Autonomous ITSM Agents, How to Deploy Them Safely (in 90 Days)
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Autonomous ITSM Agents, How to Deploy Them Safely (in 90 Days)

Agentic ITSM is here. Ship real outcomes—without risk—using a governed agent fabric: typed tools, policy gates (Assist → Proposal → Autonomous), full traces, and chat approvals.

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TL;DR
Agentic ITSM is no longer hype major platforms are productizing multi-agent orchestration and doubling down on autonomous workflows. To get value without risk, you need governed autonomy: typed tools, policy gates, full run traces, and one-click approvals in Slack/Teams.

Why now

  • ServiceNow is shipping AI Agents and an AI Agent Studio, validating agentic ITSM as a core product direction.
  • The planned Moveworks acquisition underlines how fast the agent race is moving.

What “safe autonomy” actually means

  1. Typed tools only. Agents call only registered, JSON-schema-validated tools (e.g., resetPassword, runRunbook, postTeamsApproval).
  2. Modes, not magic. Assist (drafts), Proposal (needs one-click approval), Autonomous (within policy envelope with emergency brake).
  3. Policy on every tool call. Risk gates, maintenance windows, RBAC, PII redaction.
  4. Glass-box observability. Full traces with sanitized I/O, costs, token meters.
  5. Human-in-loop everywhere. Approvals delivered in chat; actions logged back to your system of record.

A 90-day rollout that works

Weeks 0–2: Foundation

  • Stand up an agent fabric (tool registry, per-tenant memory, policy engine, traces).

Weeks 3–6: Three high-value agents (Proposal mode)

  • TriageRouter (classify/route + similar incidents + suggested reply).
  • PasswordReset (identity challenge → IdP reset → notify).
  • Knowledge Ghostwriter (turn solved tickets into KB drafts).

Weeks 7–10: Auto-heal (Proposal → Autonomous)

  • Alert → diagnose → runbook action → verify → backout if needed.

Weeks 11–12: Metrics & guardrails

  • MTTA, MTTR, deflection, approval latency, token/cost caps, drift alerts.

What to measure

  • Work outcomes: % tickets with AI-assisted updates; % resolved without human keystrokes.
  • Risk posture: blocked-by-policy rate; time-to-approve.
  • Experience: agent NPS; end-user CSAT on AI-drafted replies.

See it live. We’ll stand up TriageRouter + PasswordReset in a sandbox on your data and hand you the dashboard.