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platform-custom-object-generate

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Use when users create, generate, or validate Salesforce Custom Object metadata. Trigger on custom objects, .object files, sharing models, name fields, or validation rules — e.g. \"create a custom object\" — and deployment errors around sharing models and Master-Detail relationships. Also keep the object's <description> current when its fields or validation rules change. Do NOT use for non-Custom-Object metadata (Apex, Flows, LWC, Permission Sets, Custom Metadata Types) or standard objects.

When to use

• 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…

When not to use

• Non-Custom-Object metadata (Apex, Flows, LWC, Permission Sets, Custom Metadata Types)
• Standard objects

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