# platform-apex-generate

Generates Apex classes and triggers, then runs the code analyzer and org tests. Useful when a Salesforce codebase keeps growing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 7100 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/platform-apex-generate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

The skill activates whenever a request mentions Apex, `.cls` or triggers. It first reads your project conventions: how service, selector and domain layers are arranged, and whether Trigger Actions Framework is already in use. Then it picks the smallest matching template from `assets/` and writes the class along with its `.cls-meta.xml` and ApexDoc comments.

Work runs in phases. Authoring comes first, validation second: the code analyzer through MCP `run_code_analyzer` (fallback `sf code-analyzer run`), then tests via `sf apex run test`. A report missing either the Analyzer or Testing line counts as incomplete, so the skill has to invoke the tools before summarizing anything. It does not write tests itself — that job belongs to the separate `platform-apex-test-generate` skill, and no test file gets created without it.

Guardrails are baked into generation. SOQL and DML stay outside loops, every class needs a sharing keyword, hardcoded IDs are out, and `@future` is banned in favour of Queueable with `System.Finalizer`. Minimum API version is 66.0, and the `sf` CLI must be 2.0.0 or newer. If the analyzer or a test org is unreachable, the skill records that in the report and still produces the code — you just verify it by hand.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-apex-generate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-apex-generate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-apex-generate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills platform-apex-generate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/platform-apex-generate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-apex-generate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/platform-apex-generate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-apex-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/platform-apex-generate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate an Apex class of a given type with ApexDoc and metadata
- refactor an existing `.cls` to process collections in bulk
- design a trigger with no SOQL or DML inside loops
- run the analyzer and tests on finished Apex before deploying
- swap `@future` methods for Queueable with a finalizer

## Example prompts
- Create a batch class that recalculates contact statuses
- Refactor this `.cls`: move SOQL out of the loop and add `with sharing`
- Write an invocable method I can call from a Flow

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

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---
name: platform-apex-generate
description: "Primary Apex authoring skill for class generation, refactoring, and review. ALWAYS ACTIVATE when the user mentions Apex, .cls, triggers, or asks to create/refactor a class (service, selector, domain, batch, queueable, schedulable, invocable, DTO, utility, interface, abstract, exception, REST resource). Use this skill for requests involving SObject CRUD, mapping collections, fetching related records, scheduled jobs, batch jobs, trigger design, @AuraEnabled controllers, @RestResource endpoints, custom REST APIs, or code review of existing Apex."
metadata:
  version: "1.1"
  domains: ["Platform"]
  minApiVersion: "66.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "platform-apex-test-generate"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# Generating Apex

Use this skill for production-grade Apex: new classes, selectors, services, async jobs,
invocable methods, and triggers; and for evidence-based review of existing `.cls` OR `.trigger`.

## Required Inputs

Gather or infer before authoring:

- Class type (service, selector, domain, batch, queueable, schedulable, invocable, trigger, trigger action, DTO, utility, interface, abstract, exception, REST resource)
- Target object(s) and business goal
- Class name (derive using the naming table below)
- Net-new vs refactor/fix; any org/API constraints
- Deployment targets (default to runSpecifiedTests and use generated tests where applicable)

Defaults unless specified:
- Sharing: `with sharing` (see sharing rules per type below)
- Access: `public` (use `global` only when required by managed packages or `@RestResource`)
- API version: `66.0` (minimum version)
- ApexDoc comments: yes

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

---

## Workflow

All steps are sequential. Do not skip, merge, or reorder. If blocked, stop and ask for missing context. If not applicable, mark `N/A` with a one-line justification in the report.

### Phase 1 — Author

1. **Discover project conventions**
   - Service-Selector-Domain layering, logging utilities
   - Existing classes/triggers and current trigger framework or handler pattern
   - Whether Trigger Actions Framework (TAF) is already in use
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