Platform Value Set Generate

Generates and validates GlobalValueSet and StandardValueSet metadata for Salesforce, the two flavors of reusable picklists. Reach for it when you need a value set shared across multiple fields or when customizing a standard catalog picklist like Industry or Lead Source. The spec is refreshingly explicit about the distinction: GlobalValueSets live in their own folder, use customValue elements, and let you create new sets. StandardValueSets can only modify existing catalog entries, use standardValue elements, and require surgical updates with only the values you're changing. One gotcha worth noting: ignore the __gvs suffix you'll see in API 57.0+ orgs, it's display only and will break deployments if you use it in metadata.

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$ npx -y skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-value-set-generate --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Overview

Generates and validates the two reusable picklist value-set metadata types — GlobalValueSet (a new reusable set shared across fields) and StandardValueSet (customizing a built-in catalog picklist like Industry or Lead Source) — and wires a CustomField to one via <valueSetName>.

For authoritative Metadata API type, field, and enum details beyond this skill, use the platform-metadata-api-context-get skill.

Scope

In scope: creating a GlobalValueSet, customizing a StandardValueSet, referencing either from a field, and the related deployment errors.
Out of scope: a one-off inline picklist on a single field with no reuse → use platform-custom-field-generate (inline <valueSetDefinition>). Generating the field that references a value set is also platform-custom-field-generate's job; this skill produces the value set itself.

Two different metadata types — do not confuse them:

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