Apex Metadata API

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: devops

Use when Apex code must create or update metadata programmatically at runtime — custom fields, objects, picklist values, labels, or other supported types — using the Metadata namespace (Metadata.Operations, Metadata.DeployCallback). Triggers: 'Metadata.Operations', 'Metadata.CustomField from Apex', 'deploy metadata from Apex', 'enqueueDeployment', 'create a custom field programmatically', 'post-install script metadata setup'. NOT for Metadata API REST/SOAP (use metadata-api-and-package-xml) and NOT for reading Custom Metadata Type configuration rows in Apex (use custom-metadata-in-apex).

What this skill does

Apex Metadata API is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the devops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/apex-metadata-api/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when Apex code must create or update metadata programmatically at runtime — custom fields, objects, picklist values, labels, or other supported types — using the Metadata namespace (Metadata.Operations, Metadata.

Who uses this skill

The Apex Metadata API skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/apex-metadata-api
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/apex-metadata-api/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/apex-metadata-api/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/apex-metadata-api/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/apex-metadata-api/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\apex-metadata-api\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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