Power Automate MCP Server
Debug, build, manage, and govern Power Automate cloud flows with AI — no portal needed.
Ask Copilot why a flow failed, build new flows from natural language, audit your tenant, or check run history across environments. This extension connects the Flow Studio MCP server to GitHub Copilot Chat, giving your AI agent direct access to the Power Automate API and — with Pro+ — your tenant-wide governance and monitoring data.
Why install this?
- Find root causes in seconds — get action-level error details, not just "An action failed". See exactly which action broke, what inputs it received, and what went wrong.
- Build flows without the portal — describe what you want in natural language and your AI agent creates the flow definition, wires connections, and deploys it.
- Govern and monitor at tenant scale (Pro+) — query failing flows, maker inventory, and governance metadata across every flow in your tenant.
- Work across multiple tenants — connect to different clients or environments from a single VS Code window.
- No context switching — stay in your editor. No portal tabs, no clicking through run history.
Setup
- Install this extension
- Get an API key at mcp.flowstudio.app — free to start, 100 calls included
- When prompted, paste your API key — or use Flow Studio: Add Tenant Connection from the command palette
Usage
In GitHub Copilot Chat, ask questions like:
- "List my Power Automate flows"
- "Why did this flow fail?"
- "Show me the last 5 runs of the daily report flow"
- "Create a new flow that sends a Teams message when a SharePoint item is created"
Subscription tiers
| Capability |
Basic |
Pro+ |
| Live tools (15) — read, debug, build, deploy flows |
✅ |
✅ |
| Store tools (13) — cached governance, monitoring, audit |
❌ |
✅ |
| Governance metadata (tags, owners, business impact) |
❌ |
✅ |
| Maker & Power Apps inventory |
❌ |
✅ |
Upgrade at mcp.flowstudio.app/pricing.
Skills (included)
This extension bundles all five Flow Studio skills. Copilot loads them automatically based on what you ask — no separate install needed.
| Skill |
Purpose |
Tier |
power-automate-mcp |
Core operations — list, read, inspect, trigger, resubmit, cancel flows |
Basic |
power-automate-debug |
Diagnose failing flows with action-level inputs and outputs |
Basic |
power-automate-build |
Build and deploy new flows from natural language |
Basic |
power-automate-monitoring |
Tenant-wide flow health, failure rates, maker inventory |
Pro+ |
power-automate-governance |
Classify, tag, audit, and manage flow compliance metadata |
Pro+ |
The Pro+ skills only call tools your subscription allows. If your tier doesn't include them, Copilot will tell you and suggest upgrading.
Real-time calls to the Power Automate API:
| Tool |
Description |
list_live_flows |
List all flows in a Power Platform environment |
list_live_environments |
Discover all environments visible to your account |
list_live_connections |
List connectors and connection status |
get_live_flow |
Read the full flow definition (triggers, actions, parameters) |
get_live_flow_runs |
View recent run history with status and timing |
get_live_flow_run_error |
Get per-action error breakdown for a failed run |
get_live_flow_run_action_outputs |
Inspect inputs/outputs of any action, including loop iterations |
get_live_flow_http_schema |
Inspect the request/response schema of HTTP-triggered flows |
get_live_flow_trigger_url |
Get the signed callback URL for HTTP-triggered flows |
trigger_live_flow |
Trigger an HTTP-triggered flow with a JSON payload |
update_live_flow |
Create a new flow or update an existing definition |
resubmit_live_flow_run |
Replay a failed run using its original trigger data |
cancel_live_flow_run |
Cancel a currently running flow execution |
set_live_flow_state |
Start or stop a flow |
add_live_flow_to_solution |
Migrate a flow into a solution |
Cached tenant-wide data from the Power Clarity workspace, refreshed daily. Includes governance metadata (tags, owners, business impact) that is not visible through the live Power Automate API.
| Tool |
Description |
list_store_flows |
List every flow in your tenant from the daily scan |
get_store_flow |
Get full flow details including governance metadata |
get_store_flow_runs |
Cached run history with status and duration |
get_store_flow_errors |
Failed runs with error details and remediation hints |
get_store_flow_summary |
Aggregated run statistics over a time window |
get_store_flow_trigger_url |
Cached trigger URL from the daily snapshot |
list_store_environments |
List environments with governance metadata |
list_store_connections |
List all connections in the tenant with health status |
list_store_makers |
List flow makers and their flow counts |
get_store_maker |
Get details for a specific maker |
list_store_power_apps |
List Power Apps in the tenant |
update_store_flow |
Write governance metadata (tags, owner, business impact, notification rules) |
set_store_flow_state |
Start or stop a flow via cached metadata |
Requires a FlowStudio for Teams or MCP Pro+ subscription.
Multi-Tenant Support
Connect to multiple tenants from the command palette:
- Flow Studio: Add Tenant Connection — add a new tenant
- Flow Studio: Remove Tenant Connection — remove a tenant
- Flow Studio: List Connections — view all configured tenants
Each tenant appears as a separate MCP server in Copilot Chat. API keys are stored securely in the OS keychain (Windows Credential Manager / macOS Keychain) — not in settings files.
Requirements
- VS Code 1.101.0 or later
- GitHub Copilot Chat extension
- A Flow Studio MCP subscription (Basic or Pro+)
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