Configure Canvas MCP
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session.
Install
npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- microsoft/power-platform-skills1.1k
- Category
- AI and agents
- Updated
- 4d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,766 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. Use before starting to edit a canvas app with the /canvas-app skill if not already connected. USE WHEN "configure MCP", "set up MCP server", "MCP not working", "connect Canvas Apps MCP", "canvas-authoring not available", "MCP not configured", "set up canvas apps".
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP Server
This skill configures the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the user's current Power Apps coauthoring session. The MCP server is auto-registered by the plugin, this skill connects it to a specific app session.
Instructions
1. Ask for the studio URL
Ask the user:
What is the URL of your canvas app studio session?
Copy the URL from the browser address bar while your app is open in Power Apps Designer (it should look like
https://make.powerapps.com/e/Default-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/canvas/?action=edit&app-id=...).Make sure coauthoring is enabled in the app (Settings → Updates → Coauthoring).
Keep this browser tab open for the entire session. The MCP server communicates with Power Apps through the coauthoring session tied to that tab. Closing the tab ends the coauthoring session, which prevents
compile_canvasandsync_canvasfrom working and means you can't see or save generated changes.
2. Extract parameters from the URL
Parse the following from the studio URL:
- ENV_ID: the path segment between
/e/and the next/(e.g.Default-91bee3d9-0c15-4f17-8624-c92bb8b36ead). - APP_ID: URL-decode the
app-idquery parameter value, then take the last segment after the final/(e.g.6fc3e3d1-292b-4281-8826-577f78512e56) - MAKER_HOSTNAME: the hostname of the URL (e.g.
make.powerapps.com) - ENVIRONMENT_CATEGORY: determined from MAKER_HOSTNAME (see table below)
Determine ENVIRONMENT_CATEGORY from MAKER_HOSTNAME:
