platform-custom-object-generate

SKILL.md

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.