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.md
source content

📋 Shared Instructions: 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.

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):

  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.

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 (
    /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

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.