Platform Metadata Retrieve

This pulls Salesforce metadata from an org to your local project using the sf CLI. It handles all the common retrieval patterns: grabbing all remote changes, pulling specific directories or metadata types, working from a package.xml manifest, or retrieving by package name. The workflow is straightforward, just runs sf project retrieve start through the Bash tool with the right flags. One thing to remember is that production orgs don't support source tracking, so you can't use the "retrieve all changes" mode there. You'll need to fall back to explicit metadata types or manifests instead. Good coverage of the gotchas like wildcard quoting and flag conflicts.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-metadata-retrieve --agent claude-code