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Cockpit Flight Deck ManualMuse for Mule.

Owner's manual

Cockpit Flight Deck Manual

Muse for Mule.

How to set up, connect and fly Cockpit, written for an architect who leads a small team and will test with free throwaway accounts before connecting anything real.

Contents

  1. 1Welcome and how this manual worksWhat this manual is for, the words it uses, how it is laid out and the rules that keep a first test drive safe.
  2. 2What Cockpit is and the safety modelWhat Cockpit does, how Sandbox and Production differ, how approval cards work, what is stored, and where your data goes.
  3. 3Pre-flight: make your test accountsBuild a set of free, throwaway accounts from a public Gmail, so the first flights touch nothing real.
  4. 4BoardingRequest access, wait for approval, sign in, understand the 7-day trial, and read the first screen.
  5. 5The controlsEvery screen and control in the console: the rail, the chat, the mode chip, Connectors, Approvals, Account, the microphone, the attach menu, and the desktop and phone apps.
  6. 6Connecting each systemConnect Salesforce, MuleSoft, GitHub, Slack and Postman, test-drive accounts first, then the notes for real systems.
  7. 7Your first flightsExample prompts for each built-in guide, what a good answer looks like, and what to check before you trust it.
  8. 8Production flightHow writes work, how to switch Production mode on and off, the checklist to use before you approve a card, and how to check the result.
  9. 9Captain and CrewTeams: one or more Captains, any number of Crew, and what each can do. Switched on per customer, for teams only.
  10. 10TroubleshootingThe messages you may see, in the words the product uses, what each means and what to do.
  11. 11GlossaryThe words used in the product and in this manual, in alphabetical order.
  12. 12Quick reference cardOne page to keep beside you: the modes, the approval check, the commands and where to find things.
  13. 13The WorkbenchRun SOQL and SOSL on a connected Salesforce org, chart the results, browse its objects, fields and setup data, read its Apex logs, watch its limits, and see your MuleSoft deployments, APIs and logs, on a screen that only reads.
  14. 14The project boardSee what the Copilot is working on, what is finished and what is waiting for you, on a board whose cards move by themselves. Beta, switched on for testers.
  15. AAppendicesThe scopes each connector asks for, keyboard and platform notes, how to reach support, and the owner's Admin Health view.
  16. Screenshots to captureThe list of figures still to be captured from the test drive, with the exact page and state for each.

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