Get Started with Lifecycle Center

Lifecycle Center brings modern application lifecycle management and release management to your whole team. Because every change is captured in source control, you get a single source of truth for your team’s changes, so admins, developers, and release managers can collaborate. Follow this learning map to set up governed development environments, coordinate work across teams, validate quality, and deploy changes predictably from development to production.

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Each section maps to a stage in your DevOps journey, with curated Help, Developer, and Trailhead resources for the jobs you do at that stage. Use the map as a starting point, open the links you need, when you need them.

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Get Oriented

Lifecycle Center

Lifecycle Center Basics

Get Started with Lifecycle Center by Role

Application Lifecycle Management Journey with Lifecycle Center

Trailhead: DevOps Center Quick Look

Trailhead: Salesforce ALM Quick Look

Reconnect DX Inspector to Lifecycle Center

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Set Up Your Lifecycle Center Hub Org

Plan Your Lifecycle Center Setup

Set Up GitHub as Your Source Control

Create a Lifecycle Center Project

Build Your Pipeline

Get Started with Lifecycle Center Governance (Beta)

Manage Environments

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Coordinate Work Across Teams

Get Started as a Team Member in Lifecycle Center

Create and Assign Work Items

DX Inspector

Integrate Agentforce Vibes IDE with Lifecycle Center

Get Started with Lifecycle Center Governance (Beta)

Lifecycle Center MCP Tools and Skills

Lifecycle Center Skills

Object Reference: Standard Objects

Metadata API: DevHubSettings

Metadata Coverage Report

CLI Reference: DevOps Center Commands

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Validate Quality

Set Up Lifecycle Center Testing

Quality Gates

Review Changes with Team Members

Developer Guide: Scan Code with Salesforce Code Analyzer

Trailhead: DevOps Center Testing Quick Look

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Deploy Changes Predictably

Get Started as a Deployment Manager in Lifecycle Center

Promote Work Items

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Resolve Merge Conflicts in Lifecycle Center

CLI Reference: DevOps Center Commands

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Gain Insights

Lifecycle Center Events in Activity History

Measure Project Performance with DORA Metrics

Access Agentforce Vibes Usage with Agentic Development (Developer Preview)