# platform-metadata-deploy

Automates Salesforce metadata deployments using sf CLI v2, enforces dry-run validations, and routes production rollouts through safe quick-deploy jobs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 6700 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-metadata-deploy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/platform-metadata-deploy

## What it does

This skill drives Salesforce deployment orchestration using `sf` CLI v2. It enforces dry-run checks before pushing changes and follows a five-phase rollout sequence: custom objects and fields first, followed by permission sets, Apex code, draft Flows, and final Flow activation. This ordering prevents standard field-level security and metadata dependency errors.

The skill treats production orgs differently from scratch orgs and sandboxes. It inspects `sf org list --skip-connection-status --json` to classify the target without refreshing OAuth tokens unnecessarily. Direct `sf project deploy start` executions on production orgs are forbidden: the skill runs server-side validation first, retrieves the 10-day validation job ID, and waits for explicit user confirmation before triggering a quick deploy.

Running this skill requires `sf` CLI v2.0.0 or higher, `git` 2.0.0+, `jq` 1.7.0+, and `curl` 7.0.0+, alongside an existing `sfdx-project.json` file. It does not author Apex or LWC components, delegating code creation tasks to dedicated authoring skills.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- run dry-run metadata validations before deploying to sandboxes
- sequence deployments across objects, permissions, Apex, and Flows
- promote validated metadata to production using quick-deploy job IDs
- inspect target org types via sf org list without refreshing tokens

## Example prompts
- Run a dry-run deploy of the force-app directory against my dev sandbox
- Validate metadata against production and prepare the quick-deploy command
- Deploy package.xml to a scratch org using RunLocalTests test level

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

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```text
---
name: platform-metadata-deploy
description: "Salesforce DevOps automation using sf CLI v2. TRIGGER when: user deploys metadata, validates a deploy or does a dry-run, deploys to a Production org, quick-deploys a validated job ID, ships/promotes to prod, creates/manages scratch orgs or sandboxes, sets up CI/CD pipelines, or troubleshoots deployment errors with sf project deploy. DO NOT TRIGGER when: writing Apex code, building LWC components (use experience-lwc-generate), creating metadata definitions (use platform-custom-object-generate), deleting metadata from an org (use platform-destructive-deploy), or querying org data (use platform-data-manage)."
metadata:
  version: "1.2"
  domains: ["Platform", "Developer Experience"]
  relatedSkills:
    - "agentforce-generate"
    - "agentforce-test"
    - "automation-flow-generate"
    - "experience-lwc-generate"
    - "integration-connectivity-connected-app-configure"
    - "integration-connectivity-generate"
    - "platform-apex-test-run"
    - "platform-custom-object-generate"
    - "platform-data-manage"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["curl"]
      semver: ">=7.0.0"
    - tool: ["git"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.7.0"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

# platform-metadata-deploy: Comprehensive Salesforce DevOps Automation

Use this skill when the user needs **deployment orchestration**: dry-run validation, targeted or manifest-based deploys, CI/CD workflow advice, scratch-org management, failure triage, or safe rollout sequencing for Salesforce metadata.

## When This Skill Owns the Task

Use `platform-metadata-deploy` when the work involves:
- `sf project deploy start`, `quick`, `report`, or retrieval workflows
- release sequencing across objects, permission sets, Apex, and Flows
- CI/CD gates, test-level selection, or deployment reports
- troubleshooting deployment failures and dependency ordering

Delegate elsewhere when the user is:
- authoring Apex code (this skill only deploys it)
- authoring LWC components → [experience-lwc-generate](../experience-lwc-generate/SKILL.md)
- creating custom objects or fields → [platform-custom-object-generate](../platform-custom-object-generate/SKILL.md)
- building Flows → [automation-flow-generate](../automation-flow-generate/SKILL.md)
- doing org data operations → [platform-data-manage](../platform-data-manage/SKILL.md)
```
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