# Configure Canvas MCP

Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session.

- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills (1098 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-platform-skills`

## Description

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".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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_canvas` and `sync_canvas` from 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-id` query 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:**

The rest: https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/canvas-apps/skills/configure-canvas-mcp/SKILL.md