powercat-canvas-apps

Power CAT Skills

Power Platform development extensions curated by Microsoft Power CAT (Customer Advisory Team)

A plugin for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot that provides specialized skills for Power Apps canvas app development.

Skills Included

Skill	Description
analyze-canvas-performance	Audit Power Apps for performance, delegation, and best-practice issues
infopath-to-canvas	Migrate InfoPath forms (.xsn) to modern Canvas Apps
migrate-to-dataverse	Replace data source calls with Dataverse table equivalents

Prerequisites

• Power-Platform-skills installed (Recomended)
• A valid Power Apps environment with appropriate licenses
• Claude Code or GitHub Copilot with plugin support

Getting Started

Install the Plugin

Run these commands inside a Claude Code or GitHub Copilot CLI session:

1. Add the Power-Platform-Skills marketplace (Requirement)

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-platform-skills

2. Install the desired plugin

   /plugin install canvas-apps@power-platform-skills    
   

3. Add the marketplace (Requirement)

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-cat-skills

4. Install the desired plugin

   /plugin install powercat-canvas-apps@power-cat-skills    
   

Configure the MCP Server

Run the configure-canvas-mcp skill to set up the Canvas Authoring MCP server:

Configure the Canvas MCP server for my environment

Start Using

Once configured, invoke any skill by describing what you want:

Convert my InfoPath to Canvas Apps

Analyze my Canvas Apps for performance issues

Migrate my SharePoint data sources to Dataverse

Running Without Interruption

Plugins in this repo may invoke multiple tools (file edits, shell commands, MCP servers) during a session, which can result in frequent approval prompts. Use the options below to reduce or eliminate these interruptions.

Warning: Auto-approval options give the agent the same access you have on your machine. Only use these in trusted or sandboxed environments.

Claude Code

Option 1 — Permission mode (recommended)

Set the acceptEdits mode to auto-approve file edits while still prompting for shell commands:

// .claude/settings.json (project-level) or ~/.claude/settings.json (user-level)
{
  "defaultMode": "acceptEdits",
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(npm run *)",
      "Bash(git *)",
      "Bash(pac *)"
      // add other commands your workflow needs
    ]
  }
}

Option 2 — Allow all tools

Press Shift+Tab during a session to cycle to auto-accept mode, or launch with:

claude --dangerously-skip-permissions

See the Claude Code permissions docs for the full reference.

GitHub Copilot CLI

Option 1 — Allow specific tools (recommended)

Pre-approve only the tools your workflow needs:

copilot --allow-tool 'write' --allow-tool 'shell(npm run build)' --allow-tool 'shell(pac *)'

Option 2 — Allow all tools in Copilot

copilot --allow-all-tools

To allow everything except dangerous commands:

copilot --allow-all-tools --deny-tool 'shell(rm)' --deny-tool 'shell(git push)'

See the Copilot CLI docs for the full reference.

Project Structure

power-cat-skills/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json           # Plugin manifest
├── skills/
│   ├── analyze-canvas-performance/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   ├── infopath-to-canvas/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   └── migrate-to-dataverse/
│       └── SKILL.md
├── marketplace.json          # Marketplace registry
└── README.md

References

• Power CAT

License

The code in this repo is licensed under the MIT license.

Contributing

This plugin is maintained by the Microsoft Power CAT (Customer Advisory Team). Contributions are welcome via pull requests.

Trademarks

This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.