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title: Object types | Lightfield
description: Learn about built-in and custom object types in the Lightfield API.
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## Built-in objects

| Object                                             | Description                                                                                 | Example fields                         |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| [Account](/api/resources/account/index.md)         | an organization you do business with, typically a customer                                  | website, revenue, industry             |
| [Opportunity](/api/resources/opportunity/index.md) | an engagement tracked by stages over a period of time, representing progress towards a deal | deal amount, stage, next steps         |
| [Contact](/api/resources/contact/index.md)         | a person, typically linked to accounts and opportunities                                    | email address, phone number, job title |
| Task\*                                             | an actionable work item                                                                     | status, due date, owner                |
| Meeting\*                                          | a scheduled meeting event synced from a calendar or logged manually                         | participants, meeting url              |
| Mail\*                                             | an email thread or message synced from a mailbox                                            | subject, participants, body            |
| Note\*                                             | a rich markdown document with the ability to mention CRM entities                           | title, body, account, opportunity      |
| List\*                                             | a curated list of records of a given object type                                            | name, object type                      |
| [Member](/api/resources/member/index.md)           | an internal member of your team                                                             | name, email address, role              |

\**API support coming soon*

## Custom objects

*Custom objects in Lightfield are coming soon.*

Beyond built-in types, you will be able to define custom objects to model your own data and extend the Lightfield API for your [workflows](/workflows/overview/index.md).