# platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate

Coordinates Lightning Type and HXL widget generation so a custom MCP server tool backed by an Apex Invocable Action renders as rich UI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2300 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/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate

## What it does

The skill fires only when the prompt explicitly involves rendering an MCP tool result — you mention an MCP server, a tool output schema, the outputValues envelope, or an invocable action behind the tool. It never authors content itself. Instead it loads leaf skills in dependency order and checkpoints between phases: response Lightning Type, then the envelope type, then the widget, then an inline `renderer.json` in the envelope.

The design uses two object-based Custom Lightning Types. One mirrors the invocable-action result envelope with `actionName`, `isSuccess` and `outputValues`; the other is the exact shape of the action's response class, with `@InvocableVariable` fields. Two are needed because a CLT cannot reference itself by name. The widget grounds on the flat response fields, and the default renderer bridges the nesting through `{!$attrs.outputValues.<field>}`.

You need `jq` 1.6.0 or newer and `sf` 2.0.0 or newer, with a minimum API version of 67.0. The namespace prefix comes from the org: `c__` when there is none, `<ns>__` in a packaged org. The beta renders a single response — the first element of the `content[]` array. If your task is really about an Apex-backed agent action output, this is the wrong route and you will end up wiring the wrong CLT kind.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate -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/platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- render an MCP tool result as rich UI instead of raw JSON
- bridge the invocable-action envelope to flat widget fields
- generate two Lightning Types in the right dependency order
- run blocking validation gates before reporting completion
- resolve the org namespace prefix for the CLT reference

## Example prompts
- Build a widget that renders the output of my MCP tool backed by an Apex invocable action
- Here is my MCP tool output schema — give me a rich UI rendition of the outputValues
- Generate the Lightning Type and HXL widget for my custom MCP server tool result

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

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---
name: platform-mcp-tool-widget-coordinate
description: "Orchestrate object-based Lightning Type + HXL widget generation to render the output of a custom MCP server tool backed by an Apex Invocable Action. TRIGGER only when the prompt EXPLICITLY involves rendering an MCP tool result: user says 'MCP server', 'MCP tool', 'custom MCP server', references a tool 'output schema' / 'tool output' / 'outputValues' envelope, names an 'invocable action' backing an MCP tool, or asks to build a widget or rich UI rendition for the output of an Apex-invocable-backed MCP tool. DO NOT TRIGGER when: customizing an Apex-backed agent action output (use platform-lightning-type-widget-coordinate), authoring only a Custom Lightning Type (use platform-custom-lightning-type-generate), authoring only an Apex class (use platform-apex-generate), or building a standalone widget with no Lightning Type or MCP tool involved (use platform-widget-generate)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Platform", "Agentforce"]
  minApiVersion: "67.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "platform-apex-generate"
    - "platform-custom-lightning-type-generate"
    - "platform-lightning-type-widget-coordinate"
    - "platform-widget-generate"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6.0"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# Rendering a Custom MCP Tool Output With a Widget

Coordinate **two object-based Custom Lightning Types (CLTs)** and an **HXL widget** to render the output of a custom MCP server tool whose implementation is an Apex `@InvocableMethod`. This skill never authors content directly — it loads and invokes leaf skills in dependency order, gates progress on user approval, and runs validation gates before reporting completion.

**Ownership boundary** — this skill owns only:

1. the **MCP-tool use case** — resolving the tool's output shape and orchestrating the leaf skills in the right order; and
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