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The agent
The system

Make ServiceNow Now Assist act in Workday — safely

Now Assist identifies what needs to happen in Workday; Upware carries out the action — approved, attributed, and audited — without a fragile point-to-point integration.

Governed by policy & RBAC Full audit trail Outbound-only on-prem bridge No rip-and-replace
The gap

ServiceNow Now Assist stops at the Workday boundary

Now Assist orchestrates inside ServiceNow well, but fulfilling a request usually means acting in HR, finance, or CRM systems it can only reach through brittle integrations.

Three ways to close it

Only one is governed

ServiceNow Now Assist alone
Acts in WorkdayNo
Governedn/a
Auditedn/a
Custom API glue
Acts in WorkdaySort of
GovernedYou build it
AuditedYou build it
ServiceNow Now Assist + Upware
Acts in WorkdayYes
GovernedPolicy + RBAC
AuditedEvery action
In practice

From HR ticket to Workday record, governed

A manager submits a job-change request through ServiceNow. Now Assist reads the ticket, confirms approvals are in order, and surfaces the structured action. Upware's on-prem bridge then logs into Workday exactly as the learned workflow dictates — updating the worker's position, compensation tier, and org node deterministically, field by field. Every step is tied to the originating ticket, attributed to the approving manager, and written to the audit trail before the record closes. No custom connector, no shared credentials handed between systems.

The harness

AI to learn. Deterministic to execute.

Upware learns the process once and encodes it as a mostly-deterministic workflow: system interactions replay exactly, and any LLM steps are wrapped in policy, verification, and audit — so execution stays governed and drift-proof.

O
Observe & Learn
Records the real workflow once, across every system it touches.
G
Generate
Builds the API, data flow, and logic automatically — no integration project.
E
Encapsulate
Wraps it as a governed AI skill over secure MCP or API.
R
Run
Executes deterministically — RBAC, audit, and scale built in.
FAQ

Common questions

We already have a ServiceNow–Workday integration. Why would we need Upware?
Existing integrations typically cover a fixed set of read operations and simple writes. When Now Assist needs to trigger a multi-step HR business process — say, a position reclassification that touches org data, payroll bands, and downstream finance — those integrations break or require expensive custom development. Upware learns the full process once by recording the desktop workflow, then replays it deterministically with RBAC and a complete audit trail attached, so Now Assist can act on a much wider range of Workday processes without custom code.
Workday holds PII and payroll data. How does Upware handle compliance?
Upware's bridge runs on-premises inside your network perimeter using outbound-only connectivity, so sensitive data never transits to an external cloud. Every action is policy-driven: role-based access controls govern which agents can initiate which Workday processes, and every execution produces an attributed, timestamped audit record. This gives your compliance and legal teams a clear chain of custody for every change to worker, payroll, or compensation data.
Does Upware use AI at runtime, or is it purely scripted execution?
Both, depending on the step. Upware uses AI during the learning phase to map the workflow, and it can invoke LLM reasoning in bounded, policy-wrapped steps at runtime when judgment is needed. The system interactions themselves — logging into Workday, filling fields, triggering business processes — replay deterministically from what was learned. This means you get the adaptability of AI where it adds value and the reliability of deterministic execution where accuracy and auditability are non-negotiable.

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See a governed action go from recorded workflow to live in days.

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