# platform-trial-org-create

Creates a Salesforce trial, developer or Trialforce org from an already-authenticated host org using the sf CLI. Useful when you want a test org without the web signup form.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 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-trial-org-create/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/platform-trial-org-create

## What it does

The skill inserts a `SignupRequest` record (key prefix `0SR`) into a host org — the same request the Trialforce or developer signup form sends. There is no separate signup endpoint, so the flow is two CLI calls. First the `SignupRequest` is created, then it is read back to pick up the assigned org id. Creation is asynchronous, so the id shows up shortly after the insert.

Before running anything, log in to the host org with `sf org login web` or `sf org login`, and pass an explicit `--target-org` (`-o`) with the alias or username on every command. Without `-o` the CLI resolves the target from `SF_TARGET_ORG` or local and global config, and errors with `NoDefaultEnvError` when none is set. It never picks among your connected orgs on its own. If the right host org is unclear, run `sf org list` and ask the user which alias to use. The chosen org should show as `Connected`.

The host org has to be entitled to create trial orgs. The skill runs no separate permission check — the record insert is the check. When the entitlement is missing, the `SignupRequest` entity is not exposed and the create fails with `NOT_FOUND` or `INVALID_TYPE`. That is not retryable from the CLI: the user has to reach out to Salesforce support to get the org enabled. For scratch orgs this skill is the wrong tool; use `dx-org-manage` instead.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills platform-trial-org-create
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/platform-trial-org-create/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- create a Salesforce trial org from the terminal
- sign up a developer org without the web form
- provision a Trialforce org from a template
- check the status of a trial org signup you started
- spin up a test org from an authenticated host org

## Example prompts
- create a trial org from the `prod-host` host org
- sign up a developer org with Edition `Developer`
- check the status of the trial org signup I started

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

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---
name: platform-trial-org-create
description: "Use this skill to create a Salesforce trial, developer, or Trialforce org against an already-authenticated host org, the same way a developer/Trialforce web signup form provisions one. INVOKE when the user asks to: create a trial org, sign up a new trial or developer org, provision a Trialforce org from a template, or check the status of a trial-org signup they started. Trigger phrases: 'create a trial org', 'sign up a trial org', 'spin up a dev org', 'Trialforce signup', 'provision trial from template', 'check my trial org signup status'. Do NOT use for scratch orgs (use dx-org-manage) or for checking trial expiration dates of existing orgs (use dx-org-trial-expiration-check)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Platform"]
  minApiVersion: "60.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "dx-org-manage"
    - "dx-org-trial-expiration-check"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
---

## What this skill does

Creates a Salesforce **trial org** by inserting a `SignupRequest` sObject with the `sf` CLI — the same request the Trialforce/developer **web signup form** issues under the hood. There is no bespoke signup endpoint: signup = inserting a `SignupRequest` (key prefix `0SR`) against an authenticated **host org** (a Trialforce Source Org / Env Hub / partner org that is entitled to create trial orgs).

The flow is **two CLI calls**: (1) create the `SignupRequest`, (2) read it back to pick up the assigned org id (creation is asynchronous — the org id appears shortly after the insert).

## Prerequisites — confirm before executing

1. **Authenticated host org — always confirm which one, explicitly.** You are signing up *from* an authenticated host org, not anonymously. The `sf` CLI operates against an org you have already logged into once (`sf org login web`, or `sf org login`).
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