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Configure settings on an already-existing Enhanced `MessagingChannel` (any type — WhatsApp, Text/SMS, LINE, Apple, Facebook, EmbeddedMessaging), given its `{CHANNEL_ID}`. Covers five facets: consent (ConsentType + per-language keyword records), automated responses, messaging

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$ npx -y skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill service-de-channel-settings-configure --agent claude-code

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service-de-channel-settings-configure.SKILL.md
name: service-de-channel-settings-configure
description: "Configure settings on an already-existing Enhanced `MessagingChannel` (any type — WhatsApp, Text/SMS, LINE, Apple, Facebook, EmbeddedMessaging), given its `{CHANNEL_ID}`. Covers five facets: consent (ConsentType + per-language keyword records), automated responses, messaging keywords, session-inactivity timeouts, and pre-chat parameters. Consent + a matching language-keyword record are required for activation's readiness check. TRIGGER when setting or changing settings on a channel that already exists (opt-out keyword, consent type, double opt-in confirmation, initial/help auto-responses, OptIn/OptOut keywords, session-inactivity timeout) — typically between insertion/routing and activation, or on a live channel. DO NOT TRIGGER for creating a new channel (`service-de-channel-create`), deploying a MIAW/EmbeddedMessaging channel from metadata XML (`service-digital-engagement-channel-configure`), setting routing (`service-de-channel-routing-configure`), or activating a channel (`service-de-channel-activate`)."
metadata:
  version: "2.0"
  minApiVersion: "67.0"
  domains: ["Service"]
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "service-de-channel-activate"
    - "service-de-channel-create"
    - "service-de-channel-routing-configure"
    - "service-de-headless-channel-configure"
    - "service-digital-engagement-channel-configure"

Configuring Channel Settings

What this skill does

Configures settings on an **already-existing Enhanced `MessagingChannel`** (identified by `{CHANNEL_ID}`), for any message type. It groups five facets; you only run the ones the caller asks for.

| # | Facet | Write surface | Applies to | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **Consent** — `ConsentType` + `OptInPrompt`/`DoubleOptInPrompt` on the channel, plus per-language `MsgChannelLanguageKeyword` records | **Data/SObjects API** (`sf data update/create record`) | all Enhanced types | | 2 | **Automated responses** — `<automatedResponses>` (initial, agent-engaged/-ended, opt-in prompt/confirmation, help, opt-out, inactive/idle) | **Metadata API** deploy | all Enhanced types | | 3 | **Messaging keywords** — `<messagingKeywords>` (OptIn/OptOut/Help keyword groups per language) | **Metadata API** deploy | all Enhanced types | | 4 | **Session inactivity** — `endUserIdleTimeOut`, `endUserIdleAction`, `endInactiveSessionTimeOut`, `isAgentMessageResetInactivityEnabled` | **Metadata API** deploy | **MIAW-only** (reset-flag also Apple/Facebook) | | 5 | **Pre-chat parameters** — `<customParameters>` / `<standardParameters>` | **Metadata API** deploy | **MIAW pre-chat only** (rare) |

**This skill is mixed-surface.** Consent (facet 1) is written with the Data API on the live record. Facets 2–5 live only in the channel's **metadata** and are configured by retrieving the channel's `.messagingChannel-meta.xml`, editing it, and deploying it back. Verified live on sdb6 (2026-09): every Data/Connect/Tooling read of the facet-2–5 fields fails `INVALID_TYPE`/"No such column" — they are Metadata-API-only.

**Per-type applicability is verified, not assumed** (from a live retrieve of real channels of each type). Facets 2 and 3 are genuinely type-agnostic. Facet 4's four timeout fields appear **only on MIAW**; only `isAgentMessageResetInactivityEnabled` extends to Apple/Facebook, and SMS/WhatsApp/LINE carry no inactivity fields at all. Facet 5 appears only on MIAW channels that use pre-chat. Scope per-type accordingly — do **not** deploy a facet a type doesn't support.

When to use (TRIGGER)

Trigger this skill when the user wants to configure or change settings on a channel that **already exists**, e.g.:

  • "set the opt-out keyword / consent type on my WhatsApp channel"
  • "add a double opt-in confirmation to this messaging channel"
  • "configure the initial / agent-engaged / help auto-response on my Apple channel"
  • "add OptIn/OptOut/Help keywords to my Text channel"
  • "set the session inactivity timeout / idle action on my MIAW channel"
  • "change the auto-responses on channel 0MjXXXXXXXXXXXX"

**DO NOT TRIGGER — hand off instead:**

  • **Creating or deploying a new channel from a metadata XML file (MIAW / EmbeddedMessaging)** → `service-digital-engagement-channel-configure`. That skill *creates* an Embedded Messaging channel from XML; **this** skill only configures a channel that already exists (it needs a live `{CHANNEL_ID}`, prefix `0Mj`).
  • **Inserting a brand-new channel of any type** → `service-de-channel-create`.
  • **Setting routing / queue / SessionHandler** → `service-de-channel-routing-configure`.
  • **Flipping a channel live** → `service-de-channel-activate`.

Where this fits

Part of the Enhanced-channel headless pipeline: `service-de-channel-create` → `service-de-channel-routing-configure` → **this skill** → `service-de-channel-activate`. Activation's readiness check requires **both** routing and consent, so at minimum run facet 1 before activating. The `service-de-headless-channel-configure` orchestrator sequences the pipeline automatically; invoke this skill directly to configure settings on their own. For the MIAW-specific channel-*creation-from-XML* flow, see the sibling `service-digital-engagement-channel-configure`.

Reference File Index

| Reference file | Load when | | --- | --- | | `references/language-keywords.md` | Facet 1: creating/updating `MsgChannelLanguageKeyword` records — field list, CSV keyword semantics, create-vs-update, Unified-SMS help/custom rules. | | `references/channel-settings-facets.md` | Facets 2–5: the Metadata-API retrieve→edit→deploy flow, the full `<automatedResponses>` type/shape catalog (12 types, 2 content shapes), `<messagingKeywords>`, the inactivity fields, and per-type applicability. | | `references/gotchas.md` | Troubleshooting an unexpected result, or before modifying this skill. | | `references/worked-examples.md` | Reference runs of the ImplicitOptIn/ExplicitOptIn/DoubleOptI

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