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title: Connect Purple Suite, review ToolSmith's build | Build EmployeeWorks plugins with ToolSmith (Part 6)
date: 2026-11-10
abstract: With the plan approved, ToolSmith starts building, and the first thing it needs is a connection to PurpleSuite. The sixth video in the Build EmployeeWorks plugins with ToolSmith series enters the API key and instance ID in a secure configuration form (never in chat), follows a failed test through to an updated plan, then checks what ToolSmith created against that plan.
tags: ServiceNow, EmployeeWorks, ToolSmith, Tool Studio, PurpleSuite, AI, Agentic AI, Developer Experience
author: Chris Reddington
canonical_url: https://chrisreddington.com/video/connect-purple-suite-review-toolsmiths-build/
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This is the sixth video in the Build EmployeeWorks plugins with ToolSmith series on the ServiceNow Dev Program channel. The video covers the following topics:

- Connecting to PurpleSuite when ToolSmith prompts for it, through a secure configuration form that ToolSmith has already mostly filled in
- Entering the API key and instance ID in that form, then selecting Save and Resume (credentials only ever go in the form, never directly in chat)
- ToolSmith building and testing the booking lookup from the plan
- A failed test, because the email ToolSmith used has no confirmed bookings, and how it asks for an email that does
- Approving the updated plan and seeing the test pass
- What ToolSmith created: a connector, two HTTP actions (the booking lookup and the cancellation), a booking type, a conversational process and the plugin
- Checking that the build matches the plan, ready to try it in the EmployeeWorks web app and confirm the result in Purple Expense

The full written series is on the [ServiceNow Community](https://www.servicenow.com/community/sn-employeeworks-blog/build-employeeworks-plugins-with-toolsmith/ba-p/3613461).