Is the Add Data Source skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from microsoft/power-platform-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Add Data Source SkillProof Score?

8.0/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 5/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Add Data Source?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Add Data Source with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Add Data Source

Guides adding a data source or connector to a Power Apps Canvas App, then verifies via MCP

by microsoft · microsoft/power-platform-skills

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 8.0/10
Tested: Jul 21, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · a362819

Located SKILL.md at plugins/canvas-apps/skills/add-data-source/SKILL.md via the GitHub tree API and fetched it raw (HTTP 200). Frontmatter parses cleanly with name + description; the body references no scripts or bundled files (it orchestrates only mcp__canvas-authoring__* tools declared in allowed-tools), so nothing to 404. No security smells: no curl|sh, no base64, no exfiltration, no injection text — it is a plain human-in-the-loop guide from Microsoft. Could not run Output vs Baseline: the skill's verify phase needs the Canvas Authoring MCP server and a live Power Apps Studio coauthoring session, neither of which exists in this environment, and the skill produces no standalone artifact even with the tooling — it guides a Studio action and confirms it via MCP. Trigger description is strong with explicit USE WHEN / DO NOT USE WHEN carving out the list-vs-add distinction.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 5/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Add Data Source does

Walks the user through adding a data source, connection, or API connector to a Power Apps Canvas App through Power Apps Studio, then verifies the new connection is visible via the Canvas Authoring MCP server and fetches its schema before continuing. Triggers when the user asks to add a data source, connection, connector, or connect the app to SharePoint, Dataverse, SQL, Excel, OneDrive, Teams, or Office 365. Does not trigger for listing or describing existing data sources.

How to install Add Data Source

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git /tmp/add-data-source-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/add-data-source-src/plugins/canvas-apps/skills/add-data-source ~/.claude/skills/add-data-source
# REQUIRES the Canvas Authoring MCP server (mcp__canvas-authoring__*) which is
# auto-registered by the canvas-apps plugin, plus a LIVE Power Apps Studio
# coauthoring session (keep the browser tab open). Without both, the skill's
# list_data_sources / list_apis / get_data_source_schema verify steps cannot run.
# Recommended install is the whole plugin via the marketplace instead of this skill alone:
#   /plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-platform-skills
#   /plugin install canvas-apps
# The skill is user-invocable:false — it activates contextually, not by direct /invoke.

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Add Data Source

/add-data-source Guides adding a data source or connector to a Power Apps Canvas App, then verifies via MCP

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Connect this Canvas App to a SharePoint list
Add a SQL data source to my Power App
Set up a Dataverse connection for this app

Frequently asked questions

Is the Add Data Source skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from microsoft/power-platform-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Add Data Source work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 21, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Located SKILL.md at plugins/canvas-apps/skills/add-data-source/SKILL.md via the GitHub tree API and fetched it raw (HTTP 200). Frontmatter parses cleanly with name + description; the body references no scripts or bundled files (it orchestrates only mcp__canvas-authoring__* tools declared in allowed-tools), so nothing to 404. No security smells: no curl|sh, no base64, no exfiltration, no injection text — it is a plain human-in-the-loop guide from Microsoft. Could not run Output vs Baseline: the skill's verify phase needs the Canvas Authoring MCP server and a live Power Apps Studio coauthoring session, neither of which exists in this environment, and the skill produces no standalone artifact even with the tooling — it guides a Studio action and confirms it via MCP. Trigger description is strong with explicit USE WHEN / DO NOT USE WHEN carving out the list-vs-add distinction.
What is the Add Data Source SkillProof Score?: 8.0/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 5/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Add Data Source?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Add Data Source with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.