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# Get Started with Agentforce and AI Agents

Agentforce is the agent-driven layer of the Salesforce Platform, and it helps you deploy AI agents that work side-by-side with your employees to extend your workforce and serve customers 24/7. The Trust Layer securely connects your data with the power of large language models (LLMs). This guide provides all the information that you need to develop with Agentforce and generative AI.

## Develop with Agentforce

Develop Agentforce agents using our APIs, SDKs, and agentic solutions.

**Build and Integrate Agents**

- [Agentforce APIs and SDKs](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/get-started-agents.md): Learn how to use various APIs and SDKs to build powerful Agentforce solutions
- [Agentforce Actions](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/get-started-actions.md): Learn how to build and enhance your Agentforce actions
- [Agent Script](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/agent-script/agent-script.md): Learn how to use the language for building agents in Agentforce Builder
- [Agentforce DX](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/agent-dx/agent-dx.md): Learn how to use pro-code Agentforce tools for Salesforce CLI and VS Code
- [Download Agent Script Documentation](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/agent-script/ascript-download-documentation.md): Get Agent Script docs as markdown files to ground your AI coding tools

**Develop Headlessly**

- [Headless Agentforce Development](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/headless/headless.md): Build, deploy, test, and operate agents from your IDE, AI coding tool, or CI/CD system without using the platform UI
- [Headless Development Tools](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/headless/headless-tools.md): Choose between Agentforce Vibes, third-party AI coding tools, Salesforce CLI, Agent Script, and APIs
- [MCP Solutions](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/mcp.md): Connect AI applications and coding tools to Salesforce through Model Context Protocol servers
- [Agentforce Vibes](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/vs-code-extension.md): Develop with Salesforce's AI-powered Visual Studio Code extension
- [Plugins and Skills](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/skills-plugins/skills-plugins.md): Ground AI coding tools with reusable Agentforce development workflows
- [Build and Deploy the Palonia Resort Demo with a Coding Agent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agentforce/agent-examples/headless-example-org-build.md): Use an AI coding assistant to build and deploy an end-to-end Agentforce solution to a Salesforce org

## Develop with Models and Prompts

The Salesforce Platform provides you with some powerful tools to configure and use large language models (LLMs). You can also use Prompt Builder features to create, manage, and use your prompt templates.

- [Get Started with Models and Prompts](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/models/models-get-started.md)

## See Also

- _Salesforce Help_: [Agentforce and Generative AI](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.generative_ai.htm)
- _Salesforce Help_: [Agentforce Agents](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.copilot_intro.htm)