Salesforce Explorer - Enhanced Setup

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🚀 SALESFORCE EXPLORER - ENHANCED SETUP

Supercharge your Salesforce development workflow with intelligent metadata management, duplicate detection, and automated best practices enforcement. Perfect for admins, developers, and architects who want to maintain clean, well-documented Salesforce orgs.

✨ KEY FEATURES

📋 SMART METADATA MANAGEMENT
• Automatically adds official Salesforce object descriptions to Object Manager detail views
• View the 5 most recently modified fields on any object
• See the 10 most recently modified permission sets when creating new ones
• Instant context and documentation for standard objects

🔍 DUPLICATE PREVENTION
• Automatically detects potential duplicate fields before you create them
• Smart similarity matching (60%+ threshold) shows existing similar fields
• Prevent technical debt and keep your metadata clean
• Real-time validation as you type

🎯 BEST PRACTICES ENFORCEMENT
• Customizable guidelines displayed when creating objects, fields, and permission sets
• Auto-converts field API names to PascalCase format
• Enforces description requirements for fields and objects
• Smart placeholders guide users to follow organizational standards

⚙️ DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE
• Works seamlessly with Salesforce Lightning's single-page application navigation
• Real-time feedback on naming and duplicates
• Configurable messages through the options page
• Zero disruption to your existing workflow

🏢 PERFECT FOR

Administrators:
→ Ensure team follows naming conventions
→ Prevent duplicate fields across objects
→ Enforce metadata documentation requirements
→ Maintain organized, clean metadata

Developers:
→ Discover existing fields before creating new ones
→ Auto-format field names correctly
→ View recent metadata changes for context
→ Get instant feedback on potential duplicates

Architects:
→ Enforce design standards across teams
→ Reduce technical debt from redundant fields
→ Ensure metadata quality and documentation
→ Maintain consistency across multiple orgs

🔒 PRIVACY & PERMISSIONS

This extension requires minimal permissions:
• Storage: Save your custom preferences and settings
• Cookies: Access Salesforce session for API calls
• Host permissions: Only for Salesforce domains (*.salesforce.com, *.force.com, etc.)

Your data stays secure within your Salesforce org. No external data collection or transmission.

📚 CONFIGURATION

1. Click the extension icon
2. Select "Options"
3. Customize messages for:
   - New Custom Objects
   - New Permission Sets
   - New Custom Fields

Example: "Remember to follow naming convention: ModuleName_Purpose" or "All custom objects must have descriptions before promotion"

🌟 WHY CHOOSE THIS EXTENSION?

• 100% focused on Salesforce setup and metadata quality
• Built by Salesforce professionals, for Salesforce professionals
• Open source and actively maintained

⚡ GET STARTED IN SECONDS

Install → Configure your custom messages → Start creating better metadata!

🆘 SUPPORT

Need help or have suggestions? Visit our documentation site or report issues on GitHub.
Documentation: https://sf-explorer.github.io/documentation/

📄 LICENSE

MIT License - Free and open source