# setup-zoom-websockets

This skill guides persistent Zoom event delivery over WebSockets instead of HTTP webhooks. Use it when connection behavior, latency, or deployment constraints call for a long-lived channel.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Zoom · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/zoom/skills/websockets/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/setup-zoom-websockets

## What it does

The skill lays out a Zoom WebSockets integration from app and event-subscription setup to connection handling. It covers authentication, heartbeats, reconnects with backoff, and clean shutdown. When a project supports both transports, events can be mapped to the same internal contract used by webhook handlers.

Its reference set includes connection and event guides plus a troubleshooting file. The workflow also adds observability around connection state, reconnect totals, event lag, and dropped messages. Debugging is split across token and auth issues, subscription settings, proxies, TLS interception, and reconnect loops.

The guide draws a clear boundary with regular webhooks: when webhook retries and delivery are sufficient, use `setup-zoom-webhooks` instead. That distinction matters before choosing a persistent connection.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill websockets -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill websockets -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins websockets
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/zoom/skills/websockets
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/zoom/skills/websockets/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure persistent Zoom event delivery
- subscribe an app to the required event stream
- handle authentication and heartbeat messages
- recover connections with backoff
- trace proxy, TLS, token, and reconnect failures

## Example prompts
- Set up Zoom WebSockets for the event stream used by this integration.
- Add authentication, heartbeat handling, reconnect backoff, and clean shutdown.
- Map WebSocket events to the webhook handler contract and track event lag.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: setup-zoom-websockets
description: Use when building Zoom WebSockets.
---

# Setup Zoom WebSockets

Use this skill when the integration needs persistent Zoom event delivery instead of HTTP webhook callbacks. If normal webhook retries and delivery are enough, prefer `setup-zoom-webhooks`.

## Workflow

1. Confirm WebSockets are justified by latency, firewall, connection model, or deployment constraints.
2. Configure the app and event subscriptions for the required event stream.
3. Implement connection setup, authentication, heartbeat, reconnect, backoff, and shutdown handling.
4. Normalize events into the same internal contract used by webhook handlers when both are supported.
5. Add observability for connection state, reconnect count, event lag, and dropped messages.
6. Debug by isolating token/auth problems, app subscription settings, network proxies, TLS interception, and reconnect loops.

## References

- Full preserved guide: [references/full-guide.md](references/full-guide.md)
- Connection: [references/connection.md](references/connection.md)
- Events: [references/events.md](references/events.md)
- Common issues: [troubleshooting/common-issues.md](troubleshooting/common-issues.md)
```
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