# integration-eventing-subscription-configure

Create, inspect, change, or remove Salesforce ManagedEventSubscription metadata. Use it to configure event replay and subscription state.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5100 installs · ★ 1112
- Author: forcedotcom
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/integration-eventing-subscription-configure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/integration-eventing-subscription-configure

## What it does

This skill handles `ManagedEventSubscription` metadata in Salesforce. For a new subscription, it builds `managedEventSubscriptions/<DeveloperName>.managedEventSubscription-meta.xml`; when editing, it preserves fields outside the requested changes. For removal, it provides steps for deleting the file and deploying a destructive change.

The event channel must already exist in the org before you create a subscription. This skill does not create that channel, and it does not deploy metadata to the org. Replay values are `LATEST` or `EARLIEST`, while the subscription state is `RUN` or `STOP`. Install it in Claude Code with `npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -a claude-code`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills integration-eventing-subscription-configure
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/integration-eventing-subscription-configure/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/integration-eventing-subscription-configure
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-subscription-configure -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/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/integration-eventing-subscription-configure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create metadata for a subscription to an event channel
- inspect a subscription using its DeveloperName or Id
- change selected fields while retaining the rest
- prepare removal steps and a destructive deployment
- set replay behavior and subscription state

## Example prompts
- Create a ManagedEventSubscription for an existing event channel and prepare its XML file.
- Show the current XML for the subscription with DeveloperName `OrderEventsSubscriber`.
- Set the subscription with Id `SUBSCRIPTION_ID` to `STOP` and prepare removal instructions.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: integration-eventing-subscription-configure
description: "Create, read, update, and delete ManagedEventSubscription metadata in Salesforce. Use this skill for any work involving managed event subscriptions, platform event subscriptions, event channel subscribers, or .managedEventSubscription-meta.xml files. TRIGGER when: user asks to subscribe to a platform event, create a managed subscription, set up event replay, configure an event channel subscriber, update replay preset, activate or deactivate a subscription, delete a subscription, or manage ManagedEventSubscription metadata. SKIP when: user needs to create the platform event channel itself (use platform-custom-object-generate skill) or needs Flow-based event subscriptions (use automation-flow-generate skill)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Integration"]
  minApiVersion: "60.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "automation-flow-generate"
    - "platform-custom-object-generate"
    - "platform-metadata-deploy"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# Managing ManagedEventSubscription

Create, read, update, and delete `ManagedEventSubscription` metadata — the Salesforce construct for durably subscribing to platform event channels with managed replay tracking.

## Scope

- **In scope**: Generating and modifying `.managedEventSubscription-meta.xml` files for create, read, update, and delete operations
- **Out of scope**: Creating the underlying platform event (`__e`) channel itself; Flow-based or Apex-based event subscriptions; deploying metadata to an org
- **Only generate one file** — the `.managedEventSubscription-meta.xml` file. Do NOT generate the referenced platform event object or any other metadata type.

---

## Clarifying Questions

Before generating, confirm if not already clear:

- What is the **topic name**? (see format table in `references/topic-name-formats.md`)
- What is the **developer name**? (required for Create — alphanumeric and underscores only, no spaces; optional for Read/Update/Delete if `Id` is known)
- What is the **label** (human-readable name)?
- What **default replay** preset — `LATEST` (default) or `EARLIEST`?
- What **error recovery replay** preset — `LATEST` (default) or `EARLIEST`?
- What should the initial **state** be — `RUN` (active) or `STOP` (inactive)? (default: `RUN`)

---

## Required Inputs

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