We can enable and create Agentforce org using our trailhead account or the Lightning experience. Now, we have Einstein Copilot, which helps users on the Salesforce platform. We have a service agent that helps users on the community site, etc.
Similarly, Agentforce is an AI assistant for Salesforce platform developers. It acts as a pair programmer and can help developers build different solutions. In this tutorial, we will learn how to enable Agentforce for developers in Salesforce and connect to the VS code IDE. By the end, you will know how to run Agentforce in your VS code setup and how to make it do custom things for your projects.
Agentforce for Developers in Salesforce
Agentforce is Salesforce’s platform for creating AI agents that can think and act on their own. These agents can understand natural language, follow instructions, and work with Salesforce data to display the output. For the Salesforce admins, we have Einstein Copilot, which helps users on the Salesforce platform. We have a service agent that helps users on the community site, etc.
Similarly, Agentforce is an AI assistant for Salesforce platform developers. It acts as a pair programmer and can help developers build different solutions. These AI programmers use large language models to generate code or provide coding suggestions. Agentforce for developers is available in VS code as well as code builder.
Uses of Agentforce for Developers in Salesforce
- Agent Builder: A tool in Salesforce where we set up agents, but we can add custom code to it.
- Actions: There are standard and custom actions according to which the agent works, like running code you write or calling other systems.
- Data Access: It works with Salesforce data and data cloud so your code can use real-time information.
- Security: The Einstein Trust Layer keeps things safe, which is important when you’re coding with sensitive data.
Setup Agentforce For Developers in Salesforce
In the step below, I have explained how to set up and use Agentforce with Visual Studio Code (VS Code).
Install Agentforce for Developers in VS Code
To get started with Agentforce for Developer, you have to install the extension Agentforce for Developer. This extension is actually part of the Salesforce extension pack. So, if you go to the extensions and search for the Salesforce Extension Pack Expanded, you will find around 17 extensions in this pack.
This Agentforce for developers is also part of this extension. Here is where we have Agentforce for developers. We need to install it.
As I enabled it, you can see the agent icon at the bottom, as well as the I chat icon also appearing here for now for an agent for the developer to work.
There are the following two prerequisites:
- First, you need to have an agent for the developer extension installed and enabled.
- You need to be con