# service-de-channel-activate

Turns an already-inserted Enhanced channel (WhatsApp, Apple, Facebook, SMS, RCS) live with a single PATCH to a Salesforce REST endpoint.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 644 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/service-de-channel-activate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/service-de-channel-activate

## What it does

The skill takes `{CHANNEL_ID}`, reads the channel's `MessagingChannelUsage.Id`, then sends `PATCH /services/data/v{V}/sobjects/MessagingChannelUsage/{MCU_ID}` with the body `{"DeploymentStatus":"Provisioning"}`. Server-side, a validator checks that the channel is ready for provisioning, the save-hook registers a post-commit observer, and that observer switches on `MessageType` to pick the external callout. `WHATS_APP` goes to Meta `/register`, `FACEBOOK` to `subscribeFacebookPage`, `TEXT` to `registerCsotSms`. Apple and LINE skip the callout entirely.

The PATCH is synchronous end to end. A 204 comes back only once the whole chain has finished, which for WhatsApp means waiting on Meta — roughly 15-21 seconds. Channels with no external call return in about a second. On success the server writes `DeploymentStatus = 'Active'` and flips `MessagingChannel.IsActive`; on failure it writes `Error` along with `ErrorReason` and `ErrorDetails`.

The channel has to exist already, with `SessionHandlerId` or `FallbackQueueId` filled in. Leave both empty and the PATCH answers 400 `FIELD_INTEGRITY_EXCEPTION`, so run `service-de-channel-routing-configure` first. Re-running it against a live channel does nothing useful: the validator rejects `Active → Provisioning`, and the skill reports `noop:true`. For setup from scratch, use `service-de-headless-channel-configure` instead. You need `sf` CLI, `node` and `jq` on hand.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-activate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-activate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-activate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills service-de-channel-activate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/service-de-channel-activate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-activate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/service-de-channel-activate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-activate -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/service-de-channel-activate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- activate a WhatsApp channel right after inserting the record, without opening a UI
- bring up Apple Business Chat or LINE with no external callout to wait on
- get a terminal `Active` or `Error` status inside one HTTP response
- check channel readiness before the write goes through
- detect an already-active channel and skip a pointless PATCH

## Example prompts
- Activate channel `0Mj...` with service-de-channel-activate
- Enable the WhatsApp Enhanced channel for `{CHANNEL_ID}` and report the final `deploymentStatus`
- Check whether the channel is active, and if not, move it to `Provisioning`

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

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name: service-de-channel-activate
description: "Activate an Enhanced `MessagingChannel` (WhatsApp/Apple/Facebook/SMS/RCS) by PATCHing `MessagingChannelUsage.DeploymentStatus` from `Disabled` to `Provisioning` via the REST sobject endpoint. The UDD save-hook dispatches by `MessageType` for the external callout (`WHATS_APP`→Meta `/register`, `FACEBOOK`→`subscribeFacebookPage`, `TEXT`→`registerCsotSms`; Apple/LINE need none), writes the terminal `Active`/`Error`, and flips `IsActive`. Synchronous on the HTTP response — WhatsApp returns 204 after Meta confirms (~15-21s); no-callout channels are near-instant. No Aura RPC, no CSRF cookies. Use to activate an already-inserted Enhanced channel headlessly via REST. Do not use for full end-to-end setup — use `service-de-headless-channel-configure`."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  minApiVersion: "67.0"
  domains: ["Service"]
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6.0"
    - tool: ["node"]
      semver: ">=20.0.0"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "service-de-channel-create"
    - "service-de-channel-routing-configure"
    - "service-de-channel-settings-configure"
    - "service-de-headless-channel-configure"
---

# Activating a Messaging Channel

## What this skill does

Given a `{CHANNEL_ID}`, reads the channel's `MessagingChannelUsage.Id`, then fires `PATCH /services/data/v{V}/sobjects/MessagingChannelUsage/{MCU_ID}` with body `{"DeploymentStatus":"Provisioning"}`. The server-side chain:

1. `MessagingChannelUsageFunctions.validateBeforeSave` runs `validateDeploymentStatus` → `validateChannelReadinessOnProvisioning`. For WhatsApp this confirms consent is configured. Rejected writes return HTTP 400 `FIELD_INTEGRITY_EXCEPTION`.
2. `MessagingChannelUsageFunctions.saveHook_PostStmtExecuteOnce` fires unconditionally after the UPDATE statement. It calls `MessagingChannelUsageFunctionsHelper.handlePostSave` which registers a post-commit `TransactionObserver`.
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