Configuring ITSM Incident Management (master toggle)
Read and toggle the master Incident Management setting on a Salesforce ITSM org. This is the org-level switch that turns Incident Management on or off. Enabling it also brings up its sub-features on the server side, so a full enablement is a single operation on the master.
Writes are idempotent (skipped when the current status already matches the requested state), the skill always reads before it writes, and an explicit confirm-to-write checkpoint is required before any mutation.
What this skill controls
| Preference (Setup UI label) |
In scope |
| Incident Management enablement (master) |
Yes — read and toggle |
| Default Field Validations for Incidents, Auto Closure of Child Incidents, Email-to-Incident sub-toggles, Incident Priority Matrix, Problem/Change/Case Management, ITSM External Client App setup |
No |
For the exact URLs, wire shapes, and worked examples for the master read and write, see references/mcp-invocation.md.
Scope
- In scope: read and toggle the master Incident Management preference.
- Out of scope: Default Field Validations for Incidents (
IncidentValidationsEnabled); Incident Priority Matrix configuration; Auto Closure of Child Incidents and Email-to-Incident sub-toggles; Problem Management; Change Management; Case Management; ITSM External Client App setup; other ITSM prefs (IncidentTriageAgentEnabled, IncAssignWithAgentEnabled, AssignedGroupValidationEnabled); broadcast-channel prefs; creation or configuration of Incident, Problem, or ChangeRequest records.
Preconditions
Before the skill can call anything on headless-360, the target org and MCP client must be configured. If any of these are unmet, the tools will surface as 401, 403, or 404 on the first call; do not fabricate state — surface the raw error and stop.
- Server activated on the org: Setup → MCP Servers →
headless-360 → Activate. Activation can take up to ~2 minutes.
- External Client App wired: an ECA in the org with OAuth scopes
mcp_api and refresh_token, JWT-based access tokens enabled, PKCE required. ECA propagation can take up to 30 minutes.
- API v67.0+: required for the read and write routes this skill uses.
- MCP client registration: the client (adk-eval / Claude Code) has an
additionalServers.headless-360 entry pointing to the correct env URL (see references/mcp-invocation.md).
If any precondition fails, the tools return one of:
401 Unauthorized → ECA not propagated, wrong scopes, or expired token.
403 Forbidden → user lacks perm, or org missing IncidentMgmt.orgHasITSMOrgPermission.
404 Not Found → server not activated on the org.
Report the raw response verbatim rather than guessing which precondition failed.
Architecture — How configuration works
| Step |
What happens |
Tool |
| Preflight |
Confirm the target routes are reachable |
describe, dispatch_readonly |
| Read schema |
Fetch the request/response contract for the read and the write |
describe |
| Read current state |
Fetch the current status of the master preference |
dispatch_readonly |
| Decide operation |
View / enable / disable — inferred from the prompt |
— |
| Confirm-to-write |
Present (status: current → requested) and require explicit "yes" |
— |
| Apply change |
Enable or disable the master via the write route |
dispatch |
| Verify |
Re-read and compare against the requested state |
dispatch_readonly |
Idempotency: after the Phase-3 read, if the current state already matches the requested state, skip Phase 5 and treat the operation as a no-op. references/mcp-invocation.md documents the exact status field and match rule.
Read-only tool selection: use dispatch_readonly for the read. Use dispatch for the write. The server refuses mutating operations through dispatch_readonly.
Wire shape: dispatch and dispatch_readonly both take {"url": "/services/data/...", "method": "GET|POST|PATCH|...", "body"?: {...}, "query_params"?: {...}}. See references/mcp-invocation.md for the exact request/response shapes; call describe at runtime to confirm.
Clarifying Questions
Ask only what is not already in conversation context:
| Field |
Description |
Default |
| Requested direction |
Explicit enable / disable (or on / off) |
REQUIRED — no defaults; ask if the user only said "toggle" without a direction |
| Confirm write |
Explicit "yes" before any dispatch mutation |
REQUIRED — see Phase 4 |
If the user says "toggle" without specifying a direction, ask for the direction before Phase 4. Do not infer it from the current state.
