generate-canvas-app

$npx mdskill add microsoft/power-platform-skills/generate-canvas-app

Generate a complete Power Apps canvas app

  • Users create and configure a new Power Apps canvas app.
  • Depends on Microsoft's Power Platform APIs for app generation.
  • Decides based on user input to customize app features and data connections.
  • Delivers the generated app as a downloadable ZIP file or directly in the environment.

SKILL.md

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---
name: generate-canvas-app
version: 2.0.0
description: "[DEPRECATED — use canvas-app instead] Generate a complete Power Apps canvas app."
author: Microsoft Corporation
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read
---

# ⚠️ Deprecated — Use `canvas-app`

This skill has been replaced by the unified **`canvas-app`** skill, which handles both
creating and editing canvas apps.

Please use `/canvas-app` instead. It will automatically detect that the app is empty and
run the full generation workflow.

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