Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may transmit, to a second wireless node, a cross-link interference (CLI) management configuration message including a permutation indicator, wherein the permutation indicator indicates that an order of slot formats is an uplink-flexible-downlink order of slot formats or indicates that the order of slot formats is a downlink-flexible-uplink order of slot formats; and communicate with one or more third wireless nodes in accordance with the order of slot formats indicated to the second wireless node. Numerous other aspects are provided.