Workflow
All steps run against the headless-360 MCP server; the tool namespace is mcp__headless-360__<tool-name>.
Phase 0 — Reuse what the session already knows
Each preflight read below carries a skip-if-already-known clause. Before calling any
read endpoint, check whether an earlier turn in this session already produced the same
fact from a successful tool response tied to the current org (a prior invocation of this
skill, a parent orchestrator's live read, or an earlier dispatch_readonly this run).
An explicit user statement is NOT a substitute for a live read of the master
preference — user assertions can be stale or mistaken, and this skill relies on the read
being the source of truth for the confirmation payload and the Phase-6 idempotency verify.
When the only source is a user statement, re-read.
describe of the master read/write routes — if the request/response schemas were
already fetched against the current org this session, skip Phase 1 and Phase 2 and
reuse the cached schema. describe output is stable within a session.
- Current master preference state — if the master
IncidentMgmtEnabled value for
the current org was already read this session via a successful dispatch_readonly
response (Phase 3 result from an earlier run of this skill, or a parent orchestrator
that already asked us to check), skip Phase 3 and reuse the recorded "before" value.
A user's verbal claim that the switch is on or off is not cache-eligible.
When in doubt, re-check. Skip only when the earlier fact is unambiguously in context
AND you have not switched orgs — the headless-360 MCP session binds to one org via the
JWT, so an org change is only possible if the session was re-authed mid-conversation. If
the user hints at a different org, or you cannot tell which org the earlier fact came
from, re-run the read. Note: any dispatch write elsewhere in the session that could
have flipped the master (this skill's Phase 5, or an admin change via another tool) also
invalidates the cache — re-read. A wrong skip on a live org write is worse than a
duplicated read.
Phase 1 — Preflight (discover / describe)
- (Skip if the operation schemas were already verified this session — see Phase 0.)
Call
describe on the read/write routes (or discover with a query like "ITSM incident management setup discovery" if the operation IDs are unknown). Confirm the operations exist and their argument schemas match references/mcp-invocation.md.
- If any tool call returns
401 / 403 / 404, halt and surface the raw error — the org or client is not configured correctly (see Preconditions).
Phase 2 — Load Schemas (describe)
- (Skip if the schema for each operation is already cached this session — see Phase 0.)
For each operation the invocation will use, call
describe and cache the returned request/response schema. Do not hard-code the argument shape from the reference doc — read it from describe; the docs are a working expectation, the runtime contract is whatever describe returns.
Phase 3 — Read Current State (dispatch_readonly)
(Skip if the current master state for this org was already read this session AND no
write has flipped it since — see Phase 0.)
Read the current state of the master preference using the read route documented in references/mcp-invocation.md. Record the value as the "before" state for the Phase-4 confirmation and the Phase-6 verify.
For a view-only request, stop after Phase 3 and go to Phase 7 to report.
Phase 4 — Decide Operation + Confirm-to-Write (REQUIRED for any write)
Decide the operation from the user's prompt (view / enable / disable). If the user said "toggle" without a direction, ask for the direction first.
Present the target payload via AskUserQuestion as (Master Incident Management: <current> → <requested>). Require an explicit "yes" before proceeding. Proceed to Phase 5 ONLY on explicit "yes". On "no", stop and report the current state without writing.
Phase 5 — Apply the Change (skip for view-only)
Apply the idempotency rule from references/mcp-invocation.md: if the current state already matches the requested state, skip Phase 5 and mark the operation as an idempotent no-op.
Otherwise, dispatch the write via dispatch using the enable or disable route documented in references/mcp-invocation.md. Enabling the master brings up the Incident Management sub-features on the server side — no separate calls are needed to turn them on. Disabling the master leaves those sub-features at their last-set values.
