# platform-sandbox-configure

Manages Salesforce sandboxes via Connect REST API. It handles inventory listing, license checks, creation, refreshes, activation, and deletion directly in the agent chat.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 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-sandbox-configure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/platform-sandbox-configure

## What it does

This skill manages Salesforce sandbox lifecycles using the Connect REST API at API version 66.0 or higher. It inspects sandbox inventory through `GET /sandbox/reports`, checks remaining license capacity, and queries specific environments by name or `07E` ID prefix. It also triggers sandbox creation across Developer, Developer Pro, Partial Copy, and Full types, or activates and discards completed refreshes.

Running operations requires Salesforce CLI (`sf` >= 2.0.0) and the `ManageSandboxes` user permission. The skill avoids SOQL for lifecycle state reads. Sandbox cloning is deliberately omitted because cloning relies on the Tooling API, while post-copy tasks are handed over to dedicated skills.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills platform-sandbox-configure
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/platform-sandbox-configure/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-sandbox-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/platform-sandbox-configure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check sandbox license usage and remaining capacity by type
- inspect sandbox status and configuration by name or `07E` ID
- activate or discard a completed sandbox refresh
- permanently delete a sandbox to free up licenses

## Example prompts
- sandbox help
- Show details for sandbox with ID 07E000000000001
- Check license usage and list all active sandboxes

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

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```text
---
name: platform-sandbox-configure
description: "MUST USE this skill for ANY sandbox request — including simply getting a sandbox's details, status, license type, or pending-activation state by name or ID. TRIGGER when the user: types \"sandbox -help\"/\"sandbox help\"; mentions a sandbox ID (07E prefix); asks to list or show sandboxes; asks for the details, status, license type, or config of a sandbox by name or ID; activates or discards a completed refresh; deletes a sandbox; verifies activation or deletion; creates or refreshes a sandbox. DO NOT TRIGGER when: the user wants to clone a sandbox."
metadata:
  version: "1.1"
  domains: ["Platform"]
  minApiVersion: "66.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "automation-sandbox-post-copy-config-generate"
    - "automation-sandbox-post-copy-configure"
  accessCheck: "UserPermissions.ManageSandboxes"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# Sandbox Lifecycle Management

Manage Salesforce sandbox environments through Connect REST API — list inventory, activate or discard completed refreshes, create and refresh sandboxes, and permanently delete sandboxes.

## When This Skill Owns the Task

Use `platform-sandbox-configure` when the work involves:
- Listing or retrieving all sandboxes (GET /sandbox/reports)
- Getting details or status of a specific sandbox by name or by ID (07E prefix)
- Checking license usage and remaining capacity by license type (GET /sandbox/licenses)
- Activating a sandbox after a refresh completes (applying the refresh)
- Discarding a completed refresh (keeping existing sandbox data unchanged)
- Permanently deleting a sandbox to free up licenses
- Verifying activation or deletion completed
- Creating a new sandbox (Developer, Developer Pro, Partial Copy, or Full)
- Refreshing an existing sandbox with latest production data

Delegate elsewhere when the user is:
- Cloning a sandbox → Tooling API (`SandboxInfo` sObject)
- Generating a post-copy automation JSON config from an SOP → `automation-sandbox-post-copy-config-generate`
- Applying/running a post-copy automation JSON config against a sandbox → `automation-sandbox-post-copy-configure`

---

## Help (Interactive Menu)

When the user types `sandbox -help` or `sandbox help`, respond with ONLY a text message showing the numbered operation list below. **Do NOT call any API or tool — just display this menu and wait for the user to reply with a number.**

The agent MUST respond with this exact markdown (not in a code block — render it directly as a bullet list):

**Sandbox Lifecycle Management**

**1. Inventory & Details**
- a. List all sandboxes — Names, types, statuses, IDs
- b. Get details (by name) — Status, license, config
- c. Get details (by ID) — Provide a 07E ID directly
- d. Check license usage — Available vs. used counts by license type

**2. Create & Refresh**
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