# platform-tracing-configure

Generates Event.settings-meta.xml with a single enablePlatformTracing flag, so you can start or stop TraceSpanEvent publishing in Event Monitoring.

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- 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-tracing-configure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

Point the skill at Salesforce and you get one metadata file: `settings/Event.settings-meta.xml` holding a single `enablePlatformTracing` boolean. That flag decides whether Event Monitoring puts out TraceSpanEvent at its sample rate. Nothing else is written into the XML. EventSettings carries many other fields, yet they belong to other teams, so adding them risks overwriting unrelated settings on the next deploy.

Mechanically the skill fills `assets/EventSettings-template.xml` with `true` or `false` and saves it under the name the source format expects for this type. Leave the namespace as `http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata`. Anything else breaks the deploy.

Two conditions come first. The org must have the `PlatformTracing` permission active, and that permission is provisioned rather than set through metadata. Deploy without it and the file lands while no spans are published. Tooling also has to be on API version 68.0 or higher, so `sourceApiVersion` in `sfdx-project.json` can't sit lower or the field is rejected.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- turn on TraceSpanEvent publishing for an org
- switch tracing off without touching other Event Monitoring settings
- produce a deployable `Event.settings-meta.xml` with the correct namespace
- track down missing spans after a deploy that reported success
- confirm the project is on API 68.0 before wiring anything up

## Example prompts
- Enable Platform Tracing: write `Event.settings-meta.xml` with `enablePlatformTracing` set to `true`.
- Stop publishing trace spans in Event Monitoring, keep everything else as it is.
- Generate the Event settings file for tracing and check `sourceApiVersion` in `sfdx-project.json`.

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

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---
name: platform-tracing-configure
description: "Generate EventSettings metadata to enable or disable Platform Tracing (TraceSpanEvent publishing) in Event Monitoring. Use this skill for any EventSettings enablePlatformTracing metadata work. TRIGGER when: user mentions Platform Tracing, TraceSpanEvent, enable tracing in Event Monitoring Settings, event monitoring tracing toggle, enablePlatformTracing, .settings-meta.xml for Event settings tracing, turn on trace span events, or stop publishing trace spans. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user wants Agentforce agent tracing to Data Cloud (use platform-tracing-agentforce-configure), wants Event Log Files or ELF generation, wants Change Data Capture (use integration-eventing-cdc-configure), or wants ManagedEventSubscription (use integration-eventing-subscription-configure)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Platform"]
  minApiVersion: "68.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "integration-eventing-cdc-configure"
    - "integration-eventing-subscription-configure"
    - "platform-tracing-agentforce-configure"
---

# Platform Tracing — Configure

Generate EventSettings metadata to enable or disable the Platform Tracing toggle, which controls whether TraceSpanEvent is published at a sample rate. This modifies a single field (`enablePlatformTracing`) within the existing EventSettings metadata type.

## Scope

- **In scope**: Generating `Event.settings-meta.xml` with the `enablePlatformTracing` field to enable or disable TraceSpanEvent publishing.
- **Out of scope**: Agentforce agent tracing to Data Cloud (use `platform-tracing-agentforce-configure`). Other EventSettings fields (`enableDeleteMonitoringData`, `enableLoginForensics`, etc.) owned by other teams. Event Log Files. Change Data Capture.

---

## Prerequisites

Before generating, inform the user of these requirements:

1. **`PlatformTracing` org permission** must be active — this permission gates the feature. It is provisioned (not settable via metadata). Without it, the setting deploys but TraceSpanEvent is not published.
2. **API version 68.0+** — `enablePlatformTracing` on EventSettings was introduced in Spring '25. Orgs or tooling on older API versions will not recognize the field. Update `sfdx-project.json` `sourceApiVersion` to `68.0` or higher if on an older tooling version.
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