On error (4xx, 5xx), record the raw response verbatim and stop.
Phase 6 — Verify (dispatch_readonly)
- Re-issue the Phase-3 read and compare against the requested state per the rule in
references/mcp-invocation.md. If they differ, treat it as a failed write and report the raw server response verbatim.
Phase 7 — Report
- Present a before/after summary:
- View:
Master Incident Management: <current-status>.
- Toggle:
Master Incident Management: <before> → <after> with verdict SUCCEEDED / ALREADY-<state> / FAILED.
- On Phase-6 mismatch:
write FAILED — server state differs from request. Server response: <verbatim>.
Rules / Constraints
| Constraint |
Rationale |
All operations run through the four hosted headless-360 tools |
The hosted MCP is the required transport |
Read the argument schema for each operation via describe before calling dispatch / dispatch_readonly |
The runtime contract is what describe returns; do not hard-code |
Use dispatch_readonly for the read; use dispatch for the write |
The server refuses mutating operations through dispatch_readonly |
| Always set/expect API v67.0 minimum |
The read and write routes require v67+ |
| Read live state before writing |
The Phase-3 fetch is the source of truth for the confirmation prompt, the idempotency check, and the Phase-6 verify |
REQUIRED confirm-to-write checkpoint before any dispatch mutation |
Toggling this pref mutates org state; user must approve the exact plan |
Idempotent — skip dispatch when the current state already matches the requested state |
Avoids no-op writes; see references/mcp-invocation.md for the exact match rule |
| Report exact error text from the MCP tool response |
The server surfaces the underlying error message verbatim |
On 401 / 403 / 404 in Phase 1, halt and surface the raw error |
The failing precondition is diagnosable only from the raw response |
Do not put an orgId or Core URL in the dispatch arguments |
The server derives the target org from the JWT issuer on the request |
Verification Checklist
Before reporting completion of any mutation, confirm each of the following. If any item is unchecked, do not report success — surface what is missing.
Reference File Index
| File |
When to read |
references/mcp-invocation.md |
Exact tool call shapes for the master read and write, MCP-client registration recipe for headless-360 in mcp-config.json, External Client App setup checklist (mcp_api scope, PKCE, JWT), Headless-360 error taxonomy, and a worked enable/disable example |
1---2name: service-itsm-incident-mgmt-configure3description: Reads and toggles the master Incident Management setting on a Salesforce ITSM org — the org-level switch that turns Incident Management on or off. Reads current state before writing, is idempotent, and requires explicit user confirmation before any change. Use when the user wants to enable, disable, toggle, view, or turn on/off Incident Management (Service ITSM) at the org level. DO NOT TRIGGER for Default Field Validations for Incidents, Auto Closure of Child Incidents, Email-to-Incident sub-toggles, Problem Management, Change Management, Case Management, ITSM External Client App setup, or Incident Priority Matrix configuration (use the service-itsm-incident-priority-configure skill).4---5
6# Configuring ITSM Incident Management (master toggle)
7
8Read and toggle the **master Incident Management** setting on a Salesforce ITSM org. This is the org-level switch that turns Incident Management on or off. Enabling it also brings up its sub-features on the server side, so a full enablement is a single operation on the master.
9
10Writes are **idempotent** (skipped when the current status already matches the requested state), the skill always **reads before it writes**, and an explicit **confirm-to-write** checkpoint is required before any mutation.
11
12## What this skill controls
13
14| Preference (Setup UI label) | In scope |
15|-----------------------------|----------|
16| Incident Management enablement (master) | Yes — read and toggle |
17| Default Field Validations for Incidents, Auto Closure of Child Incidents, Email-to-Incident sub-toggles, Incident Priority Matrix, Problem/Change/Case Management, ITSM External Client App setup | No |
18
19For the exact URLs, wire shapes, and worked examples for the master read and write, see `references/mcp-invocation.md`.
