service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure — Claude Code
Turns call recording and transcription for Native Voice (Thunderbird Voice) on or off through the Metadata API, with no Service Console clicks.
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a claude-codeWhat service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure does
The skill flips two booleans on ThunderbirdVoiceSettings: enableCallRecording and enableCallTranscription. Each one moves on its own, and a preference you did not name keeps its current value. It fits headless and API-driven support, where nobody sits in front of Setup to tick the box.
One script does the work: scripts/enable-recording-transcription.sh. It retrieves the current settings through the Settings container (member ThunderbirdVoice), checks the ThunderbirdVoice.orgHasNativeVoiceAllowed gate, sets only the named flags, validates with a dry-run deploy, deploys, then verifies by round-trip. State flags are --recording on|off and --transcription on|off; with none given it enables both. Add --dry-run to retrieve and validate without persisting.
You need sf 2.0.0 or newer and jq 1.6 or newer, plus an org the CLI is already authenticated to. The manifest version floor is 68.0 — below that the fields are not exposed and the deploy fails. Sibling booleans such as enableCallRecRedaction and enableSipRecording are left alone and echoed back in the preserved array, so you can show that nothing else moved. Redacting PII from existing recordings, transcribing a supplied audio file, and authoring Flow or Apex sit outside this skill.
What it helps with
- enable Native Voice call recording without clicking through Setup
- disable transcription while leaving recording on
- configure call capture for headless API sessions
- check current recording flags before deploying
- confirm sibling voice settings stayed untouched
Example prompts for the agent
- turn on call recording and transcription for Native Voice in org my-org
- disable transcription for Thunderbird Voice calls, leave recording as it is
- dry-run the recording configuration and show me what would change
How to install service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configureManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure
How do I install service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure in Claude?
Run npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure -a claude-code. The skill then lives at ~/.claude/skills/service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure/SKILL.md.
What does service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure do?
It sets enableCallRecording and enableCallTranscription on ThunderbirdVoiceSettings through the Metadata API. Either preference can be enabled or disabled independently, and an unnamed one keeps its value.
What do I need before running it?
An org authenticated with sf, sf 2.0.0 or newer, and jq 1.6 or newer. The manifest must be version 68.0 or higher, since the fields are not exposed below that.
Source text
SKILL.md · Apache-2.0
---
name: service-native-voice-recording-transcription-configure
description: "Configure (enable OR disable) call recording and call transcription for Native Voice (Thunderbird Voice) programmatically via the Metadata API, for headless / API-driven support where no human uses the Service Console UI. Either preference can be turned on or off independently. Use this skill when a user asks to turn on/off, enable/disable, or configure Native Voice recording and/or transcription for headless or automated voice calls. TRIGGER when: users mention Thunderbird Voice, Native Voice, ThunderbirdVoiceSettings, enableCallRecording, enableCallTranscription, 'enable recording and transcription', 'turn off call recording', 'disable transcription', 'turn on call recording via API', headless voice recording, or configuring voice-call capture without clicking through Setup. DO NOT TRIGGER when: the user wants to redact or scrub PII from existing recordings, transcribe a supplied audio file, or author a Flow/Apex — those are out of scope for this skill."
metadata:
version: "1.2"
domains: ["Service"]
minApiVersion: "68.0"
accessCheck: "ThunderbirdVoice.orgHasNativeVoiceAllowed"
cliTools:
- tool: ["jq"]
semver: ">=1.6"
- tool: ["sf"]
semver: ">=2.0.0"
---
# Configure Native Voice Recording & Transcription (headless)
Turn call **recording** and call **transcription** for Native Voice (Thunderbird
Voice) **on or off** on an org, programmatically, so the change takes effect for
headless / API-driven support sessions that never touch the Service Console UI.
Recording and transcription are **two separate preferences** — this skill can set
either or both to the requested state (leaving the other untouched) and returns a
structured JSON confirmation.
