agentic execution.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/build-workflows/workflow-studio/now-assist-features-playbooks.html
release: brazil
product: Workflow Studio
classification: workflow-studio
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Explore, Playbooks, Workflow Studio, Build workflows]
---

# AI capabilities in Playbooks

Explore the AI-powered capabilities in Playbook, from generating and recommending playbooks to enabling autonomous, agentic execution.

The generative AI and agentic AI capabilities help you build, discover, and run playbooks more efficiently.

|Capability|Description|Documentation|
|----------|-----------|-------------|
|Playbook generation|Generate a complete playbook automatically using a natural language prompt. Now Assist creates the playbook structure, stages, and activities based on text prompt or image.|[Playbook generation from text prompt or image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-assist.md)|
|Playbook recommendation|Get AI-generated recommendations for placeholder activities. The system generates recommendations based on an activity’s name and description.|[Playbook recommendations for placeholder activity](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-recommendations.md)|
|Playbook summarization|Use AI-generated overviews of a playbook's stages, activities, triggers, and inputs to understand its purpose and flow without going into the details of what is being done at activity and stage level.|[Playbook summarization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-summarization.md)|
|Agentic Playbooks|Enable AI agents to autonomously execute playbook actions and make decisions at runtime, reducing manual intervention for complex, multi-step processes.|[Agentic Playbooks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/agentic-playbooks-landing.md)|

**Parent Topic:**[Exploring Playbook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/process-automation-designer.md)