20
21## Scope
22
23- **In scope**: read and toggle the master Incident Management preference.
24- **Out of scope**: Default Field Validations for Incidents (`IncidentValidationsEnabled`); Incident Priority Matrix configuration; Auto Closure of Child Incidents and Email-to-Incident sub-toggles; Problem Management; Change Management; Case Management; ITSM External Client App setup; other ITSM prefs (`IncidentTriageAgentEnabled`, `IncAssignWithAgentEnabled`, `AssignedGroupValidationEnabled`); broadcast-channel prefs; creation or configuration of Incident, Problem, or ChangeRequest records.
25
26---
27
28## Preconditions
29
30Before the skill can call anything on `headless-360`, the target org and MCP client must be configured. If any of these are unmet, the tools will surface as `401`, `403`, or `404` on the first call; **do not fabricate state — surface the raw error and stop**.
31
321. **Server activated on the org**: Setup → MCP Servers → `headless-360` → **Activate**. Activation can take up to ~2 minutes.
332. **External Client App wired**: an ECA in the org with OAuth scopes `mcp_api` and `refresh_token`, JWT-based access tokens enabled, PKCE required. ECA propagation can take up to 30 minutes.
343. **API v67.0+**: required for the read and write routes this skill uses.
354. **MCP client registration**: the client (adk-eval / Claude Code) has an `additionalServers.headless-360` entry pointing to the correct env URL (see `references/mcp-invocation.md`).
36
37If any precondition fails, the tools return one of:
38- `401 Unauthorized` → ECA not propagated, wrong scopes, or expired token.
39- `403 Forbidden` → user lacks perm, or org missing `IncidentMgmt.orgHasITSMOrgPermission`.
40- `404 Not Found` → server not activated on the org.
41
42Report the raw response verbatim rather than guessing which precondition failed.
43
44---
45
46## Architecture — How configuration works
47
48| Step | What happens | Tool |
49|------|--------------|------|
50| Preflight | Confirm the target routes are reachable | `describe`, `dispatch_readonly` |
51| Read schema | Fetch the request/response contract for the read and the write | `describe` |
52| Read current state | Fetch the current status of the master preference | `dispatch_readonly` |
53| Decide operation | View / enable / disable — inferred from the prompt | — |
54| Confirm-to-write | Present `(status: current → requested)` and require explicit "yes" | — |
55| Apply change | Enable or disable the master via the write route | `dispatch` |
56| Verify | Re-read and compare against the requested state | `dispatch_readonly` |
57
58**Idempotency**: after the Phase-3 read, if the current state already matches the requested state, skip Phase 5 and treat the operation as a no-op. `references/mcp-invocation.md` documents the exact status field and match rule.
59
60**Read-only tool selection**: use `dispatch_readonly` for the read. Use `dispatch` for the write. The server refuses mutating operations through `dispatch_readonly`.
61
62**Wire shape**: `dispatch` and `dispatch_readonly` both take `{"url": "/services/data/...", "method": "GET|POST|PATCH|...", "body"?: {...}, "query_params"?: {...}}`. See `references/mcp-invocation.md` for the exact request/response shapes; call `describe` at runtime to confirm.
63
64---
65
66## Clarifying Questions
67
68Ask only what is not already in conversation context:
69
70| Field | Description | Default |
71|-------|-------------|---------|
72| Requested direction | Explicit `enable` / `disable` (or `on` / `off`) | REQUIRED — no defaults; ask if the user only said "toggle" without a direction |
73| Confirm write | Explicit "yes" before any `dispatch` mutation | **REQUIRED** — see Phase 4 |
74
75If the user says "toggle" without specifying a direction, ask for the direction before Phase 4. Do not infer it from the current state.
76
77---
78
79## Workflow
80
81All steps run against the `headless-360` MCP server; the tool namespace is `mcp__headless-360__<tool-name>`.
