Salesforce Devops

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name: salesforce-devops
description: "Router for the 70 SfSkills `devops` skill packages. Salesforce delivery: source tracking, packaging, branching, CI/CD pipelines, environment strategy and deployment troubleshooting. Use when the request mentions deploy, deployment, sfdx, sf CLI, scratch org, sandbox, unlocked package, change set, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, release, rollback, source tracking. Finds and opens the exact skill package to read; it does not contain the guidance itself."
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# Salesforce devops — SfSkills domain router

Salesforce delivery: source tracking, packaging, branching, CI/CD pipelines, environment strategy and deployment troubleshooting.

**70 skill packages** live under
`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/<slug>/SKILL.md`. They are not
loaded — reach them by path, on demand.

**Generated by `scripts/build_plugin.py`. Do not hand-edit.**

## How to find the right skill

Three mechanisms, listed in order of reliability on a fresh install.
Use the first one that is available; do not stop at a guess.

**1. The shipped roster (always works, no setup).**
Read `references/skill-index.md` next to this file. It lists every
`devops` skill package with a one-line gloss, generated from
`registry/skills.json`. Scan it and pick by name.

**2. The MCP server (fast, needs the `sfskills-mcp` server connected).**
Call the `search_skill` tool with the user's phrasing and `domain: "devops"`. It returns
ranked skill ids. `get_skill` then returns the package contents.

**3. The search CLI (fast, needs a locally built index).**

```bash
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/search_knowledge.py" "<the user's question>" --domain devops --json
```

This needs `vector_index/`, which is **not shipped** — it is gitignored
and must be built once per clone:

```bash
cd "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" && python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt && python3 scripts/build_index.py
```

If the command errors or reports `Coverage: NONE`, fall back to
mechanism 1 rather than telling the user the topic is uncovered.

**Then read the package.** Open the exact
`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/<domain>/<slug>/SKILL.md` the lookup
returned, plus its `references/gotchas.md` and
`references/llm-anti-patterns.md`. Do not answer from this router:
it is a map, not the territory.

## Featured entry points

Curated starting points when the request is broad or the lookup is
ambiguous. This is a shortlist, not the catalogue — the roster at
`references/skill-index.md` has all 70.

- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/salesforce-dx-project-structure/SKILL.md` — project layout, sfdx-project.json, and package directories
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/environment-strategy/SKILL.md` — sandbox tiers, scratch orgs, and what each environment is allowed to prove
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/git-branching-for-salesforce/SKILL.md` — a branching model that survives metadata merge conflicts
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/release-management/SKILL.md` — release trains, cutover windows, and change control
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/pre-deployment-checklist/SKILL.md` — the go/no-go gate before a production deploy
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/deployment-error-diagnosis/SKILL.md` — decoding the deploy failures that do not say what is wrong
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/unlocked-package-development/SKILL.md` — packaging as the modularisation strategy, with dependency ordering
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/devops/github-actions-for-salesforce/SKILL.md` — a working CI pipeline: auth, validate, test, deploy

## Decision trees

Read the tree *before* activating a skill when the request could be
solved more than one way, and cite the branch that decided it.

- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/standards/decision-trees/automation-selection.md` — no devops-specific tree exists yet; the Flow-vs-Apex choice drives deployment ordering and packaging boundaries

## Run-time agents for this domain

Invoke one of these subagents when the ask is a whole workflow
rather than a single question:

- `changeset-builder` — Build or validate a deployment Change Set manifest
- `deployment-risk-scorer` — Risk-score a change set before deploy
- `release-train-planner` — Plan or audit a Salesforce release train
- `sandbox-strategy-designer` — Design or audit sandbox + scratch-org strategy

## Rules

1. Answer from the opened `devops` package, never from this router.
2. Cite the skill id and, where one applied, the decision-tree branch.
3. Never claim a topic is uncovered without pasting lookup output.
4. Never deploy to an org.