canvas-apps

Build Power Apps Canvas Apps with your coding agent as coauthor. This plugin connects AI coding assistants to the Power Apps authoring service over stdio, enabling them to validate .pa.yaml files, browse available controls and their properties, discover APIs/connectors and data sources, and sync app state from live coauthoring sessions.

Preview: This plugin is currently in preview. These features are available before official release for customers to provide feedback.

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK

Installation

From the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-platform-skills
/plugin install canvas-apps@power-platform-skills

From a local clone

claude --plugin-dir /path/to/power-platform-skills/plugins/canvas-apps

Skills

/canvas-app

Create or edit a Canvas App. Automatically detects whether to generate a new app from scratch or edit an existing one based on the current app state.

Usage: Invoke directly with /canvas-app, or use natural language to trigger it:

• Create a Canvas App for managing inventory
• I need a Canvas App for tracking employee time off
• Modify the form in my existing Canvas App to include validation
• Edit my Canvas App to add a new screen for reports

/configure-canvas-mcp

Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. The MCP server is auto-registered by the plugin — this skill connects it to a specific app.

Usage: Invoke directly with /configure-canvas-mcp, or use any of the keywords below to trigger it automatically:

• Configure MCP for Canvas Apps
• Set up the Canvas Authoring MCP server
• Connect Canvas Apps MCP

MCP Tools

The canvas-authoring MCP server exposes the following tools:

Tool	Description
connect	Connects to a coauthoring session for a specific canvas app (environment ID, app ID, cluster category; optional auth flow, login hint, tenant ID, and forced account selection). Must be called before any other tool; calling again switches environment/app
compile_canvas	Validates canvas app YAML files in a directory using the Power Apps authoring service
describe_api	Gets detailed information about a specific API (connector) including its operations and parameters
describe_control	Gets detailed information about a specific Power Apps control including properties, variants, and metadata
get_data_source_schema	Gets the schema (columns and their Power Fx types) for a specific data source in the current authoring session
list_apis	Lists all available APIs (connectors) in the current authoring session
list_controls	Lists all available Power Apps controls in the current authoring session
list_data_sources	Lists all available data sources in the current authoring session
sync_canvas	Syncs the current coauthoring session state from the server to a local directory, writing all YAML files

Security

Your credentials are always handled securely through the official Azure Identity SDK - we never store or manage tokens directly.

MCP is a new and developing standard. As with all new technology standards, you should review the security of any systems that integrate with MCP servers, such as MCP hosts, clients, agents, AI applications, and models and confirm that they comply with system requirements, standards, and expectations. You should follow Microsoft security guidance for MCP servers, including enabling Entra ID authentication, secure token management, and network isolation. Refer to Microsoft Security Documentation for details.

Support

If you face issues with:

• Using the MCP Plugin: Report your issue here: aka.ms/power-skills-canvas-issues. (Microsoft Support won't help you with issues related to this MCP Plugin, but they will help with related, underlying platform and feature issues.)
• The core features in Microsoft Power Apps Canvas Apps: Use your standard channel to contact Microsoft Support.

License

See the LICENSE file for license information.