Power-platform-skills add-mcscopilot
Adds Microsoft Copilot Studio connector to a Power Apps code app. Use when invoking Copilot Studio agents, sending prompts to agents, or integrating agent responses.
install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/plugins/code-apps/skills/add-mcscopilot" ~/.claude/skills/microsoft-power-platform-skills-add-mcscopilot && rm -rf "$T"
manifest:
plugins/code-apps/skills/add-mcscopilot/SKILL.mdsource content
📋 Shared Instructions: shared-instructions.md - Cross-cutting concerns.
Add Microsoft Copilot Studio
Workflow
- 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.
Step 2: Add Connector
First, find the connection ID (see 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.
pwsh -NoProfile -Command "pac code 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):
- Publish the agent: In Copilot Studio, click Channels → select Teams → add to Teams → click Publish.
- Get the agent name: Under Channels, click "Web app". The connection string URL contains the agent name. Example:
— the agent name ishttps://...api.powerplatform.com/copilotstudio/dataverse-backed/authenticated/bots/cr3e1_myAgent/conversations?...
.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.
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:
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).
Known Issues
- ExecuteCopilot (
) -- fire-and-forget, only returns/execute
, not the actual response. Do NOT use this.ConversationId - ExecuteCopilotAsync (
) -- returns 502 "Cannot read server response" errors. Do NOT use this./executeAsync - Conversation turn model (
) -- only works after/conversations/{ConversationId}
, which doesn't provide responses. Do NOT use this./execute - Response casing varies -- check all variations:
,conversationId
,ConversationId
.conversationID
Step 4: Build
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.