add-mcscopilot
The add-mcscopilot skill integrates Microsoft Copilot Studio connectors into Power Apps code applications, enabling developers to invoke Copilot Studio agents, send prompts to those agents, and handle their responses. Use this skill when you need to connect a Power App to a deployed Copilot Studio agent to enable conversational AI functionality within your application.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills /tmp/add-mcscopilot && cp -r /tmp/add-mcscopilot/plugins/code-apps/skills/add-mcscopilot ~/.claude/skills/add-mcscopilotSKILL.md
**📋 Shared Instructions: [shared-instructions.md](${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md)** - Cross-cutting concerns.
# Add Microsoft Copilot Studio
## Workflow
1. Check Memory Bank → 2. Add Connector → 3. Configure → 4. Build → 5. Update Memory Bank
---
### Step 1: Check Memory Bank
Check for `memory-bank.md` per [shared-instructions.md](${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md).
### Step 2: Add Connector
**First, find the connection ID** (see [connector-reference.md](${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/connector-reference.md)):
Run the `/list-connections` skill. Find the Microsoft Copilot Studio connection in the output. If none exists, direct the user to create one using the environment-specific Connections URL — construct it from the active environment ID in context (from `power.config.json` or a prior step): `https://make.powerapps.com/environments/<environment-id>/connections` → **+ New connection** → search for the connector → Create.
```bash
npx power-apps add-data-source -a microsoftcopilotstudio -c <connection-id>
```
### Step 3: Configure
Ask the user which Copilot Studio agent they want to invoke and what operations they need.
**Agent Setup Prerequisites** (manual steps the user must complete in Copilot Studio):
1. **Publish the agent**: In Copilot Studio, click Channels → select Teams → add to Teams → click Publish.
2. **Get the agent name**: Under Channels, click "Web app". The connection string URL contains the agent name. Example: `https://...api.powerplatform.com/copilotstudio/dataverse-backed/authenticated/bots/cr3e1_myAgent/conversations?...` — the agent name is `cr3e1_myAgent`.
**ExecuteCopilotAsyncV2** -- execute an agent and wait for the response:
Use the `ExecuteCopilotAsyncV2` operation (path: `/proactivecopilot/executeAsyncV2`). This is the **only** endpoint that reliably returns agent responses synchronously. It is the same endpoint used by Power Automate's "Execute Agent and wait" action.
```typescript
const result = await MicrosoftCopilotStudioService.ExecuteCopilotAsyncV2({
message: "Your prompt or data here", // Can be a JSON string
notificationUrl: "https://notificationurlplaceholder" // Required by API but unused; any URL works
});
// Response structure:
// result.responses — Array of response strings from the agent
// result.conversationId — The conversation ID
// result.lastResponse — The last response from the agent
// result.completed — Boolean indicating if the agent finished
```
**Important:** Agents often return responses as JSON strings. Parse the `responses` array to extract meaningful data:
```typescript
const agentResponse = result.responses?.[0];
if (agentResponse) {
const parsed = JSON.parse(agentResponse);
// Extract specific fields, e.g., parsed.trend_summary
}
```
Use `Grep` to find specific methods in the generated service file (generated files can be very large — see [connector-reference.md](${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/connector-reference.md#inspecting-large-generated-files)).
#### Known Issues
- **ExecuteCopilot** (`/execute`) -- fire-and-forget, only returns `ConversationId`, not the actual response. Do NOT use this.
- **ExecuteCopilotAsync** (`/executeAsync`) -- returns 502 "Cannot read server response" errors. Do NOT use this.
- **Conversation turn model** (`/conversations/{ConversationId}`) -- only works after `/execute`, which doesn't provide responses. Do NOT use this.
- **Response casing varies** -- check all variations: `conversationId`, `ConversationId`, `conversationID`.
### Step 4: Build
```bash
npm run build
```
Fix TypeScript errors before proceeding. Do NOT deploy yet.
### Step 5: Update Memory Bank
Update `memory-bank.md` with: connector added, agent name configured, configured operations, build status.Guide the user to add a data source, connection, or API connector to a Canvas App via Power Apps Studio, then verify and continue. USE WHEN the user asks to add a data source, add a connection, add an API, add a connector, connect to SharePoint / Dataverse / SQL / Excel / OneDrive / Teams / Office 365, or any similar request to make new data available to the app. DO NOT USE WHEN the user is asking to list or describe existing data sources — call list_data_sources or list_apis directly instead.
Creates or edits a Power Apps Canvas App through the Canvas Authoring MCP coauthoring session. Handles new app generation from requirements, simple inline edits, and complex multi-screen changes with parallel screen builders. Triggers on requests to create, build, generate, modify, update, change, or edit a Canvas App or .pa.yaml files.
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. USE WHEN "configure MCP", "set up MCP server", "MCP not working", "connect Canvas Apps MCP", "canvas-authoring not available", "MCP not configured", "set up canvas apps". DO NOT USE WHEN prerequisites are missing — direct the user to install .NET 10 SDK first.
[DEPRECATED — use canvas-app instead] Generate a complete Power Apps canvas app.
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