Universal Containers wants support agents to use Agentforce to ask questions about its product tutorials...

Context of the QuestionUniversal Containers (UC) wants its support agents to use Agentforce to ask questions about product tutorials and product guides. Agentforce typically references knowledge sources to provide accurate and contextual responses.

Why Knowledge Articles?

Centralized Repository: Publishing product tutorials and guides as Knowledge articles in Salesforce ensures that the information is readily available and searchable by Agentforce.

AI Integration: Salesforce’s AI solutions, including Agentforce, can often be configured to pull content directly from Salesforce Knowledge articles, giving users on-demand answers without manual data duplication.

Maintenance & Updates: Storing content in Salesforce Knowledge simplifies content updates, versioning, and user permissions.

Why Not the Other Options?

Option A (Create a Prompt Template): Creating a prompt template alone does not solve how the underlying content (tutorials, guides) is stored or accessed by Agentforce. Prompt templates shape the queries/responses but do not provide the knowledge base.

Option B (Add an Answer Questions Custom Field): A single field on the product object is insufficient for the depth of information found in tutorials and guides. It also lacks the robust search and user-friendly interface that Knowledge articles provide.

ConclusionTo ensure Agentforce can effectively retrieve and deliver accurate information about products, publishing product tutorials and guides as Knowledge articles is the recommended approach.

Salesforce Agentforce Specialist References & Documents

Salesforce Documentation: Set Up Salesforce KnowledgeDiscusses how to publish articles for easy access

by AI-driven assistants and support teams.

Salesforce Agentforce Specialist Study GuideExplains best practices for feeding knowledge sources to generative AI and Agentforce.