## Scope
- **In scope**: setting `enableCallRecording` and/or `enableCallTranscription` to a
requested state — **`true` (enable) or `false` (disable)** — on the
`ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` metadata via an sf CLI Metadata API deploy (the generic
`Settings` container, member `ThunderbirdVoice`); returning a JSON confirmation of
the resulting configuration. A preference the user does not name is left at its
current value.
- **Out of scope**: changing any other `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` boolean (e.g.
call-recording redaction, SIP recording) — siblings are read only to be preserved,
never set or reported; redacting/scrubbing PII from existing recordings or
transcripts; transcribing a supplied audio file; provisioning the Native Voice /
Thunderbird channel itself; authoring Flow, Apex, or permission sets. These are
outside this skill's scope — handle them separately.
---
## Required Inputs
Gather or infer before proceeding:
- **Target org** — an org alias or username the sf CLI is authenticated to. The deploy
uses this existing `sf` login; no session id or access token is requested. Default:
the org's default target. Confirm connectivity with `sf org display -o <alias>`.
- **Which preferences** — recording, transcription, or both. Default: **both**, since
headless capture typically needs recording *and* transcription. If the user named
just one, target only that one and leave the other at its current value.
- **Desired state** — enable (`on`/`true`) or disable (`off`/`false`) for each named
preference. Default: **enable**, unless the user asks to turn something off. Honor a
disable request literally — never re-enable a preference the user asked to turn off.
---
## Workflow
All steps are sequential. Do not skip or reorder. If blocked, stop and ask for the
missing org context.
1. **Confirm the two preferences are modeled separately.** Recording
(`enableCallRecording`) and transcription (`enableCallTranscription`) are distinct
booleans on the same metadata type — never collapse them into one combined flag.
The final confirmation must report each independently.
2. **Run the configure script.** Run
`scripts/enable-recording-transcription.sh --target-org <alias>` with the desired
state per preference: `--recording on|off` and/or `--transcription on|off`. With no
preference flags it defaults to turning **both on**. Examples: turn both off →
`--recording off --transcription off`; enable recording only →
`--recording on` (transcription left as-is); disable transcription only →
`--transcription off`. The script retrieves `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` (via the
`Settings` container), checks the org-perm gate, sets **only the named** flag(s) to
the requested value while preserving every other field, validates with a dry-run
deploy, deploys, and verifies by round-trip. Use `--dry-run` to retrieve + validate
without persisting. Run `scripts/enable-recording-transcription.sh --help` for all
options.
3. **For the Metadata API contract**, read `references/thunderbird-voice-settings.md` —
it documents the type, the two booleans, the `Settings`-container manifest, the
**v68.0+** version floor, and the retrieve-first gate check. The manifest template
the script generates is `assets/package.xml`.
> This uses the sf CLI Metadata API deploy, not a raw SOAP call. The member is the
> mdApiType **without** the `Settings` suffix (`ThunderbirdVoice`), and the manifest
> version MUST be **>= 68.0** — the fields are not exposed at any lower version.
4. **Change only the named target field(s), to the requested state.** The deployed
settings file sets exactly the preference(s) the user named — `enableCallRecording`
and/or `enableCallTranscription` — to the requested value (`true` to enable, `false`
to disable); every other `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` boolean, INCLUDING a target
preference the user did not name, keeps its retrieved value. Do not add or flip
other booleans, and never coerce a disable request back to `true` — they are out of
this skill's scope or contrary to the request.
5. **Return the confirmation JSON.** Emit a single JSON object matching
`assets/confirmation-output.json`: the metadata `type` and `fullName`, that it was
applied via a headless/API deploy, and — for **each** of the two preferences
separately — its field name and its resulting enabled state (`true`/`false`, as it
now stands after the deploy, whether it was changed or left as-is), plus an overall
`status` (`ENABLED`, `DISABLED`, or `CONFIGURED`). It also
includes a **`preserved`** array echoing every sibling boolean (e.g.
`enableCallRecRedaction`, `enableSipRecording`) with the value it was retrieved
with — this attests the siblings were carried through **unchanged**, which
compliance callers need as explicit "nothing else moved" assurance. Reporting a
sibling's value is NOT changing it. On a successful run the script prints this
object on stdout; surface it verbatim as the deliverable — do not strip the
`preserved` block.
