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Close BugHerd tasks and ServiceNow incidents in step
For IT teams who want drifted BugHerd tasks and ServiceNow incidents brought back in line, with their approval, just by asking their AI assistant.
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Connector
Connect BugHerd, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Closing tasks and incidents in step is slow by hand
Linked BugHerd tasks and ServiceNow incidents drift apart: the site is fixed while the incident stays open, or the reverse. Closing each one means opening both records and writing close notes, pair by pair.
Without PopdockAI
- Open both records for each linked pair
- Write a close note on the incident
- Comment on the BugHerd task
- Repeat for every pair by hand
With PopdockAI
- Pairs where one side is finished are found
- Incidents are resolved with a close note, or tasks marked done
- You choose which side to update and approve each row
- Priority, impact, urgency and assignment are never changed
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** For the BugHerd project `{project-name}`, bring linked tasks and incidents into step, updating `{direction}` (default servicenow).
How the two systems are linked: a BugHerd task created from an incident carries the incident number (INC...) in its external-id. An incident escalated from BugHerd starts its short-description with "[BugHerd <project name> #<task number>]".
**Step 1: Find the drifted pairs**
Call `bugherd-get-projects` with `name.contains` set to `{project-name}`. If nothing matches, say so and stop. If several match, list their names and project-id values and ask which one; do not guess. Then follow the same reads as the reconcile job: `bugherd-get-tasks` and `bugherd-get-archived-tasks` with `project-id` (keep tasks whose external-id starts with INC), and `servicenow-get-incident` with `short-description.contains` set to "[BugHerd" plus the project name. Pair them and keep only pairs where one side is finished and the other is open.
**Step 2: Propose**
* Task finished, incident open (direction servicenow or both): resolve the incident with a close note "Fixed in BugHerd task #<task number>."
* Incident resolved, task open (direction bugherd or both): set the task's status to done and comment "ServiceNow incident <number> was resolved."
Show every proposed change in one table and ask which rows to apply.
**Step 3: Apply approved rows**
* For an incident: call `servicenow-update-incident` once with `sys-id`, `state` set to the resolved value from its list, `close-code` and `close-notes`.
* For a task: call `bugherd-update-task` once with `project-id`, `task-id` and `status` set to done, then `bugherd-add-comment` once with the note.
**Step 4: Report**
What was changed on each side and anything that failed, with the error.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* Tools named bugherd-... are on the bugherd MCP server; tools named servicenow-... are on the servicenow MCP server. If either set of tools is missing, say which server is not connected and stop.
* The only write tools this prompt may call are `servicenow-update-incident`, `bugherd-update-task` and `bugherd-add-comment`, and only for rows the user approved.
* Never reopen anything, and never change priority, impact, urgency or assignment.
**Validation:**
* If nothing has drifted, say so and stop.
* If an update fails, report it and carry on with the other rows.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Service desk analysts
Resolve incidents once the fix is live
Close incidents with a note as soon as the web team finishes the task.
Resolve the ServiceNow incidents whose Contoso Portal BugHerd task is finished. Show me first.
Web team leads
Clear tasks the desk resolved
Mark tasks done when the incident is resolved, with a comment for the record.
Sync the Fabrikam Shop BugHerd project with ServiceNow and update BugHerd only.
IT operations managers
Keep both queues accurate
Approve a batch of closures in one table instead of working through pairs.
Sync the Northwind Traders site BugHerd project with ServiceNow and update both sides.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You name the BugHerd project and which side to update, and your AI assistant proposes the changes. Only the rows you approve are applied.
01
Ask
You name the BugHerd project and which side to update.
02
Find
It pairs linked tasks and incidents and keeps those where only one side is finished.
03
Approve
You see every proposed change in one table and pick the rows to apply.
04
Apply
It resolves incidents or closes tasks with a note, then reports the result.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for BugHerd and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
bugherd-get-projects
bugherd-get-tasks
bugherd-get-archived-tasks
servicenow-get-incident
servicenow-update-incident
bugherd-update-task
bugherd-add-comment
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
Tasks and incidents closed in step
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