# configuring-connections

Configures Celigo connections and shared iClient credentials for external APIs, databases, and cloud services.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 4
- Author: celigo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/celigo/ai/tree/HEAD/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/configuring-connections

## What it does

This skill instructs coding agents on creating and modifying Celigo connection objects and shared iClients. Every Celigo import or export requires an active connection before you can build steps. It defines authentication options and concurrency limits through `concurrencyLevel`. Supported targets include REST APIs, NetSuite, Salesforce, SQL engines, and cloud storage.

Account changes execute through Celigo MCP tools like `upsert_connection` or the `celigo` CLI. Masked credentials demand care. Full record updates must return every masked secret string untouched, or Celigo will overwrite stored tokens. GraphQL integrations carry a separate restriction. Overriding `http.relativeURI` fails because the GraphQL editor resets the target endpoint back to `/` on every save.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill configuring-connections -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/configuring-connections/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill configuring-connections -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill configuring-connections -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install celigo/ai configuring-connections
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill configuring-connections -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/celigo/ai --path skills/configuring-connections
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill configuring-connections -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/celigo/ai/tree/HEAD/skills/configuring-connections/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure authentication methods for external APIs in Celigo
- register an iClient credential store for OAuth or cloud roles
- set concurrencyLevel limits and connection borrowing
- troubleshoot offline connection status and expired credentials

## Example prompts
- Configure a new NetSuite connection using token-auto
- Set up an iClient credential store for a Salesforce OAuth app
- Diagnose why an HTTP connection is reporting an offline status

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: configuring-connections
description: Configure Celigo connections and iClients -- credential and configuration objects that authenticate to external systems. Use when creating or editing connections, choosing auth methods, setting up OAuth, managing iClients (shared credential stores), or troubleshooting connectivity.
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# Configuring Connections

A connection is a **credential and configuration object** that lets Celigo communicate with an external system. Every export and import references a connection via `_connectionId`. Connections must be created before the resources that use them.

Concerns when configuring a connection:

- **Authentication** -- choosing the right auth method (OAuth, token, basic, key-pair, certificate, etc.) and providing the correct credentials
- **Concurrency** -- how many parallel requests Celigo can make to the target system (`concurrencyLevel`). Can be shared across connections via `_borrowConcurrencyFromConnectionId`
- **Health monitoring** -- ping configuration to verify connectivity and detect credential expiration (`offline` status)
- **Pre-built connectors** -- HTTP connectors and trading partner connectors provide pre-configured auth, base URLs, and endpoint definitions for 550+ applications
- **Debug logging** -- temporary debug mode to capture raw request/response data for troubleshooting
- **iClients** -- reusable credential stores shared across connections: an OAuth app registration (client ID/secret, scopes, token endpoints) or a cloud identity (AWS IAM role, Azure service principal, Google service account). See [iClients section](#iclients-shared-credential-stores) below.

Used across flows, APIs, and tools.

## How to Run the Steps

This skill names each step by what it reads or changes; the exact calls depend on how you reach the account. Read the one reference that matches your tools -- both follow the section and step names of this skill:

- **Celigo MCP tools** (`list_connections`, `upsert_connection`, `get_schema`, ...) -- [references/mcp.md](references/mcp.md)
- **The `celigo` CLI** -- [references/cli.md](references/cli.md)

Looking up connections, connectors, templates, and iClients only reads. Creating, updating, deleting, authorizing, registering a connection on an integration, and arming a debug window all write to the account -- do them when the user asked for the change. Diagnosing a connection only reads: when the user asks what's wrong or what to do about it, name the change and leave it to them. A single whitelisted field is a targeted change; anything else is a full-document update that sends every masked credential back exactly as read, which keeps the stored secrets, and never leaves one out -- see [Connection Operations](#connection-operations). An iClient's update works the same way -- see [iClient Operations](references/iclients.md#iclient-operations).

## Connection Types

| Target System | `type` | Schema | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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