---
## Rules / Constraints
| Constraint | Rationale |
|-----------|-----------|
| Model recording and transcription as two separate preferences | They are distinct booleans (`enableCallRecording`, `enableCallTranscription`); collapsing them loses the ability to enable one without the other and fails the output contract. |
| Deploy through the generic `Settings` container with member `ThunderbirdVoice` | `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` is not a retrievable top-level type name; the `Settings` container (member = mdApiType minus the `Settings` suffix) is the sf CLI path and uses the org's `sf` login — no session id. |
| Manifest version must be >= 68.0 | `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` fields are only exposed at API v68.0+; below that the retrieve returns the type empty/absent. |
| Retrieve before deploy; preserve all sibling fields | The deploy is a full-file replace — starting from the retrieved file keeps other prefs intact and lets the gate be checked. |
| Report the preserved siblings in a `preserved` block, but never change them | Compliance callers need explicit "nothing else moved" assurance; the confirmation echoes each sibling's retrieved value unchanged. Echoing a value is not setting it — the deployed file changes only the named target field(s). |
| Honor the requested state literally — enable means `true`, disable means `false` | A disable request that silently re-enables the preference (or reports success while leaving it on) is a correctness failure; set exactly what was asked and report the value the org actually returns. |
| Verify by round-trip before reporting the status | A "Succeeded" deploy is not proof; only report the resulting state after a re-retrieve returns each named preference at its requested value. |
| Output must be a single valid JSON object | The confirmation is consumed programmatically by headless callers; prose-only answers are not usable. |
| Do not include a session id, access token, phone number, recording URL, or transcript content in the output | These are secrets / PII; the confirmation reports configuration state only. |
---
## Gotchas
| Issue | Resolution |
|-------|------------|
| `Property 'enableCallRecording' not valid in version <N>` / `Settings type 'ThunderbirdVoice' is unknown` | **API version too low.** The fields are only exposed at v68.0+. Raise `--api-version` to 68.0 or higher — this is NOT a feature gate. |
| Retrieve returns an empty `<ThunderbirdVoiceSettings/>` (no fields) | Org-perm gate `orgHasNativeVoiceAllowed` is off — Native Voice is not provisioned. Enable via provisioning/Blacktab; metadata cannot flip an unprovisioned feature. |
| Trying to retrieve `ThunderbirdVoiceSettings` as the type name | Use the `Settings` container with member `ThunderbirdVoice` (mdApiType minus the `Settings` suffix); the full type name is not a retrievable member. |
| Collapsing both prefs into one toggle (e.g. `recordingAndTranscription: true`) | Keep two distinct entries in both the deployed file and the confirmation JSON. |
| Deploying a partial settings file | Start from the retrieved file so sibling prefs keep their values; a partial file can reset them. |
| Missing `jq` / `sf` | The script depends on them; install or run in an environment that has them (declared in `metadata.cliTools`). |
---
## Output Expectations
Deliverables:
- A single JSON confirmation object on stdout, shaped per `assets/confirmation-output.json`
— the metadata target, the headless/API deploy path, each of the two preferences
reported separately with its enabled state, a `preserved` array echoing every
sibling boolean (unchanged) so callers can confirm nothing else moved, and an
overall `status`.
No files are written to the org's source tree — the script works in a temporary SFDX
project and reports the result.
---
## Reference File Index
| File | When to read |
|------|-------------|
| `scripts/enable-recording-transcription.sh` | Step 2 — run to retrieve → set named field(s) → validate → deploy → verify (supports `--recording on\|off`, `--transcription on\|off`, `--dry-run`, `--api-version`, `--help`; defaults to both on). |
| `references/thunderbird-voice-settings.md` | Step 3 — for the metadata type, the two booleans, the `Settings` manifest, the v68.0+ floor, and the gate check. |
| `assets/package.xml` | Step 3 — the Metadata API manifest template the script generates; read to understand or hand-build the retrieve/deploy. |
| `assets/confirmation-output.json` | Step 5 — the exact shape of the JSON confirmation to return. |
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