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# cmdt Commands

Generate custom metadata types and their records.

- **[cmdt generate field](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-cli-reference/guide/cli_reference_cmdt_generate_field.md)**<br>
  Generate a field for a custom metadata type based on the provided field type.
- **[cmdt generate fromorg](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-cli-reference/guide/cli_reference_cmdt_generate_fromorg.md)**<br>
  Generate a custom metadata type and all its records from a Salesforce object.
- **[cmdt generate object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-cli-reference/guide/cli_reference_cmdt_generate_object.md)**<br>
  Generate a new custom metadata type in the current project.
- **[cmdt generate record](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-cli-reference/guide/cli_reference_cmdt_generate_record.md)**<br>
  Generate a new record for a given custom metadata type in the current project.
- **[cmdt generate records](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-cli-reference/guide/cli_reference_cmdt_generate_records.md)**<br>
  Generate new custom metadata type records from a CSV file.

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