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Configure Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption — generate deployable encryption settings and encrypted-field metadata, and answer key-model and lifecycle questions. TRIGGER when: user wants to turn on deterministic encryption, encrypt a field, set up Cache-Only Keys, External Key Management, or replay detection, or mentions Shield Platform Encryption, encryption at rest, deterministic vs probabilistic encryption, encryptionScheme, PlatformEncryptionSettings, EncryptionKeySettings, BYOK, BYOKMS, tenant secrets, key rotation, or .settings-meta.xml / .field-meta.xml for encryption — even when they don't say 'Shield'. SKIP when: user needs a generic custom field with no encryption (use platform-custom-field-generate), needs the raw Metadata API type reference (use platform-metadata-api-context-get), or asks about Classic Encryption (encrypted text fields), which is a different feature. Use this skill for any Platform Encryption configuration, field-encryption, or key-model question.

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# Configure Platform Encryption

Configures Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption by generating the metadata that turns it on and choosing the right settings: which encryption scheme a field should use, which key-management model fits a requirement, and how the tenant-secret lifecycle works. This is a **hybrid** skill — it emits deployable `*.settings-meta.xml` / `*.field-meta.xml` where Platform Encryption exposes a real Metadata API surface, and returns grounded guidance where the operation is UI/REST-only.

## Scope

- **In scope**: choosing and applying `encryptionScheme` on a field; enabling deterministic encryption, Cache-Only Keys, External Key Management, and replay detection via `PlatformEncryptionSettings` / `EncryptionKeySettings`; explaining BYOK / BYOKMS / EKM / Cache-Only key models; tenant-secret rotation and destruction semantics; the query behavior of encrypted fields.
- **Out of scope**: a plain custom field with no encryption (use `platform-custom-field-generate`); the raw Metadata API field reference (use `platform-metadata-api-context-get`); Classic Encryption (`EncryptedText` fields) — that is a separate, legacy feature; deploying/pushing metadata to an org (that belongs to a deploy lifecycle skill).

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