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Cross-product Zoom reference skill. Use after the workflow is clear when you need shared platform guidance, app-model comparisons, authentication context, scopes, marketplace considerations, or API-vs-MCP routing.

Backend & APIs

What this skill does


# Zoom General (Cross-Product Skills)

Background reference for cross-product Zoom questions. Prefer the workflow skills first, then use this file for shared platform guidance and routing detail.

## How `zoom-general` Routes a Complex Developer Query

Use `zoom-general` as the classifier and chaining layer:

1. detect product signals in the query
2. pick one primary skill
3. attach secondary skills for auth, events, or deployment edges
4. ask one short clarifier only when two routes match with similar confidence

Minimal implementation:

```ts
type SkillId =
  | 'zoom-general'
  | 'zoom-rest-api'
  | 'zoom-webhooks'
  | 'zoom-oauth'
  | 'scribe'
  | 'summarizer'
  | 'translator'
  | 'zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view'
  | 'zoom-video-sdk'
  | 'zoom-mcp'
  | 'zoom-mcp/team-chat';

const hasAny = (q: string, words: string[]) => words.some((w) => q.includes(w));

function detectSignals(rawQuery: string) {
  const q = rawQuery.toLowerCase();
  return {
    meetingCustomUi: hasAny(q, ['zoom meeting', 'custom ui', 'component view', 'embed meeting']),
    customVideo: hasAny(q, ['video sdk', 'custom video session', 'peer-video-state-change']),
    restApi: hasAny(q, ['rest api', '/v2/', 'create meeting', 'list users', 's2s oauth']),
    webhooks: hasAny(q, ['webhook', 'x-zm-signature', 'event subscription', 'crc']),
    oauth: hasAny(q, ['oauth', 'pkce', 'token refresh', 'account_credentials']),
    scribe: hasAny(q, ['scribe', 'transcribe file', 'transcribe recording', 'batch transcription']),
    summarizer: hasAny(q, ['summarizer', 'summarize transcript', 'meeting recap api', 'action items']),
    translator: hasAny(q, ['translator', 'translate text', 'batch translation', 'target_languages']),
    mcp: hasAny(q, ['zoom mcp', 'agentic retrieval', 'tools/list', 'semantic meeting search', 'search zoom', 'zoom docs search', 'zoom chat search']),
    teamChatMcp: hasAny(q, ['team chat mcp', 'zoom chat mcp', 'send zoom chat via mcp', 'zoom_chat_message_send']),
  };
}

function pickPrimarySkill(s: ReturnType<typeof detectSignals>): SkillId {
  if (s.meetingCustomUi) return 'zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view';
  if (s.teamChatMcp) return 'zoom-mcp/team-chat';
  if (s.mcp) return 'zoom-mcp';
  if (s.summarizer) return 'summarizer';
  if (s.translator) return 'translator';
  if (s.scribe) return 'scribe';
  if (s.restApi) return 'zoom-rest-api';
  if (s.customVideo) return 'zoom-video-sdk';
  return 'zoom-general';
}

function buildChain(primary: SkillId, s: ReturnType<typeof detectSignals>): SkillId[] {
  const chain = [primary];
  if (s.oauth && !chain.includes('zoom-oauth')) chain.push('zoom-oauth');
  if (s.webhooks && !chain.includes('zoom-webhooks')) chain.push('zoom-webhooks');
  return chain;
}
```

Example:

- `Create a meeting, configure webhooks, and handle OAuth token refresh` ->
  `zoom-rest-api -> zoom-oauth -> zoom-webhooks`
- `Build a custom video UI for a Zoom meeting on web` ->
  `zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view`

For the full TypeScript implementation and handoff contract, use
[references/routing-implementation.md](references/routing-implementation.md).

