# service-email-to-case-configure

Configures Salesforce Email-to-Case headlessly via the Metadata API and prepares the foundation for Agentforce agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 701 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-email-to-case-configure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/service-email-to-case-configure

## What it does

The skill writes a `CaseSettings` definition and applies `emailToCase` settings using `scripts/apply-casesettings.py`. Updates run in two phases: Phase A deploys the base toggles and Support Settings, then Phase B applies routing addresses like `EmailToCase`, `Outlook`, or `GmailOAuth`. A single-step deployment fails on a fresh org because On-Demand mode must be active before any routing address can bind.

When integrating Agentforce, the skill probes read-only org capabilities via `scripts/check-agent-email-capability.sh`. If `BotEmailDefinition` is absent (exit code 3), it halts agent wiring and leaves only standard email handling in place. If entitled, it delegates agent build steps to `agentforce-generate` and channel binding to `service-agentforce-channel-configure`.

The setup requires `sf` CLI 2.0.0 or higher and `python3` 3.9+. The script uses existing CLI authentication sessions and halts before changing any production org unless you supply `--confirm-production`. It does not support `E2cEasy` routing addresses, which Salesforce restricts to the interactive Easy Setup wizard.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-email-to-case-configure -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-email-to-case-configure -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-email-to-case-configure -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills service-email-to-case-configure
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/service-email-to-case-configure/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-email-to-case-configure -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/service-email-to-case-configure
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-email-to-case-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/service-email-to-case-configure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Enable Email-to-Case headlessly using the Metadata API
- Deploy routing addresses without logging into Setup UI
- Check org entitlement for Agentforce on email channels
- Safeguard production orgs against unintended metadata deploys

## Example prompts
- Configure Email-to-Case for org alias dev-sandbox with a support routing address
- Set up On-Demand Email-to-Case and add a routing address for customer tier 1
- Prepare Email-to-Case base settings and check Agentforce readiness for target org

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

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---
name: service-email-to-case-configure
description: "Use to configure Salesforce Email-to-Case headlessly via the Metadata API. Reads CaseSettings, applies the emailToCase config with updateMetadata, and verifies by re-reading. Also the entry point for attaching an Agentforce agent to Email-to-Case: configures the E2C base, then delegates agent creation and channel wiring. TRIGGER on set up/configure Email-to-Case, enable E2C routing addresses, add a routing address, or E2C with an Agentforce agent. DO NOT TRIGGER for the interactive Easy Setup wizard, On-Demand E2C only, general Case/web-to-case setup, or an agent with no E2C involved."
metadata:
  version: "1.1"
  domains: ["Service", "Agentforce"]
  minApiVersion: "67.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "agentforce-generate"
    - "service-agentforce-channel-configure"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["python3"]
      semver: ">=3.9"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
  accessCheck: "(OrgPermissions.HasEmailToCase) && (UserPermissions.CustomizeApplication)"
---

# Configure Email-to-Case (Metadata API)

Configure Salesforce Email-to-Case entirely through the Metadata API (no Setup UI), for headless org configuration. The skill builds a `CaseSettings` source file for the desired `emailToCase` state, then applies it with `scripts/apply-casesettings.py`, which runs `updateMetadata` in **two phases** — the full `emailToCase` block + Support Settings (Phase A), then routing addresses (Phase B) — and verifies by re-reading. Two phases because a single deploy **fails on a fresh org**: On-Demand must be live before an address binds (see Rules / Constraints).

## Scope

- **In scope**: Enabling Email-to-Case org-wide and setting its toggles (full field lists in Required Inputs and step 4); creating `EmailToCase`, `Outlook`, and `GmailOAuth` routing addresses; applying the change to an sf-CLI-authenticated org via `apply-casesettings.py`; verifying by re-reading.
- **Out of scope**:
  - **`E2cEasy` routing addresses** — created only through the Service Easy Setup wizard, not the Metadata API; route the user there.
  - Authenticating the org — the user authenticates out-of-band (e.g. `sf org login web`); the script reuses that session and never handles passwords or tokens.
  - Case object schema, layouts, assignment rules, or Web-to-Case.

---
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