ALWAYS USE THIS SKILL to retrieve metadata from an org to your local project with sf project retrieve start. Supports retrieval by all changes, source directory, metadata type (wildcards), manifest (package.xml), or package name, in source or metadata (ZIP) format. Use when the user asks to retrieve, pull, sync, or download metadata, Apex classes, or custom objects.
Install
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-metadata-retrievenpx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-metadata-retrieve -a claude-code -gnpx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill platform-metadata-retrieve -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills.git --path skills/platform-metadata-retrievegh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills platform-metadata-retrievegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills /tmp/forcedotcom__sf-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/forcedotcom__sf-skills/skills/platform-metadata-retrieve ~/.claude/skills/platform-metadata-retrieve # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/forcedotcom__sf-skills/skills/platform-metadata-retrieve ~/.agents/skills/platform-metadata-retrieve # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode