# Create Code App

Creates Power Apps code apps using React and Vite.

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

## Install

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

## Description

Creates Power Apps code apps using React and Vite. Use when building code apps, scaffolding projects, or deploying to Power Platform.

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

**📋 Shared Instructions: [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md)** - Cross-cutting concerns.

**References:**

- [prerequisites-reference.md](./references/prerequisites-reference.md) - Prerequisites and required permissions
- [troubleshooting.md](./references/troubleshooting.md) - Common issues, npm scripts, resources

# Create Power Apps Code App

## Workflow

1. Prerequisites → 2. Gather Requirements → 3. Plan → 4. Scaffold → 5. Initialize → 6. Build & Deploy (baseline) → 7. Add Data Sources → 8. Implement App → 9. Final Build & Deploy → 10. Summary

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### Step 0: Check Memory Bank

Check for `memory-bank.md` per [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md). Skip completed steps.

### Step 1: Validate Prerequisites

Run prerequisite checks **first** -- no point gathering requirements if the environment isn't ready. See [prerequisites-reference.md](./references/prerequisites-reference.md) for details.

Check Node.js and Git (runs natively in bash):

```bash
node --version   # Must be v22+
git --version    # Optional but recommended
```

- **Missing Node.js**: Report "Install Node.js v22+ from https://nodejs.org/" and STOP.
- **Node.js below v22**: Report "Node.js 22+ is required. Please upgrade or switch with `nvm use 22`." and STOP.
- **Missing Git**: Report "Recommended but optional." Continue if approved.
- **All present**: Report versions and proceed.


### Step 2: Gather Requirements

**Skip questions the user already answered in their initial instruction.**

**If the user has not described what they want to build** (i.e., `/create-code-app` was invoked with no arguments or a vague prompt), start with a single open-ended question before asking anything else:

> "What would you like to build? Describe it in your own words, what it does, who uses it, and what problem it solves."

The rest: https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/code-apps/skills/create-code-app/SKILL.md