# experience-ui-bundle-project-generate

Generates a ready-to-develop Salesforce UI bundle starter project from a template via Salesforce CLI. Use it when scaffolding a fresh React or Angular SFDX app.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3200 installs · ★ 1112
- Author: forcedotcom
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate

## What it does

The skill bootstraps a starter SFDX project for Salesforce UI bundles using `sf template generate project`. It checks the framework reference for React or Angular starters, scaffolds the files into the target directory, and moves the nested output up so `sfdx-project.json` lands at the root.

Under the hood, Node scripts `generate-project.mjs` and `install-deps.mjs` handle file movement and package installation. Dependencies are installed in two locations: the root directory and the bundle path under `force-app/main/default/uiBundles/$NAME/`. The preview server fails without bundle packages in place.

Running this requires `node >= 18.0.0`, `npm >= 9.0.0`, and `sf >= 2.0.0`. Project names must be strictly alphanumeric with no spaces, dashes, or underscores. Do not use this skill to edit existing components or deploy metadata.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-ui-bundle-project-generate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-ui-bundle-project-generate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-ui-bundle-project-generate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills experience-ui-bundle-project-generate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-ui-bundle-project-generate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-ui-bundle-project-generate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/experience-ui-bundle-project-generate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold a new Salesforce UI bundle starter project for React or Angular
- flatten generated SFDX files directly into the root folder
- install npm dependencies across both root and UI bundle folders
- prepare toolchains before starting local bundle previews

## Example prompts
- Create a new React Salesforce UI bundle starter project named PortalApp.
- Scaffold an Angular UI bundle application template into the current directory.
- Generate a fresh UI bundle project from template for an internal app.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: experience-ui-bundle-project-generate
description: "Generates a minimal, ready-to-develop SFDX starter project from template instead of hand-scaffolding files. Use this skill when starting a brand-new Salesforce UI bundle app (React or Angular) and the initial project must be scaffolded — trigger phrases include create, start, or scaffold a new UI bundle app, generate a starter project, or use a prebuilt/starter template. DO NOT TRIGGER when: editing, styling, or adding pages or components to an EXISTING app (use experience-ui-bundle-frontend-generate); configuring ui-bundle.json or metadata files (use experience-ui-bundle-metadata-generate); deploying to an org (use experience-ui-bundle-deploy); when the user explicitly says they want to hand-scaffold from scratch; or when creating a brand-new standalone Salesforce project that also needs full setup — relocating the session, connecting an org, setting the default, and enabling source tracking (use dx-project-create in the salesforce-development plugin)."
metadata:
  version: "1.2"
  domains: ["Experience"]
  relatedSkills:
    - "experience-ui-bundle-app-coordinate"
    - "experience-ui-bundle-deploy"
    - "experience-ui-bundle-frontend-generate"
    - "experience-ui-bundle-metadata-generate"
    - "experience-ui-bundle-salesforce-data-access"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["node"]
      semver: ">=18.0.0"
    - tool: ["npm"]
      semver: ">=9.0.0"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# Using a UI Bundle Template

Before building a Salesforce UI bundle app from scratch, offer the user a **prebuilt starter template**. The Salesforce CLI generates these — a complete, deployable SFDX project (UI bundle + toolchain + an `npm run setup` automation) — in one command. Starting from a starter is faster and less error-prone than hand-scaffolding.

The CLI command is `sf template generate project`.

## Step 1: Offer the choice

**Determine the framework.** It is normally already decided by the calling context — either passed down by the root/coordinator skill that invoked this one, or stated in the user's request. Use that.
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