Official agent skill

List Connections

by microsoft in microsoft/power-platform-skills

Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment.

OfficialMITAuto-check: notesAI & LLM Engineering

Install List Connections

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill list-connections -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills list-connections --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/list-connections .claude/skills/list-connections && 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/

Facts

Skill name
list-connections
GitHub stars
972
Token cost
~439 tokens
SKILL.md length
188 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
87
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment.

  • Works in 2 steps: Fetch Connections → Present Results
  • You need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app
  • Calls npx; reaches make.powerapps.com

What it does

List Connections is an agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment. Use when you need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app.

Its SKILL.md is about 440 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 AI & LLM Engineering. It works with Power Automate. 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

  • You need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app

Example prompts

  • “Use the list-connections skill to list Power Platform connections in the current environment”
  • “/list-connections”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash

Workflow steps

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

  1. Fetch Connections
  2. Present Results

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0d044b8. 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:

    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • make.powerapps.com

    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

List Connections loads about 439 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 188 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~439

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: 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 0d044b8, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 188 words, ~439 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/list-connections/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
list-connections
description
Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment. Use when you need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app.
allowed-tools
Bash
user-invocable
true
model
haiku

📋 Shared Instructions: shared-instructions.md - Cross-cutting concerns (Windows CLI compatibility, memory bank, etc.).

List Connections

Lists all Power Platform connections in the current environment using the Power Apps CLI.

Workflow

  1. Fetch Connections → 2. Present Results

Step 1: Fetch Connections

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

bash
pa connection list

If the CLI is not authenticated, it will open a browser for login automatically. Complete the login and retry.

Other failures:

  • Non-zero exit for any reason other than auth: Report the exact output. STOP.
  • No output or empty results: Verify the correct environment ID is set in power.config.json, then retry once.
Step 2: Present Results

Show the connection list to the user. The Connection ID is what goes into -c <connection-id> when adding a data source.

If the needed connector is missing:

  1. Share the direct Connections URL using the active environment ID from context (from power.config.json or a prior step): https://make.powerapps.com/environments/<environment-id>/connections → + New connection
  2. Search for and create the connector, then complete the sign-in/consent flow
  3. Re-run /list-connections to get the new connection ID

© microsoft, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0d044b8

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Dv Securitymicrosoft/Dataverse-skills242—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Microsoft Docsmicrosoft/ai-agents-for-beginners77k3 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Microsoft Docsmicrosoft/ai-agents-for-beginners77k—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about List Connections

What does List Connections do?

Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment. List Connections is an agent skill from microsoft/power-platform-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment.

When should I use List Connections?

List Connections fits situations like: you need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app.

How do I install List Connections in Claude Code?

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

How do I install List Connections in Codex?

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

Can I use List Connections 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 list-connections -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/list-connections, .gemini/skills/list-connections, .github/skills/list-connections and .opencode/skills/list-connections in your project.

What does List Connections need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, List Connections needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash.

Does List Connections access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: make.powerapps.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is List Connections 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 List Connections use?

List Connections 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 List Connections use?

About 439 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 List Connections?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with List Connections: Erp Xpp (microsoft/Dataverse-skills, 242 stars), Dv Metadata (microsoft/Dataverse-skills, 242 stars), Dv Security (microsoft/Dataverse-skills, 242 stars) and Microsoft Docs (microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners, 77k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains List Connections?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/power-platform-skills, which has 972 GitHub stars. The repository holds 87 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 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.