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Build Salesforce Agentforce using Agent Script in Visual Studio Code
Feb 24, 2026
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Hello everyone. In this video, we are
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going to see how to do agent script for
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new agent force uh agent development
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using visual studio code editor.
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As a proc code developer, you might be
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interested in making use of uh a code
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editor to do the development.
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For agent script, we can make use of
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visual studio code editor and then we
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can do the agent scripting so that we
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will be able to validate which will
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compile the agent script whatever we
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have developed.
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We will be able to preview the agent in
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the visual studio code editor and also
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we will be able to publish so that it
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will be getting committed
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for uh
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uh um so whenever we wanted to create an
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agent force agent we usually go to the
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agent force studio and then we will be
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able to click new agent and also we can
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create the agent force agent using the
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script.
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So you can put a sample script so that
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it will start building the agent force
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agent uh for you.
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But if you wanted to do the same thing
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using Visual Studio Code Editor, then
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make sure you have Salesforce CLA
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installed in your uh PC
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and also install Visual Studio Code
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Editor.
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In the Visual Studio Code Editor,
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install
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Salesforce extension pack. Once that is
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done, you can create a new project. If
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you wanted to create with manifest, make
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use of create project with manifest
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command. So that you will get the
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package.xml file.
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Let's say you have already done some
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development using the Salesforce org in
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the agent force studio. So we so let's
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say you created an agent uh I in my org
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I can see multiple agents which are
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created using agent script here
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in the visual studio code
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under manifest folder select the
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package.xml XML file. In this XML file,
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make use of AA authoring bundle. I'm
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using star in the members so that it
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will fetch all the agent force agents
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that are created using agent script.
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Once you extract
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under force app folder under main and
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default, you should see a authoring
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bundles folder. under that you should
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see the agent force agent that are
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created using agent script.
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So here I'm going to make use of this uh
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knowledge agent.
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In this agent
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I have general FAQ
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off topic and ambiguous question.
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This particular uh general FAQ topic is
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connected
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to my agent force data library.
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So this is my data library.
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All these things you should be able to
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see it here if we use canvas also.
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So the same agent force agent uh I'm
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able to see it in my visual studio code.
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In the package.xml you have to right
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click and select sfdx retrieve source in
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manifest
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uh sorry retrieve source in manifest
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from org command so that it will
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retrieve all the agent force agents that
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are developed using agent uh script.
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Let's say you you have you are doing
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some changes and then you wanted to
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validate whether the agent script
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whatever you have developed is correct u
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by syntax and uh um and the compilation
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will be successful. In order to compile
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it
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right click and select afdx
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validate this agent.
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If you wanted to create the agent from
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the scratch directly from the visual
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studio code then use
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afdx create agent. When you make use of
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this command you will be able to create
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the agent force agent using agent script
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directly in visual studio code editor.
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Once you have validated, let's say you
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wanted to
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uh preview and test it whether there are
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any um runtime exceptions or any issues
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in the development. Right click the
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agent file and make use of afdx preview
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this agent command.
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This uh afdx preview this agent command
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will help you to test and preview the
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agent directly from
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VS code editor.
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So here you can click start simulation.
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You can also select whether it should be
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a simulation or it should be a live
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test. I have selected a live test.
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Click start live test.
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And then you should be
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able to test it. I am one second.
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There is some issue.
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Okay. So,
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how to expedite
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my order? So, you will be able to test
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um the same way how you can preview it
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from your agent force builder.
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So I'm able to test it. Let's say
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whether the same testing result I'm
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getting it from the agent force builder.
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So currently I'm testing it from the
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agent force builder.
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I'm going to check whether the results
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are same. I'm test I tested it from VS
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code and I saw this is the response.
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So the response what I got using the
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agent force data library is up to date.
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One important thing to note here is when
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you preview the agent
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by default it will be in simulation.
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When you are doing the development you
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can keep it as the default simulation.
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do all the basic basic testing like unit
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testing you are you can check whether
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the actions are properly getting invoked
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whether the right topic is getting
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invoked you can make use of the agent
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tracer to find out whether the right
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topic and the actions are executed
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make use of the start live test when you
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are done with your development and then
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you wanted to fine-tune and optimize
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your agent so make use of this start
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live test so that it will do the actual
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Invocation of data library, the flow,
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Apex, whatever actions is are configured
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in your topics.
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Please check the video description. In
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the video description, I have given my
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blog post. From the blog post you should
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be able to get
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the steps of whatever we discussed in
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this video and also the sample
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package.xml in order to fetch the
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existing agent force agents developed
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using agent script using visual studio
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code editor.
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I hope it was helpful.
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Thank you for watching.
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