generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/application-development/servicenow-sdk/install-servicenow-sdk.html
  and https://github.com/ServiceNow/sdk
name: now-sdk
description: >-
  The ServiceNow SDK ships a command-line interface, now-sdk, that handles
  authentication, initialization / conversion of applications, metadata
  transformation, building, installation, and direct instance queries. The
  binary is distributed inside the @servicenow/sdk npm package (see
  packages/servicenow-packages.yml).
binary_package: "@servicenow/sdk"
install:
  - method: npm
    command: npm install @servicenow/sdk
  - method: npx
    command: npx now-sdk <command>
docs: https://servicenow.github.io/sdk/
commands:
  - name: now-sdk auth
    group: authentication
    description: Authenticate the SDK against a ServiceNow instance.
  - name: now-sdk init
    group: project
    description: Initialize a new SDK application project (Fluent metadata-as-code).
  - name: now-sdk convert
    group: project
    description: Convert an existing scoped application into an SDK project.
  - name: now-sdk transform
    group: build
    description: Transform application metadata for build.
  - name: now-sdk build
    group: build
    description: Transpile the SDK project and write output artifacts.
  - name: now-sdk install
    group: deploy
    description: Deploy the most recent build output to the target instance.
  - name: now-sdk query
    group: data
    description: Query the connected ServiceNow instance directly from the terminal.
  - name: now-sdk upgrade
    group: maintenance
    description: Upgrade the SDK / project dependencies.
key_flows:
  - name: Author and deploy an app
    steps: [now-sdk auth, now-sdk init, now-sdk build, now-sdk install]
  - name: Query instance data from the terminal
    steps: [now-sdk auth, now-sdk query]