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title: Get Started with Custom Lightning Types
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# Get Started with Custom Lightning Types

These resources are available to help you customize your agent’s interface.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Foundations or Agentforce 1 Editions. Access to some standard agent actions requires <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/pricing/" target="_blank">additional add-on licenses</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d188133e75">I want to...</th>
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          <td data-label="I want to..." class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e75 ">
            <p><strong>Understand the feature</strong></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Learn what custom Lightning types are, how they
              work, and when to use them.</p>
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          <td data-label="Recommended Content" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e78 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.lt_overview.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Custom Lightning Types Overview</a></td>

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            <p><strong>Start building</strong></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Create a new Lightning type in Setup and choose its
              definition method: Apex&nbsp; or Object.</p>
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          <td data-label="Recommended Content" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e78 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.lt_create.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Create a Custom Lightning Type</a></td>

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            <p><strong>Use an Apex class</strong></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Override the default input and output components for
              types that inherit structure from Apex.</p>
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          <td data-label="Recommended Content" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e78 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.lt_apex.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Apex-Based Custom Lightning Types</a></td>

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            <p><strong>Check compatibility</strong></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Review limitations for Agentforce.</p>
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          <td data-label="Recommended Content" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e78 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.lt_consider_limit.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Considerations and Limitations for Custom Lightning
              Types</a></td>

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            <p><strong>Integrate and Test</strong></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Assign your custom Lightning type to an agent action
              and verify the behavior in Agentforce Builder.</p>
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          <td data-label="Recommended Content" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d188133e78 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.copilot_actions_clt_integrate.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Connect a custom Lightning type to an agent action's input or output to apply your custom user interface.">Integrate a Custom
              Lightning Type with an Agent Action</a></td>

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