82
83### Phase 0 — Reuse what the session already knows
84
85Each preflight read below carries a **skip-if-already-known** clause. Before calling any
86read endpoint, check whether an earlier turn in this session already produced the same
87fact from a successful tool response tied to the current org (a prior invocation of this
88skill, a parent orchestrator's live read, or an earlier `dispatch_readonly` this run).
89**An explicit user statement is NOT a substitute** for a live read of the master
90preference — user assertions can be stale or mistaken, and this skill relies on the read
91being the source of truth for the confirmation payload and the Phase-6 idempotency verify.
92When the only source is a user statement, re-read.
93
94- **`describe` of the master read/write routes** — if the request/response schemas were
95 already fetched against the current org this session, skip Phase 1 and Phase 2 and
96 reuse the cached schema. `describe` output is stable within a session.
97- **Current master preference state** — if the master `IncidentMgmtEnabled` value for
98 the current org was already read this session **via a successful `dispatch_readonly`
99 response** (Phase 3 result from an earlier run of this skill, or a parent orchestrator
100 that already asked us to check), skip Phase 3 and reuse the recorded "before" value.
101 A user's verbal claim that the switch is on or off is **not** cache-eligible.
102
103**When in doubt, re-check.** Skip only when the earlier fact is unambiguously in context
104AND you have not switched orgs — the `headless-360` MCP session binds to one org via the
105JWT, so an org change is only possible if the session was re-authed mid-conversation. If
106the user hints at a different org, or you cannot tell which org the earlier fact came
107from, re-run the read. Note: any `dispatch` write elsewhere in the session that could
108have flipped the master (this skill's Phase 5, or an admin change via another tool) also
109invalidates the cache — re-read. A wrong skip on a live org write is worse than a
110duplicated read.
111
112### Phase 1 — Preflight (`discover` / `describe`)
113
1141. *(Skip if the operation schemas were already verified this session — see Phase 0.)*
115 Call `describe` on the read/write routes (or `discover` with a query like `"ITSM incident management setup discovery"` if the operation IDs are unknown). Confirm the operations exist and their argument schemas match `references/mcp-invocation.md`.
1162. If any tool call returns `401` / `403` / `404`, halt and surface the raw error — the org or client is not configured correctly (see Preconditions).
117
118### Phase 2 — Load Schemas (`describe`)
119
1203. *(Skip if the schema for each operation is already cached this session — see Phase 0.)*
121 For each operation the invocation will use, call `describe` and cache the returned request/response schema. **Do not hard-code the argument shape from the reference doc** — read it from `describe`; the docs are a working expectation, the runtime contract is whatever `describe` returns.
122
123### Phase 3 — Read Current State (`dispatch_readonly`)
124
1254. *(Skip if the current master state for this org was already read this session AND no
126 write has flipped it since — see Phase 0.)*
127 Read the current state of the master preference using the read route documented in `references/mcp-invocation.md`. Record the value as the "before" state for the Phase-4 confirmation and the Phase-6 verify.
128
129 For a view-only request, stop after Phase 3 and go to Phase 7 to report.
130
131### Phase 4 — Decide Operation + Confirm-to-Write (REQUIRED for any write)
132
1335. Decide the operation from the user's prompt (view / enable / disable). If the user said "toggle" without a direction, ask for the direction first.
134
1356. **Present the target payload** via `AskUserQuestion` as `(Master Incident Management: <current> → <requested>)`. Require an explicit "yes" before proceeding. **Proceed to Phase 5 ONLY on explicit "yes".** On "no", stop and report the current state without writing.
136
137### Phase 5 — Apply the Change (skip for view-only)
138
1397. Apply the idempotency rule from `references/mcp-invocation.md`: if the current state already matches the requested state, skip Phase 5 and mark the operation as an idempotent no-op.
140
1418. Otherwise, dispatch the write via `dispatch` using the enable or disable route documented in `references/mcp-invocation.md`. Enabling the master brings up the Incident Management sub-features on the server side — no separate calls are needed to turn them on. Disabling the master leaves those sub-features at their last-set values.
