Field History Tracking

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: storytelling

tool:salesforcetype:audit

Use when enabling, configuring, or querying Salesforce field history tracking to audit changes to field values over time. Covers enabling tracking on objects and fields, the 20-field-per-object limit, 18-month data retention, querying standard History sObjects (AccountHistory, OpportunityHistory, custom __History), and troubleshooting missing records. NOT for Event Monitoring (use security skills), NOT for Shield Field Audit Trail or FieldHistoryArchive (use field-audit-trail).

What this skill does

Field History Tracking is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/field-history-tracking/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when enabling, configuring, or querying Salesforce field history tracking to audit changes to field values over time. Covers enabling tracking on objects and fields, the 20-field-per-object limit, 18-month data retention, querying standard History sObjects (AccountHistory, OpportunityHistory, custom __History), and troubleshooting missing records.

Who uses this skill

The Field History Tracking skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. 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/field-history-tracking
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/field-history-tracking/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/field-history-tracking/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/field-history-tracking/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/field-history-tracking/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\field-history-tracking\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.