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How to Deploy Apex to Salesforce with AI

Deploying Apex is the highest-friction task in Salesforce development. It requires a local dev environment, CLI tools, test coverage, and deployment commands. SF Agent collapses the entire workflow into: describe → generate → deploy.

Manual
1-4 hours setup + development + deployment
With SF Agent
~4 min from description to deployed

The Manual Way

  1. 1Set up VS Code with Salesforce Extension Pack
  2. 2Authorize a Salesforce org via SFDX CLI
  3. 3Create an Apex class file in the correct directory structure
  4. 4Write the Apex code following best practices
  5. 5Create a test class achieving 75%+ coverage
  6. 6Run tests locally or in sandbox
  7. 7Deploy via sfdx force:source:push or change set

With SF Agent

  1. 1Describe the Apex logic you need in plain English
  2. 2SF Agent writes the class with bulk patterns and error handling
  3. 3Test class generated automatically with real assertions
  4. 4Both deploy together — test failures block the deploy

Example

You type:

“Create an Apex class that calculates the total value of all Opportunities on an Account and updates a custom field Account.Total_Pipeline__c. Run on Opportunity insert, update, and delete.”

SF Agent generates:
  • ✓Apex Class: AccountPipelineCalculator.cls
  • ✓Apex Trigger: OpportunityPipelineTrigger (insert, update, delete, undelete)
  • ✓Test Class: AccountPipelineCalculatorTest.cls (90%+ coverage)
  • ✓All three deployed atomically via Metadata API

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