deploying-metadata — Skills

What it does

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

authoring Apex code → generating-apex

authoring LWC components → generating-lwc-components

creating custom objects or fields → generating-custom-object, generating-custom-field

deploying metadata

Source

Repository: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills

deploying-metadata FAQ

What does the deploying-metadata skill do?

Salesforce DevOps automation using sf CLI v2. TRIGGER when: user deploys metadata, 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 (use generating-apex), building LWC components (use generating-lwc-components), creating metadata definitions (use generating-custom-object or generating-custom-field), or querying org data (use handling-sf-data). sf project deploy start, quick, report, or retrieval workflows release sequencing across objects, permission sets, Apex, and Flows

What does deploying-metadata require?

On non-source-tracking orgs, deploy/retrieve commands require an explicit scope such as --source-dir, --metadata, or --manifest. | Need | Delegate to | Reason | Configuration keys: INVALID_CROSS_REFERENCE_KEY.

How do I install deploying-metadata?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill deploying-metadata --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills.

Maintain deploying-metadata?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

[deploying-metadata on getagentictools](https://getagentictools.com/skills/forcedotcom-sf-skills-deploying-metadata?ref=badge)

npx agentictools info skills/forcedotcom-sf-skills-deploying-metadata

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