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add-mcscopilot

Adds Microsoft Copilot Studio connector to a Power Apps code app

Install / Use

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

Installs into whichever agent you are using.

About this skill
📄

SKILL.md

Installable skill definition

Quality Score

85/100

Category

Automation

Supported Platforms

GitHub Copilot

Tags

Our assessment of add-mcscopilot

add-mcscopilot scores 85/100 on our quality scale, 1967th of 2,868 Automation skills we index.

Its SKILL.md is 4.0 KB long, well organised into 8 sections with 4 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
20/20
Description
12/15
Adoption
13/20
Freshness
15/15

Maintenance, license and trust

  • The repository was last updated 11 days ago, so add-mcscopilot 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install add-mcscopilot?
Run npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill add-mcscopilot. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does add-mcscopilot work with?
It is written for GitHub Copilot, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is add-mcscopilot safe to use?
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-mcscopilot still maintained?
The repository was last updated 11 days ago, so add-mcscopilot is actively maintained.

name: add-mcscopilot description: 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. 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 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.

pa app add data-source --connector 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.

Related Skills

View on GitHub
GitHub Stars919
CategoryAutomation
Updated11d 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