Note: this extension connects to a Serpent workspace. Essentials is free, so you can connect
without a paid plan.
Overview
Serpent VS Code extension is designed to streamline and enhance your Salesforce development
workflow within VS Code. By providing seamless integration with the Serpent platform, this
extension offers a suite of powerful features designed to boost your productivity and efficiency.
Benefits
Simplified Project Management: Access your projects and tasks directly from VS Code with
intuitive shortcuts and a user-friendly interface, connected to the Serpent platform.
Efficient Workflow: Automate repetitive tasks (deployment, create sOrg, auth Org, and more)
and streamline your Salesforce development process with shortcuts.
Enhanced Collaboration: Improve team collaboration by synchronizing your local repository and
activities to your Serpent project in the cloud.
Features
Environment Synchronization: Synchronize Serpent Cloud data with your local machine, keeping
both environments consistent and up to date.
DevHub and Org Management: Sync and authenticate DevHubs and orgs, create scratch orgs, and
manage them efficiently.
Task Management: Create tasks, deploy, pull, and execute Apex commands.
Automation Flow Execution: Run automation flows made of steps such as deploy, execute Apex and
pull, to automate your development workflow.
Deploy from your AI client too
Serpent also runs a native MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf and other MCP clients can plan
deploys, open pull requests and trigger pipelines against your orgs. Setup details:
serpent.cloud/mcp.
Who builds this
Serpent is built by Tekunda, a Salesforce consulting and product
partner. The same engineers who ship this extension build AppExchange apps as a
Salesforce PDO and ISV development partner, which is
where the release workflow in Serpent came from.
