Agentforce For Developers in Salesforce

Agentforce for Developers is like having a smart assistant by your side, specifically built to help developers work more efficiently and tackle challenging coding tasks.

Whether you're writing Apex code, generating unit tests, or need code completion suggestions as you type, Agentforce is here to support you. You simply chat or use prompts to guide it.

It’s designed to seamlessly integrate with Salesforce DX projects and is available as part of the Salesforce Extension Pack (Expanded) in the Visual Studio Marketplace. You can easily install it in VS Code, and it’s even preinstalled in Code Builder.

Agentforce is built on five key principles that ensure it’s trustworthy - Accuracy, Safety, Honesty, Empowerment and Sustainability.

Agentforce for Developers is loaded by some awesome custom Large Language Models (LLMs) created by Salesforce, namely CodeGen2.5 and xGen-Code.

CodeGen2.5

This model is part of the expanding Salesforce CodeGen family. It’s a great example of how a smaller model, when trained effectively, can deliver impressive results. In fact, it powers our Inline Autocomplete feature!

xGen-Code

On the other hand, our Dev Assistant uses the latest LLM, xGen-Code. This one’s been specially fine-tuned to tackle code-related tasks and support interactive features like chat. With its advanced capabilities, xGen-Code can handle complex coding challenges and deep understanding better than ever.

Before diving into Agentforce for Developers, you'll need to enable Salesforce telemetry. This feature plays a crucial role in monitoring and auditing Salesforce's generative AI to ensure it's working as expected and in line with best practices. It's a quick setup that helps keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.

Capabilities of Agentforce

At the core of Agentforce for Developers is its ability to generate Apex code from simple, natural language prompts. If you're working in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), this feature is seamlessly integrated into your development workflow.

Type what you need in layman language and Agentforce will provide relevant code suggestions to help you build out your functionality. This natural language processing capability significantly reduces the time spent writing repetitive code and ensures that even complex solutions are easier to construct.

This feature is enhanced by IntelliSense, offering a rich development experience within VS Code. Combined, these tools help Salesforce developers boost productivity by simplifying the code-writing process.

Dev Assistant

Agentforce is more than just a code generator, it’s a Developer Assistant right by your side. You can request help for specific tasks using slash commands, making it ideal for those moments when you’re stuck on unfamiliar code.

Whether you're looking to break down complex logic, improve code documentation, or debug, your Dev Assistant is there to guide you through each step.

These handy slash commands also enhance how you target particular development tasks, making it much easier to perform code review and improvements, without leaving your coding environment.

Command Palette

With the Agentforce: Generate Code command, developers can quickly ask questions or request code based on the features they’re working on. By simply typing a query about what you want to build, Agentforce responds with suggestions for Apex code directly within your editor.

This saves time, allowing you to focus on the bigger picture rather than getting bogged down with repetitive tasks.

Inline Code Completions

Another standout feature is Inline Code Completions. As you write Apex or LWC (JavaScript, CSS, HTML) code, Agentforce suggests relevant snippets, allowing you to maintain your focus and coding flow.

The seamless integration of these suggestions ensures minimal disruption, so you can simply pick and choose the best completion option based on your context.

Whether you’re developing a new Apex method or refining your LWC components, Agentforce helps you move faster.

Unit Test Case Generation

Testing is critical to Salesforce development, and Agentforce for Developers makes this easier by generating unit test cases for your Apex code.

With a few clicks, you can create robust test cases for your methods, ensuring you meet Salesforce's test coverage requirements and prepare your code for deployment.

This feature helps you achieve high-quality code without the extra manual effort typically required for test case creation.

By combining advanced natural language processing with intuitive code generation, inline suggestions, and automated unit test creation, Agentforce simplifies even the most complex development tasks.

It's seamless integration with VS Code and Salesforce DX projects makes it an invaluable tool, enabling developers to write better code faster and with fewer obstacles.

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