platform-tracing-agentforce-configure

Agent Building

Generate AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings metadata to enable or disable Agentforce agent execution trace spans flowing to Data Cloud. Use this skill for any AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings metadata work. TRIGGER when: user mentions Agentforce tracing, agent trace spans, Data Cloud tracing, AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings, platform observability tracing, enable agent tracing, wants agent execution spans in Data Cloud, mentions .settings-meta.xml for AgentforcePlatformTracing, or asks about enabling observability for Agentforce agents. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user wants Platform Tracing for TraceSpanEvent (use platform-tracing-configure), wants to query or analyze existing agent trace data in Data Cloud (use agentforce-observe), wants Event Log Files or ELF configuration, wants Change Data Capture (use integration-eventing-cdc-configure), or wants ManagedEventSubscription (use integration-eventing-subscription-configure).

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Platform Tracing — Agentforce Configure

Generate AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings metadata to enable or disable forwarding of Agentforce agent execution trace spans to Data Cloud's ingestion pipeline. This is a singleton Settings type with one boolean field introduced in API v68.0 (Spring '25).

Scope

In scope: Generating AgentforcePlatformTracing.settings-meta.xml to enable or disable Agentforce agent tracing.
Out of scope: Platform Tracing for TraceSpanEvent (use platform-tracing-configure). Event Log Files. Change Data Capture. Org permission provisioning. Data Cloud provisioning.

Prerequisites

Before generating, inform the user of these requirements. The skill cannot check org state, but deploying without these prerequisites means the setting has no effect:

Data Cloud must be provisioned in the org — trace spans are forwarded to Data Cloud's ingestion pipeline. Without Data Cloud, there is no destination for the spans.
PlatformObservability org permission must be active — this permission gates the feature. It is provisioned (not settable via metadata).
API version 68.0+ — the AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings type was introduced in Spring '25. Orgs on older API versions will not recognize it.

If the user reports the setting isn't working after deploy, the most likely cause is a missing prerequisite above.

Clarifying Questions

Before generating, confirm with the user if not already clear:

Enable or disable? (Which state do you want for Agentforce agent tracing?)

No other clarification needed — this is a singleton type with one boolean field.

Required Inputs

Gather or infer before proceeding:

Desired state: true (enable) or false (disable)

Defaults unless specified:

If user says "enable" or "turn on": set to true
If user says "disable" or "turn off": set to false

If the user provides a clear request, generate immediately without unnecessary back-and-forth.

Workflow

Warn about prerequisites — inform the user that this feature requires Data Cloud and the PlatformObservability org permission.
Read the template — load assets/AgentforcePlatformTracing-template.xml.
Generate the settings file — replace {ENABLED} with true or false based on the user's desired state.
Place the file — output to settings/AgentforcePlatformTracing.settings-meta.xml in the project's source directory.

Rules / Constraints

Constraint	Rationale
Singleton — only one file per org, one boolean field	The metadata type has exactly one instance. Deploying the file sets the org-wide preference.
XML namespace must be `http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata`	Any other namespace causes deploy failure.
File must be named `AgentforcePlatformTracing.settings-meta.xml`	SFDX source format convention for this Settings type.
Only include `enableAgentforcePlatformTracing` field	No other fields exist on this type.
Requires API v68.0+	Older orgs reject the metadata type entirely.

Gotchas

Issue	Resolution
Deploy succeeds but tracing doesn't activate	Org lacks `PlatformObservability` permission or Data Cloud is not provisioned. These are provisioned, not settable via metadata.
`AgentforcePlatformTracingSettings` type not recognized	Org or tooling is on API version < 68.0. Update `sfdx-project.json` sourceApiVersion.
User confuses this with Platform Tracing (TraceSpanEvent)	Clarify: this sends Agentforce agent execution spans to Data Cloud. For TraceSpanEvent publishing, use the `platform-tracing-configure` skill.

Output Expectations

Deliverables:

settings/AgentforcePlatformTracing.settings-meta.xml

Before delivering, verify:

XML namespace is exactly http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata
File is named AgentforcePlatformTracing.settings-meta.xml
Only enableAgentforcePlatformTracing is present (no extra fields)

Cross-Skill Integration

Need	Delegate to
Enable TraceSpanEvent publishing (Platform Tracing)	`platform-tracing-configure` skill
Query or analyze existing Agentforce agent trace data in Data Cloud	`agentforce-observe` skill
Set up Change Data Capture	`integration-eventing-cdc-configure` skill
Configure ManagedEventSubscription	`integration-eventing-subscription-configure` skill

Reference File Index

File	When to read
`assets/AgentforcePlatformTracing-template.xml`	Step 2 — template for generating the settings file