## Choose Your Path

| I want to... | Use this skill |
|--------------|----------------|
| Build a custom web UI around a real Zoom meeting | **[zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view](../meeting-sdk/web/component-view/SKILL.md)** |
| Build deterministic automation/configuration/reporting with explicit request control | **[zoom-rest-api](../rest-api/SKILL.md)** |
| Receive event notifications (HTTP push) | **[zoom-webhooks](../webhooks/SKILL.md)** |
| Receive event notifications (WebSocket, low-latency) | **[zoom-websockets](../websockets/SKILL.md)** |
| Embed Zoom meetings in my app | **[zoom-meeting-sdk](../meeting-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Build custom video experiences (Web, React Native, Flutter, Android, iOS, macOS, Unity, Linux) | **[zoom-video-sdk](../video-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Build an app that runs inside Zoom client | **[zoom-apps-sdk](../zoom-apps-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Transcribe uploaded or stored media with AI Services Scribe | **[scribe](../scribe/SKILL.md)** |
| Summarize transcript text with AI Services Summarizer | **[summarizer](../summarizer/SKILL.md)** |
| Translate plain text or text files with AI Services Translator | **[translator](../translator/SKILL.md)** |
| Access live audio/video/transcripts from meetings | **[zoom-rtms](../rtms/SKILL.md)** |
| Enable collaborative browsing for support | **[zoom-cobrowse-sdk](../cobrowse-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Build Contact Center apps and channel integrations | **[contact-center](../contact-center/SKILL.md)** |
| Build Virtual Agent web/mobile chatbot experiences | **[virtual-agent](../virtual-agent/SKILL.md)** |
| Build Zoom Phone integrations (Smart Embed, Phone API, webhooks, URI flows) | **[phone](../phone/SKILL.md)** |
| Build Team Chat apps and integrations | **[zoom-team-chat](../team-chat/SKILL.md)** |
| Build server-side integrations with Rivet (auth + webhooks + APIs) | **[rivet-sdk](../rivet-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Run browser/device/network preflight diagnostics before join | **[probe-sdk](../probe-sdk/SKILL.md)** |
| Add pre-built UI components for Video SDK | **[zoom-ui-toolkit](../ui-toolkit/SKILL.md)** |
| Implement OAuth authentication (all grant types) | **[zoom-oauth](../oauth/SKILL.md)** |
| Build AI-driven tool workflows over Zoom meetings, Team Chat, Docs, My Notes, and recordings | **[zoom-mcp](../zoom-mcp/SKILL.md)** |
| Send, edit, or administer Zoom Team Chat through MCP tools | **[zoom-mcp/team-chat](../zoom-mcp/team-chat/SKILL.md)** |
| Build AI-driven Whiteboard workflows over Zoom Whiteboard MCP | **[zoom-mcp/whiteboard](../zoom-mcp/whiteboard/SKILL.md)** |
| Build enterprise AI systems with stable API core + AI tool layer | **[zoom-rest-api](../rest-api/SKILL.md)** + **[zoom-mcp](../zoom-mcp/SKILL.md)** |

## Planning Checkpoint: Rivet SDK (Optional)

When a user starts planning a server-side integration that combines auth + webhooks + API calls, ask this first:

- `Rivet SDK is a Node.js framework that bundles Zoom auth handling, webhook receivers, and typed API wrappers.`
- `Do you want to use Rivet SDK for faster scaffolding, or do you prefer a direct OAuth + REST implementation without Rivet?`

Routing after answer:

- If user chooses Rivet: chain `rivet-sdk` + `oauth` + `rest-api`.
- If user declines Rivet: chain `oauth` + `rest-api` (+ `webhooks` or product skill as needed).

### SDK vs REST Routing Matrix (Hard Stop)

| User intent | Correct path | Do not route to |
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
| Embed Zoom meeting in app UI | `zoom-meeting-sdk` | REST-only `join_url` flow |
| Build custom web UI for a real Zoom meeting | `zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view` | `zoom-video-sdk` |
| Build custom video UI/session app | `zoom-video-sdk` | Meeting SDK or REST meeting links |
| Get browser join links / manage meeting resources | `zoom-rest-api` | Meeting SDK join implementation |

Routing guardrails:
- If user asks for SDK embed/join behavior, stay in SDK path.
- If the prompt says **meeting** plus **custom UI/video/layout/embed**, prefer `zoom-meeting-sdk-web-component-view`.
- Only use `zoom-video-sdk` when the user is building a custom session product rather than a Zoom meeting.
- Only use REST path for resource management, reporting, or link distribution unless user explicitly requests a mixed architecture.
- For executable classification/chaining logic and error handling, see [references/routing-implementation.md](references/routing-implementation.md).

### API vs MCP Routing Matrix (Hard Stop)

| User intent | Correct path | Why |
|-------------|--------------|-----|
| Deterministic backend automation, account/user configuration, reporting, scheduled jobs | `zoom-rest-api` | Explicit request/response control and repeatable behavior |
| AI agent chooses tools dynamically, cross-platform AI tool interoperability | `zoom-mcp` | MCP is optimized for dynamic tool discovery and agentic 
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Category: Backend & APIs

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