Integration Eventing Cdc Configure

This handles the metadata dance for Salesforce Change Data Capture: generating PlatformEventChannelMember files to subscribe objects to CDC, creating custom event channels, and wiring up enrichment fields and filter expressions. The tricky bit is the naming conventions, which differ between filenames (single underscore) and XML body values (double underscore for custom objects), and the skill walks you through that maze so your deploys don't fail with cryptic channel name errors. Use it when you need downstream systems to receive real-time Salesforce data changes without polling. It won't help with publishing custom platform events or Pub/Sub API setup, those are different animals entirely.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill integration-eventing-cdc-configure --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Managing Change Data Capture Enablement

Generate the metadata that subscribes Salesforce objects to Change Data Capture: PlatformEventChannelMember files for the default ChangeEvents channel or a custom channel, and PlatformEventChannel files for new custom channels. Covers enrichment fields, filter expressions, and the canonical naming and value formats that the Metadata API actually accepts (which differ from values that appear in many internal test fixtures and code-search hits).

Scope

In scope: Generating PlatformEventChannelMember and PlatformEventChannel metadata for CDC. Subscribing standard objects, custom objects, or both. Configuring enrichment fields. Configuring filter expressions. Defining custom data channels.
Out of scope: Publishing custom platform events (PE) — that's a different metadata type (PlatformEvent). Pub/Sub API or external Kafka/Bayeux configuration. Pricing/limits guidance — refer the user to the CDC Developer Guide. Programmatic event-bus subscribers in Apex.