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MUST USE this skill for ANY sandbox request — including simply getting a sandbox's details, status, license type, or pending-activation state by name or ID. TRIGGER when the user: types \"sandbox -help\"/\"sandbox help\"; mentions a sandbox ID (07E prefix); asks to list or show

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$ npx -y skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-sandbox-configure --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/platform-sandbox-configure

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

MUST USE this skill for ANY sandbox request — including simply getting a sandbox's details, status, license type, or pending-activation state by name or ID. TRIGGER when the user: types \"sandbox -help\"/\"sandbox help\"; mentions a sandbox ID (07E prefix); asks to list or show

SKILL.md

platform-sandbox-configure.SKILL.md
name: platform-sandbox-configure
description: "MUST USE this skill for ANY sandbox request — including simply getting a sandbox's details, status, license type, or pending-activation state by name or ID. TRIGGER when the user: types \"sandbox -help\"/\"sandbox help\"; mentions a sandbox ID (07E prefix); asks to list or show sandboxes; asks for the details, status, license type, or config of a sandbox by name or ID; activates or discards a completed refresh; deletes a sandbox; verifies activation or deletion; creates or refreshes a sandbox. DO NOT TRIGGER when: the user wants to clone a sandbox."
metadata:
  version: "1.1"
  domains: ["Platform"]
  minApiVersion: "66.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "automation-sandbox-post-copy-config-generate"
    - "automation-sandbox-post-copy-configure"
  accessCheck:
    - type: "userPerm"
      value: "ManageSandboxes"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"

Sandbox Lifecycle Management

Manage Salesforce sandbox environments through Connect REST API — list inventory, activate or discard completed refreshes, create and refresh sandboxes, and permanently delete sandboxes.

When This Skill Owns the Task

Use `platform-sandbox-configure` when the work involves:

  • Listing or retrieving all sandboxes (GET /sandbox/reports)
  • Getting details or status of a specific sandbox by name or by ID (07E prefix)
  • Activating a sandbox after a refresh completes (applying the refresh)
  • Discarding a completed refresh (keeping existing sandbox data unchanged)
  • Permanently deleting a sandbox to free up licenses
  • Verifying activation or deletion completed
  • Creating a new sandbox (Developer, Developer Pro, Partial Copy, or Full)
  • Refreshing an existing sandbox with latest production data

Delegate elsewhere when the user is:

  • Cloning a sandbox → Tooling API (`SandboxInfo` sObject)
  • Generating a post-copy automation JSON config from an SOP → `automation-sandbox-post-copy-config-generate`
  • Applying/running a post-copy automation JSON config against a sandbox → `automation-sandbox-post-copy-configure`

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Help (Interactive Menu)

When the user types `sandbox -help` or `sandbox help`, respond with ONLY a text message showing the numbered operation list below. **Do NOT call any API or tool — just display this menu and wait for the user to reply with a number.**

The agent MUST respond with this exact markdown (not in a code block — render it directly as a bullet list):

**Sandbox Lifecycle Management**

**1. Inventory & Details**

  • a. List all sandboxes — Names, types, statuses, IDs
  • b. Get details (by name) — Status, license, config
  • c. Get details (by ID) — Provide a 07E ID directly

**2. Create & Refresh**

  • a. Create a new sandbox — Dev, Dev Pro, Partial, Full
  • b. Refresh a sandbox — Latest production data

**3. Activate, Discard & Delete**

  • a. Activate a sandbox — Apply a completed refresh
  • b. Discard a refresh — Reject, keep existing data
  • c. Delete a sandbox — Permanent removal

**4. Verify & Monitor**

  • a. Verify activation status — Check if activate completed
  • b. Verify deletion status — Check if delete completed

**5. Post-Copy Automation**

  • a. Create Post Copy Automation JSON Configs — Generate a config from an SOP
  • b. Run Post Copy Automation — Apply a config JSON to a sandbox

Reply with a code (e.g. "3a") or describe what you need.

**After the user replies, ask for the required input:**

| Selection | Follow-up question | |---|---| | 1a | No input needed — proceed immediately | | 1b | "What's the sandbox name?" | | 1c | "What's the sandbox ID? (starts with 07E)" | | 2a | "What name for the new sandbox, and what license type? (Developer, Developer_Pro, Partial_Copy, Full)" | | 2b | "Which sandbox do you want to refresh? Optionally, provide a new name and/or description." | | 3a | "Which sandbox? Provide a name or 07E ID." | | 3b | "Which sandbox? Provide a name or 07E ID." | | 3c | "Which sandbox? Provide a name or 07E ID." | | 4a | "Which sandbox did you activate? Provide a name or 07E ID." | | 4b | "Which sandbox did you delete? Provide a name or 07E ID." | | 5a | "Delegating to the post-copy config generator — please share the SOP (file, text, or screenshot)." | | 5b | "Delegating to the post-copy config runner — please share the config JSON file and the target sandbox." |

Execute the corresponding operation from the Operations section below. **Exception: 5a and 5b delegate to a different skill instead of an in-skill operation:**

  • 5a → Invoke the `automation-sandbox-post-copy-config-generate` skill.
  • 5b → Invoke the `automation-sandbox-post-copy-configure` skill.

This skill does not implement post-copy automation itself — it only routes to the two skills above. Do not attempt to generate or apply a post-copy config directly from this skill.

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API Base

**CRITICAL:** For sandbox operations in this skill, use the Connect REST API. Two discovery paths exist:

  • **By name:** Call `GET /sandbox/reports` to list all sandboxes and find the matching one by `sandboxName`.
  • **By ID (07E prefix):** Call `GET /sandbox/sandboxes/{sandboxId}` directly — do NOT call `/sandbox/reports`.

Both paths return sandbox records with `sandboxId` (prefix `07E`) which is required for all lifecycle mutation operations.

# List all sandboxes (Connect REST API)
sf api request rest "/services/data/v66.0/sandbox/reports" --method GET

# Response format:
# {
#   "count": 3,
#   "sandboxes": [
#     {
#       "sandbox": {
#         "sandboxId": "07E...",        # Required for all operations
#         "sandboxName": "mybox",       # Top-level field — use this for name lookup
#         "license": "Developer",
#         "isPendingActivation": false,
#         "canActivate": true,
#         "canDelete": true,
#         ...
#       }
#     }
#   ]
# }

**IMPORTANT:** Do NOT use Tooling API (`SandboxInfo` or `SandboxProcess`) for sandbox discovery. The mutation endpoints (activate/discard/delete) require the `sandboxId` (07E prefix

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