pa-flow-mcp

Free, open MCP server to edit Power Automate cloud flows live from GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Claude Code — like Power Apps external tools, but for flows. Open a flow in the browser, paste its URL, and your AI assistant reads/writes the flow definition, manages connectors, and syncs changes back.

Why

No official "external tools" exist for Power Automate. This MCP gives any AI assistant authenticated access to the same APIs the Designer uses. Free for everyone.

Features

• Plugin for Copilot & Claude Code: ships skills (/configure-pa-flow-mcp, /edit-flow, /add-connector-action, /manage-runs, /report-issue) and a flow-builder subagent — same plugin shape as Microsoft's Power Platform skills.
• Auth: interactive browser login (loopback port), Azure CLI public client, token cached. No az CLI, no app registration.
• 1250+ connectors: discover live (list_connectors) + curated catalog (SharePoint, Dataverse, SQL, Outlook, Excel, Teams).
• No connection-reference errors: add_connector_action wires connectionReferences + parameters.$connections automatically.
• Local ↔ flow sync: pull to .pa-flow/<id>.json, edit, validate, push.
• Setup wizard: URL + login + assistant (Copilot / Codex / Claude).
• Clear errors on no access / not found.

Requirements (end user)

• Node.js 18+ (node -v).
• A Power Automate license + access to the flow you want to edit.
• GitHub Copilot CLI/Chat or Claude Code (latest).
• A browser for one-time sign-in. No admin rights, no Azure CLI.

Install

A. As a plugin (recommended)

Clone and build once, then register the local marketplace in your AI tool.

git clone https://github.com/Mr-M-tastic/Power-Automate-MCP && cd pa-flow-mcp
npm install && npm run build

Claude Code — from the repo folder:

/plugin marketplace add .
/plugin install power-automate@pa-flow

The plugin auto-registers the pa-flow MCP server (.mcp.json uses ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}) and loads the skills. Then run /configure-pa-flow-mcp or just say "edit my flow".

GitHub Copilot — copy .vscode/mcp.json into your project (already provided). Reload VS Code; the pa-flow tools and the skills under skills/ are picked up automatically.

B. Manual MCP config

If you don't use the plugin loader, point your assistant at the built server directly:

{ "servers": { "pa-flow": { "command": "node", "args": ["dist/index.js"] } } }

Claude Code / Codex use the mcpServers key and an absolute path to dist/index.js. AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md are auto-read for usage.

Run it against your flow (step by step)

You don't run commands by hand — you chat with your assistant and it calls the tools.

1. Open your flow in Power Automate and copy the URL from the address bar: https://make.powerautomate.com/environments/<env>/flows/<flowId>
2. Start a session — tell the assistant: "Configure session for <paste URL>" → runs configure_session.
3. Pull the flow — "Pull the flow" → sync_pull. First time a browser opens — sign in with your work account. The token is cached, so login is one-time. A working copy is written to .pa-flow/<flowId>.json.
4. Edit — either ask in plain English ("add a SharePoint Get items action" → add_connector_action, which auto-wires the connection) or edit .pa-flow/<flowId>.json directly.
5. Validate & push — "validate then push" → validate_flow then sync_push.
6. Refresh the browser tab — your edits are now live in the Designer.

What gets created on your machine

• Working copy: .pa-flow/<flowId>.json (safe to hand-edit)
• Cached login: ~/.pa-flow-mcp-token.json

Notes

• No Azure CLI, admin rights, or app registration needed.
• If a connector says "create connection in maker portal", make it once in Power Automate, then retry the push.

Optional env vars

PA_CLIENT_ID, PA_PORT, PA_API_BASE, PA_API_VERSION — override defaults if needed.

Skills (slash commands)

Command	Description
/configure-pa-flow-mcp	Connect to a flow from its Designer URL, sign in, pull locally
/edit-flow	Pull → edit (action/condition/trigger) → validate → push
/add-connector-action	Add a SharePoint/Dataverse/SQL/Outlook/Excel/Teams (or any) connector step
/manage-runs	Turn flows on/off, list runs, resubmit, cancel
/report-issue	Open a prefilled GitHub issue with diagnostics

Reference docs the agents read live in references/ (FlowAuthoring.md, Connectors.md); the flow-builder subagent in agents/ applies one approved change at a time.

Tools

configure_session, setup_wizard, list_environments, list_flows, get_flow, update_flow, turn_on/off_flow, list_runs, resubmit_run, cancel_run, list_connectors, list_connections, ensure_connection, add_connector_action, sync_pull, validate_flow, sync_push

Related Microsoft tooling

This plugin follows the conventions of Microsoft's power-platform-skills (canvas-apps, model-apps, power-pages). It focuses on cloud flows; for solution ALM, environments, and Dataverse use the Power Platform CLI (PAC) and the Power Platform Tools VS Code extension.

License

MIT