Official agent skill

Deploy

by microsoft in microsoft/power-platform-skills

Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. An agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills.

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Install Deploy

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .claude/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .claude/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .agents/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .agents/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .cursor/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .cursor/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git --path plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .gemini/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .gemini/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .github/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .github/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills deploy --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy .opencode/skills/deploy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "deploy" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy into .opencode/skills/deploy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deploy", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: deploy
GitHub stars: 967
Token cost: ~498 tokens
SKILL.md length: 230 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 87
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. An agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills.

Works in 4 steps: Check Memory Bank → Build → Deploy → …
Deploying changes
Calls npm and npx
Redeploying an existing app

What it does

Deploy is an agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. Use when deploying changes, redeploying an existing app, or pushing updates.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Agent memory. It works with Power Automate and TypeScript. The repository describes itself as: A plugin marketplace for GitHub Copilot and other AI agents that provides Power Platform development plugins, including reusable skills, agents, and commands for building and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Deploying changes
Redeploying an existing app
Pushing updates

Example prompts

“Use the deploy skill to build and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. An agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills”
“/deploy”

Requirements

Node.js
Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Check Memory Bank
Build
Deploy
Update Memory Bank

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5ef4e4f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Read
- Edit
- Write
- Grep
- Glob
- Bash
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- npm
- npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Deploy loads about 498 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 230 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~498

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
```
allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash
```

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from microsoft/power-platform-skills at commit 5ef4e4f, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 230 words, ~498 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/deploy/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: deploy
description: Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. Use when deploying changes, redeploying an existing app, or pushing updates.
allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash
user-invocable: true
model: sonnet

📋 Shared Instructions: shared-instructions.md - Cross-cutting concerns.

Deploy

Builds and deploys the app in the current directory to Power Platform.

Workflow

Check Memory Bank → 2. Build → 3. Deploy → 4. Update Memory Bank

Step 1: Check Memory Bank

Check for memory-bank.md in the project root. If found, read it for the project name and environment. If not found, proceed — the project may have been created without the plugin.

Step 2: Build

bash

npm run build

If the build fails:

TS6133 (unused import): Remove the unused import and retry.
Other TypeScript errors: Report the error with the file and line number and stop. Do not deploy a broken build.

Verify dist/ exists with index.html before continuing.

Step 3: Deploy

Ask the user: "Ready to deploy to [environment name]? This will update the live app." Wait for explicit confirmation before proceeding.

Resolve the CLI first (see cli-binary.md): run as $PA app push (npx --no-install pa …), never a bare pa. On power-apps-only projects, translate to power-apps push.

bash

pa app push

Capture the app URL from the output if present.

If deploy fails, report the error and stop — do not retry silently. Common fixes:

Auth error / token expired → pa auth logout (or power-apps logout on power-apps-only projects), then retry — the CLI will re-prompt browser login.
Environment mismatch → update environmentId in power.config.json to the correct value and retry.

Step 4: Update Memory Bank

If memory-bank.md exists, update:

Last deployed timestamp
App URL (if captured)

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy of microsoft/power-platform-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5ef4e4f

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Iris Developmentredis/agent-skills	165	—	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	29 days ago
Deep Agents Corelangchain-ai/langchain-skills	1.3k	1 repos	~3.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	2 days ago
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Questions about Deploy

What does Deploy do?

Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform. An agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills. Deploy is an agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Builds and deploys a Power Apps code app to Power Platform.

When should I use Deploy?

Deploy fits situations like: deploying changes; redeploying an existing app; pushing updates.

How do I install Deploy in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy in microsoft/power-platform-skills) into .claude/skills/deploy in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deploy in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/code-apps/skills/deploy in microsoft/power-platform-skills) into .agents/skills/deploy in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deploy in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill deploy -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deploy, .gemini/skills/deploy, .github/skills/deploy and .opencode/skills/deploy in your project.

What does Deploy need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Deploy needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm and npx). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash.

Does Deploy access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Deploy safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Deploy use?

Deploy is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Deploy use?

About 498 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Deploy?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Deploy: Agent Recall (Goldentrii/AgentRecall-X, 371 stars), Swarm (cj-vana/claude-swarm, 117 stars), Iris Development (redis/agent-skills, 165 stars) and Deep Agents Core (langchain-ai/langchain-skills, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Deploy?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/power-platform-skills, which has 967 GitHub stars. The repository holds 87 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: microsoft/power-platform-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Deploy

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Deploy

Workflow

Step 1: Check Memory Bank

Step 2: Build

Step 3: Deploy

Step 4: Update Memory Bank

Files

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