Still dreaming about #DF26? We sure are. 💭

Check out the Developer Keynote on Salesforce+ as @salesforce Developer Advocates demo how to use coding agents to build end-to-end solutions and explore how AI is transforming developer workflows.

💻 Watch now: sforce.co/4hlIq6a

🎉 The October edition of the @salesforce Developer Highlights newsletter is here, featuring a monthly roundup of curated content, events, and resources to support your Salesforce development journey.

This edition features a new sample app and video series to unlock the e and the Salesforce Headless Toolkit, new developer blog and video content, upcoming virtual events, and more. 👉 sforce.co/4e1b4ZF

🎉 TDX returns to San Francisco, March 10–11, 2027! Experience the Agentic Enterprise in action.

💡 Ready to showcase your developer expertise through technical deep dives, real-world implementations, and innovative solutions? The Call for Participation (CFP) is now open.

👉 t by November 16: sforce.co/4zQJ57s

📣 Introducing a new open-source sample app: Pronto.

Explore the Headless Toolkit in action with practical patterns and reference code for building agentic, headless experiences that bring @salesforce capabilities to agentic interfaces like Claude, Slack, Coworker and more.

See multi-agent orchestration in action, learn how hosted MCP securely exposes Salesforce capabilities to third-party agents and apps, and use HXL to deliver rich UIs across supported surfaces.

Read the blog and explore the Pronto Sample App today. 👉 sforce.co/4zWCpEG

📬 Get the latest @salesforce Developer news, tools, and resources, all in one place.

Explore new product features, dive into technical tutorials, discover tools to level up your development workflow, and find upcoming events to keep learning and building.

Subscribe to the y. ➡️ sforce.co/4ysIloo

With AIforce, you can bring the custom @Salesforce solutions you build to Claude, @SlackHQ, and beyond. 🤖

⚡ Introducing AIforce in Action, a new video series featuring expert-led, hands-on demos from Salesforce Developer Advocates.

💡 Explore practical techniques, creative orld use cases to help you build agentic experiences wherever your users work.

🎬 Watch the first two episodes: sforce.co/4dWZyP3

"Which MCP Server Should I Use?"
This is a common question that @SalesforceDevs often ask about the standard #Salesforce hosted MCP servers.
We recently posted a video covering this and there's now a detailed doc that answers this question:
developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/…

❓Have questions about building agentic UIs with the Headless Experience Layer (HXL)?

Don't miss @salesforce Developer Advocate @sawantakshata02 and product managers at this month’s AIforce AMA to learn how to build AI workflows once and deliver consistent, rich user , Claude, and more.

💬 Bring your questions and get them answered live.
📅 October 28 | 9:00 a.m. PT
👉 Register for free: sforce.co/4yTN6Ic

Simplify your Headless Experience Layer (HXL) widgets with inline formulas. 💻

Learn how to use math operators, IF, and CASE to handle display logic directly in JSON and reduce the need for precomputed Apex fields.

Dive into the code: sforce.co/4stW5xl

⌛️ Just one week left to complete the AIforce Quest!

Discover how to build agentic apps, extend @salesforce into new interfaces, and create connected experiences across Sales, Service, and Marketing.

Complete the Quest by October 30, 2026, for a chance to win* one of 50 🏆

Don't miss your chance. 👉 sforce.co/4B8AH4r

*Terms and conditions apply.

Framework or platform? Get the best of both worlds with Salesforce Multi-framework.

Get hands-on and learn more in this Trailhead Badge. sforce.co/4yywlkO

Hey @SalesforceDevs, a nice quality of life improvement landed in the Org Explorer VS Code extension: you can now filter metadata types!
In the past you had to scroll down the 200+ types to find what you were working on. Pro-tip: make sure to use wildcards (*) for text filters.

🚀 Build rich, interactive agentic UIs with the Headless Experience Layer (HXL).

Join @salesforce Developer Advocate @sawantakshata02 and product managers for a live AMA to learn how to build AI workflows once and deliver consistent, rich user interfaces natively across Slack, ing your questions and get answers live from our experts.

📅 October 28 | 9:00 a.m. PT
👉 Save your spot: sforce.co/4yTN6Ic

AI assistants are redefining where people experience software. 🚀

With AIforce, you can bring the full power of @salesforce to wherever your end users work, from Claude and Slack to just-in-time UIs and beyond.

For developers, admins, architects, and all builders, this opens up tend custom Salesforce solutions to these interfaces using Salesforce MCPs, plugins, and skills.

🎥 Discover what's possible with AIforce, see it in action, and explore upcoming free events: sforce.co/4ivmmrE

🎥 Missed the October AIforce codeLive session? Catch the replay on YouTube!

Watch as @salesforce Developer Advocate @sawantakshata02 explores the Headless Toolkit and shows the Headless Experience Layer (HXL) in action.

Learn how HXL enables you to build rich, interactive natively across supported AI surfaces, with Salesforce as your enterprise source of truth.

▶️ Watch now: sforce.co/4jSQqP2

Ready to take your Agentforce Voice agent beyond the browser? 📞

Learn how to connect your Agent Script agent to a real phone number, configure Omni-Channel routing, and verify calls using Salesforce Command Line Interface (CLI).

Follow the step-by-step guide: sforce.co/4jRUAH9

🎓 Help shape the future of @salesforce Certifications.

Your experience matters, and your voice can help shape what's next.

Join the Certification Feedback Program to:

💡 Share your certification journey
✅ Help keep certifications aligned with real-world Salesforce skills
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Newly certified or a multi-cert veteran? Your feedback makes a difference!

👉 Join: sforce.co/4yu7Xkq

🚀 Bring the full power of @Salesforce to your end users, wherever they work.

With AIforce, you can extend the custom solutions built on Salesforce into Claude, Slack, and more.

Join us for Get Hands-on with AIforce, a free virtual workshop where Salesforce Developer Advocate ou how to bring your Salesforce solutions into these new interfaces using Salesforce MCPs, plugins, and skills.

📅 October 21 | 10:00 a.m. EDT
👉 Save your spot: sforce.co/4BaIwqt

🔓 Less custom code. Simpler record sharing.

Managing record access in @salesforce just got easier with Winter ’27.

Now you can preserve manual shares during ownership changes and use custom row causes on standard objects without complex workarounds.

💻 Explore what's new. ➡️ sforce.co/4i8eDyd

🚀 With AIforce, your end users can experience the full power of @Salesforce wherever they work, including Claude, Slack, and more.

Don't miss Get Hands-on with AIforce, a free virtual workshop where Salesforce Developer Advocate @SatyaSfdc will show how to bring the custom Salesforce into these new interfaces using Salesforce MCPs, plugins, and skills.

📅 October 21 | 10:30 a.m. SGT / 1:30 p.m. AEDT
👉 Save your spot: sforce.co/4i5CBKI

🤔 Never wonder which @salesforce org you're deploying to again.

Learn how to build a custom Claude Code mod that displays your Salesforce org context right above the prompt, so you can:

🔹 See your default org and connected MCP servers
🔹 Spot production orgs with red ratch org expiration dates

Follow Salesforce Developer Advocate @davenorris' step-by-step guide to build your own. ➡️ sforce.co/4sg9qJw