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Catch ServiceNow escalations that stalled in Jira
For IT teams who want escalated incidents and problems kept in step across ServiceNow and Jira, by asking their AI assistant.
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Connector
Connect Jira, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Escalations go quiet between ServiceNow and Jira
Once an incident or problem is escalated from ServiceNow to Jira, nobody watches the pair. Jira issues go quiet while the record stays open, or one side closes and the other is forgotten.
Without PopdockAI
- Find Jira issues that mention a ServiceNow number
- Open each record in ServiceNow
- Compare states and last updates
- Miss pairs closed on one side only
With PopdockAI
- Jira issues carrying a ServiceNow number are found
- Each ServiceNow record is read and the pair classified
- Stale issues show their latest comment and author
- Missing records are reported, and nothing is changed
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Find ServiceNow incidents and problems escalated to Jira whose Jira issue has not been updated in `{stale-days}` days (default 14), or where one side is finished and the other is not, optionally limited to Jira project `{project-key}` and ServiceNow assignment group `{assignment-group}`. Read only.
**Step 1: Find the Jira issues that carry a ServiceNow number**
The link between the two systems is the ServiceNow number in the Jira summary, written as `[INC0010023]` or `[PRB0040012]`. Call `jira-get-issue` twice, once with `summary.contains` set to INC and once with PRB, filtered by `project-key` when `{project-key}` is given. Keep only issues whose summary actually contains a number of the form INC or PRB followed by digits, and extract that number.
**Step 2: Read each ServiceNow record**
For each extracted number, call `servicenow-get-incident` (INC) or `servicenow-get-problem` (PRB) filtered by `number`, and by `assignment-group` when `{assignment-group}` is given. If the record is not found, report the Jira issue as pointing at a ServiceNow record that does not exist (or is outside the group) and continue.
**Step 3: Classify**
For each pair, put it in at most one bucket:
* **Stale:** the ServiceNow record is open (not Resolved, Closed or Canceled) and the Jira issue's `updated-date` is more than `{stale-days}` days ago (default 14) and its status is not Done.
* **Jira done, ServiceNow open:** the Jira status is Done (or another resolved status) and the ServiceNow record is still open.
* **ServiceNow closed, Jira open:** the ServiceNow record is Resolved, Closed or Canceled and the Jira issue is still open.
For stale issues, call `jira-get-issue-comment` for the issue (pass the issue key as `issue-id`) to read the latest comment and its author.
**Step 4: Report**
One table per bucket: ServiceNow number, priority, state, assignment group; Jira key, status, assignee, days since update; and for stale issues the latest comment date and author. End with a count per bucket and the oldest stale pair.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* `servicenow-get-incident` and `servicenow-get-problem` are on the servicenow server. `jira-get-issue` and `jira-get-issue-comment` are on the jira server.
* This prompt is read only. Do not call `servicenow-update-incident`, `servicenow-update-problem`, `jira-update-issue`, `jira-add-issue-comment` or `jira-assign-issue`.
**Validation:**
* If no Jira issue carries a ServiceNow number, say that no escalations were found and stop.
* If `jira-get-issue-comment` rejects the key as `issue-id`, read the numeric id with `jira-get-issue-watcher` filtered by `issue-key`; if that also finds nothing, report the comment as unavailable and continue.
* If one Jira issue mentions several ServiceNow numbers, check each one.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Service desk managers
Chase stalled escalations
See which escalated records have a Jira issue that has gone quiet, with the latest comment.
Which Jira issues escalated from ServiceNow have had no update in 10 days?
Problem managers
Close records finished in Jira
Find problems still open in ServiceNow whose Jira work is already done.
Which ServiceNow problems are still open while their Jira issue is done?
Engineering managers
Clean up issues closed in ServiceNow
See Jira issues still open after the ServiceNow record was closed.
List Jira issues in OPS that are open but whose ServiceNow incident is closed.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You give a number of days and your AI assistant checks every escalated pair across Jira and ServiceNow. You get stale and out of step pairs, and nothing is changed.
01
Ask
You give a number of days and optionally a Jira project and assignment group.
02
Find
It finds Jira issues that carry a ServiceNow number.
03
Read
It reads each ServiceNow record and classifies the pair.
04
Report
You get stale and out-of-step pairs with the latest comment, changing nothing.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for Jira and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
jira-get-issue
servicenow-get-incident
servicenow-get-problem
jira-get-issue-comment
jira-get-issue-watcher
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Stalled escalations caught and closed
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