142
1439. On error (`4xx`, `5xx`), record the raw response verbatim and stop.
144
145### Phase 6 — Verify (`dispatch_readonly`)
146
14710. Re-issue the Phase-3 read and compare against the requested state per the rule in `references/mcp-invocation.md`. If they differ, treat it as a failed write and report the raw server response verbatim.
148
149### Phase 7 — Report
150
15111. Present a before/after summary:
152 - View: `Master Incident Management: <current-status>`.
153 - Toggle: `Master Incident Management: <before> → <after>` with verdict `SUCCEEDED` / `ALREADY-<state>` / `FAILED`.
154 - On Phase-6 mismatch: `write FAILED — server state differs from request. Server response: <verbatim>`.
155
156---
157
158## Rules / Constraints
159
160| Constraint | Rationale |
161|-----------|-----------|
162| All operations run through the four hosted `headless-360` tools | The hosted MCP is the required transport |
163| Read the argument schema for each operation via `describe` before calling `dispatch` / `dispatch_readonly` | The runtime contract is what `describe` returns; do not hard-code |
164| Use `dispatch_readonly` for the read; use `dispatch` for the write | The server refuses mutating operations through `dispatch_readonly` |
165| Always set/expect API **v67.0** minimum | The read and write routes require v67+ |
166| Read live state before writing | The Phase-3 fetch is the source of truth for the confirmation prompt, the idempotency check, and the Phase-6 verify |
167| **REQUIRED confirm-to-write checkpoint** before any `dispatch` mutation | Toggling this pref mutates org state; user must approve the exact plan |
168| Idempotent — skip `dispatch` when the current state already matches the requested state | Avoids no-op writes; see `references/mcp-invocation.md` for the exact match rule |
169| Report exact error text from the MCP tool response | The server surfaces the underlying error message verbatim |
170| On `401` / `403` / `404` in Phase 1, halt and surface the raw error | The failing precondition is diagnosable only from the raw response |
171| Do not put an orgId or Core URL in the `dispatch` arguments | The server derives the target org from the JWT issuer on the request |
172
173---
174
175## Verification Checklist
176
177Before reporting completion of any mutation, confirm each of the following. If any item is unchecked, do not report success — surface what is missing.
178
179- [ ] Phase 1 preflight (`describe` / `discover`) returned the operation without a `401` / `403` / `404`; if any was returned, the raw error was surfaced and the run halted.
180- [ ] Phase 3 read against the master preference returned a status and that value was recorded as the "before" state.
181- [ ] Phase 4 confirm-to-write presented `(Master Incident Management: <current> → <requested>)` via `AskUserQuestion` and the user replied with an explicit "yes" — no write dispatched on any other response (silence, "maybe", "looks good", implicit approval).
182- [ ] Idempotency: if the current state already matched the requested state, Phase 5 was skipped and the run was reported as an idempotent no-op — no `dispatch` write was issued.
183- [ ] Phase 5 write used `dispatch` (not `dispatch_readonly`) with the wire shape from `references/mcp-invocation.md`; on any `4xx` / `5xx`, the raw response was surfaced and the run halted.
184- [ ] Phase 6 verify re-issued the Phase-3 read and the post-write state matched the user-approved target; any diff was reported as `write FAILED — server state differs from request`.
185- [ ] The final report gave a before/after for the master preference with verdict `SUCCEEDED` / `ALREADY-<state>` / `FAILED`.
186
187---
188
189## Reference File Index
190
191| File | When to read |
192|------|--------------|
193| `references/mcp-invocation.md` | Exact tool call shapes for the master read and write, MCP-client registration recipe for `headless-360` in `mcp-config.json`, External Client App setup checklist (`mcp_api` scope, PKCE, JWT), Headless-360 error taxonomy, and a worked enable/disable example |