platform-custom-object-generate

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Create new custom objects
• Generate custom object metadata XML
• Configure object sharing and security settings
• Set up object features and capabilities
• Troubleshoot deployment errors related to custom objects
• Add, update, or delete a field OR a validation rule on an existing object — any of these may make the object's <description> stale, so you must refresh it (propose + confirm). This applies equally to validation-rule changes, not just fields. See Section 3.B.

Specification

1. Overview and Purpose

This document defines the mandatory constraints for generating CustomObject metadata XML (.object-meta.xml file). The agent must verify these constraints before outputting XML to prevent Metadata API deployment errors.

File extension: .object-meta.xml

Description freshness — applies to EVERY object change, fields AND validation rules: Whenever you add, update, or delete a field or a validation rule on an object, the <description> may now be stale. Before finishing, refresh it per Section 3.B (propose, confirm with the user, write). A validation-rule change counts exactly like a field change — the change is not done until the description has been reconciled. This is easy to forget on validation-rule edits/deletes — don't.