SN-Skipera

Auto-complete ServiceNow NowLearning course videos via browser automation.

Opens your Firefox/Zen browser (with your existing Okta session), plays each course video to completion, and moves to the next item. Handles SSO re-authentication automatically.

What it does

• Videos — Detects <video-js> Brightcove players, seeks to the last 15 seconds, plays to end, waits 5s for server confirmation.
• Knowledge checks — Same video-based approach (these are also video items).
• Quizzes — If you provide a Gemini API key, the tool can answer quiz questions automatically via --gemini-key.
• Labs — Lab exercises are not automated (hands-on instance work). The tool skips non-video items gracefully.

Items are completed sequentially (prerequisite-locked items unlock automatically as earlier items finish).

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• Firefox (or Zen Browser, any Firefox-based browser)
• geckodriver — Download and place in your PATH
• An active Okta session in your browser profile — You must be logged into learning.servicenow.com via Okta in your browser before running the tool. The tool reuses your existing session; it does not handle login from scratch.

Install

From GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/YOUR_USER/sn-skipera.git

# Or with uv:
uv tool install git+https://github.com/YOUR_USER/sn-skipera.git

From source:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USER/sn-skipera.git
cd sn-skipera
uv tool install .

Usage

Quick start

sn-skipera "https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp/en/pages/learning-course?id=learning_course&course_id=..." --browser

1. Copy the full course URL from your browser's address bar.
2. Run the command above.
3. The tool opens your browser, navigates to the course, and starts completing items one by one.

Headless mode (no visible window)

sn-skipera "COURSE_URL" --browser --headless

Answer quizzes with Gemini

# Save your API key once:
sn-skipera --set-gemini-key

# Then run normally — quizzes are answered automatically:
sn-skipera "COURSE_URL" --browser

Or pass the key each time:

sn-skipera "COURSE_URL" --browser --gemini-key "YOUR_KEY"

Or set GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.

Specify a browser profile

sn-skipera "COURSE_URL" --browser --profile /path/to/profile

Or set SN_PROFILE_PATH environment variable.

Debug mode

sn-skipera "COURSE_URL" --browser --debug

Saves page source and state dumps to ~/.sn-skipera/ for troubleshooting.

Configuration

How it works

1. Launches Firefox/Zen with your browser profile (preserves Okta SSO session).
2. Loads the course page and extracts all items from the Angular scope.
3. For each incomplete item:
   • If it's a video: seeks to duration - 15s, plays muted to the end, waits 5s.
   • If it's a quiz and Gemini key is available: scrapes questions, calls Gemini API, clicks answers, submits.
   • Otherwise: skipped (labs, etc.).
4. Refreshes the course page to unlock subsequent items.
5. Repeats until all items are complete.

Limitations

• Labs are not automated. The tool skips lab items (they require hands-on interaction in a ServiceNow instance).
• Only works with ServiceNow NowLearning (learning.servicenow.com).
• You must be logged in via Okta before running. The tool reuses your existing session.
• Quiz support is experimental. Works best with multiple-choice and true/false questions.