generating-custom-object
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
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
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