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add-connector

Adds any Power Platform connector to a Power Apps code app. Generic fallback for connectors not covered by a specific skill.

Install / Use

npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill add-connector

Installs into whichever agent you are using.

About this skill
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SKILL.md

Installable skill definition

Quality Score

86/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

Tags

Our assessment of add-connector

add-connector scores 86/100 on our quality scale, 2084th of 4,647 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 45%).

Its SKILL.md is 4.9 KB long, well organised into 10 sections with 3 code examples: a solid amount of guidance for an agent.

It has 919 GitHub stars, a meaningful sign that others use it.

Substance
26/30
Structure
18/20
Description
15/15
Adoption
13/20
Freshness
15/15

Maintenance, license and trust

  • The repository was last updated 9 days ago, so add-connector is actively maintained.
  • It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
  • Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

Safety scan

No issues found

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.

Automated pattern scan on 2026-10-04. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install add-connector?
Run npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill add-connector. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does add-connector work with?
It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is add-connector safe to use?
Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
Is add-connector still maintained?
The repository was last updated 9 days ago, so add-connector is actively maintained.

name: add-connector description: Adds any Power Platform connector to a Power Apps code app. Generic fallback for connectors not covered by a specific skill. user-invocable: true allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash, LSP, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet, AskUserQuestion, Skill model: sonnet

📋 Shared Instructions: shared-instructions.md - Cross-cutting concerns.

Add Connector (Generic)

Fallback skill for any connector not covered by a specific /add-* skill. For common connectors, prefer the dedicated skills:

  • /add-dataverse -- Dataverse tables
  • /add-azuredevops -- Azure DevOps
  • /add-teams -- Microsoft Teams
  • /add-excel -- Excel Online (Business)
  • /add-onedrive -- OneDrive for Business
  • /add-sharepoint -- SharePoint Online
  • /add-office365 -- Office 365 Outlook (calendar, email, contacts)
  • /add-workiq -- Work IQ (M365 Copilot Search)

Workflow

  1. Check Memory Bank → 2. Identify Connector → 3. Add Connector → 4. Inspect & Configure → 5. Build → 6. Update Memory Bank

Step 1: Check Memory Bank

Check for memory-bank.md per shared-instructions.md.

Step 2: Identify Connector

If $ARGUMENTS is provided or the caller already specified the connector, use it directly and skip the question below.

Otherwise, ask the user which connector they want to add. Browse available connectors: Connector Reference

Before proceeding, check if the connector has a dedicated skill. If it does, delegate immediately and STOP:

| Connector API name | Delegate to | | --------------------------- | ------------------ | | shared_a365copilotchatmcp | /add-workiq | | sharepointonline | /add-sharepoint | | teams | /add-teams | | excelonlinebusiness | /add-excel | | onedriveforbusiness | /add-onedrive | | azuredevops | /add-azuredevops | | office365 | /add-office365 | | commondataservice | /add-dataverse |

Invoke the appropriate skill with the same $ARGUMENTS and do not continue this skill's workflow.

Common connector API names:

  • sharepointonline, teams, excelonlinebusiness, onedriveforbusiness
  • azuredevops, azureblob, azurequeues
  • office365, office365users, office365groups
  • sql, commondataservice

Step 3: Add Connector

First, find the connection ID (see connector-reference.md):

Run the /list-connections skill. Find the connector 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.

# Non-tabular connectors (Teams, Azure DevOps, etc.)
pa app add data-source --connector <connector-api-name> -c <connection-id>

# Tabular connectors (SharePoint, Excel, SQL, etc.) -- also need dataset and table
pa app add data-source --connector <connector-api-name> -c <connection-id> -d '<dataset>' --table '<table>'

Parameter reference:

  • --connector (apiId) -- connector name (e.g., sharepointonline, teams). On the flat power-apps binary this is --api-id/-a.
  • -c (connectionId) -- required for all non-Dataverse connectors. Get from /list-connections.
  • -d (dataset) -- required for tabular datasources (e.g., SharePoint site URL, SQL database). Not needed for Dataverse.
  • --table (table) -- table/list name for tabular datasources (e.g., SharePoint list, Dataverse table logical name). On the flat power-apps binary this is --resource-name/-t.

Step 4: Inspect & Configure

After adding, inspect the generated files. Generated service files can be very large -- use Grep to find specific methods instead of reading the entire file:

Grep pattern="async \w+" path="src/generated/services/<Connector>Service.ts"

Files to check:

  • src/generated/services/<Connector>Service.ts -- available operations and their parameters
  • src/generated/models/<Connector>Model.ts -- TypeScript interfaces (if generated)
  • .power/schemas/<connector>/ -- connector schema and configuration

For each method the user needs:

  1. Grep for the method name to find its signature
  2. Read just that method's section (use offset and limit parameters on Read)
  3. Identify required vs optional parameters and response type

Help the user write code using the generated service methods.

Step 5: Build

npm run build

Fix TypeScript errors before proceeding. Do NOT deploy yet.

Step 6: Update Memory Bank

Update memory-bank.md with: connector added, configured operations, build status.

Related Skills

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GitHub Stars919
CategoryDevelopment
Updated9d ago
Forks186

Languages

JavaScript

Trust signals

100/100

From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.

No cautions