Plugin check: Run node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/check-version.js" — if it outputs a message, show it to the user before proceeding.

Create Web Roles

Create web roles for a Power Pages SPA site. Web roles define the permissions and access levels for different types of site users.

Non-SPA sites use the same role schema and uniqueness constraints, but their metadata root can be either <projectRoot>/.powerpages-site or a directly opened PAC export.

Site Type Routing

Before reading or executing the workflow below, perform the existing SPA project lookup first:

• Look for powerpages.config.json in the current directory or immediate subdirectories using the existing file-search patterns.

• If found, continue with the existing SPA workflow below. Do not change its phases, prompts, gates, file naming, caller-suppress contract, or deployment behavior.

• Only when that existing SPA lookup finds no powerpages.config.json, run:

  node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/detect-project-context.js"
  

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• If it returns siteType: "non-spa", read and follow ${PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/create-webroles/references/non-spa-site-workflow.md. Do not execute any of the SPA workflow below.

• Otherwise, continue to Phase 1 and preserve its existing not-found handling.

Core Principles

• Use TaskCreate/TaskUpdate: Track all progress throughout all phases — create the todo list upfront with all phases before starting any work.
• Always use the UUID script: Never generate UUIDs manually — always use ${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/generate-uuid.js to produce valid UUID v4 values for each web role.
• Preserve uniqueness constraints: Only one role can have anonymoususersrole: true and only one can have authenticatedusersrole: true. Always check existing roles before setting these flags.
• Caller-suppress mode is opt-in: When invoked by another skill (e.g. /add-ai-webapi) with the [CALLED-BY-PARENT-SKILL] sentinel in $ARGUMENTS, suppress this skill's deploy prompts (Phase 1's missing-deploy ask, Phase 6's deploy ask (step 3), and the closing reminder) and return as soon as roles are created. The caller batches the deploy at end-of-orchestration. Human invocations never trigger this mode. See Phase 0 below for parsing.

Prerequisite: The site must be deployed at least once before web roles can be created, since deployment creates the .powerpages-site folder structure that stores web role definitions.

Initial request: $ARGUMENTS

Phase 0: Detect caller-suppress mode

Inspect $ARGUMENTS. If the text contains the sentinel [CALLED-BY-PARENT-SKILL], set an internal flag caller-suppress = true that downstream phases consult. The optional token caller=<skill-name> may follow the sentinel for diagnostic purposes (e.g. caller=add-ai-webapi); record it for the final summary but do not branch on it.

When the flag is set, skip every deploy prompt this skill would otherwise issue:

• Phase 1 missing-deploy ask: if .powerpages-site is absent, do NOT ask the user to deploy now. Stop with a clear contract-violation message back to the caller — the caller was supposed to gate on this before invoking us.
• Phase 6 deploy ask (step 3) and the closing "Please run /deploy-site" reminder: skip both. The caller batches the single deploy decision at end-of-orchestration.

When the sentinel is absent, proceed exactly as today (full interactive flow). This is the regression guard — no human invocation changes behavior.

Workflow

1. Phase 1: Verify Site Structure → Check for .powerpages-site/web-roles/ directory
2. Phase 2: Discover Existing Roles → Read current web role YAML files
3. Phase 3: Determine New Roles → Analyze the site and ask the user what roles are needed
4. Phase 4: Create Web Role Files → Generate YAML files with UUIDs from the Node script
5. Phase 5: Verify Web Roles → Validate all created files exist, have valid UUIDs, and flags are correct
6. Phase 6: Review & Deploy → Present summary and proceed to deployment

Phase 1: Verify Site Structure

Goal: Confirm the .powerpages-site/web-roles/ directory exists and is ready for web role files

Actions:

1. Locate the project root (**/powerpages.config.json) and check for .powerpages-site/web-roles/.

🚦 Gate (plan · create-webroles:1.deploy-first): .powerpages-site missing — skill cannot proceed without that folder. Prompt to deploy first or stop.

Trigger: Phase 1 found no .powerpages-site directory. Why we ask: Web role YAML files written to a non-existent path will never get picked up by deploy; user thinks roles were created but they weren't. Cancel leaves: Nothing — no YAML files written.

2. If .powerpages-site does NOT exist:

   • In caller-suppress mode (Phase 0 flag): stop with a contract-violation message — the calling skill should have gated on this folder existing before invoking us.
   • Otherwise: ask the user to deploy first via AskUserQuestion (options: "Yes, deploy now (Recommended)", "No, I'll do it later"). If yes, invoke /deploy-site then resume from Phase 2. If no, stop.

3. If .powerpages-site exists but web-roles/ does NOT: Create the <PROJECT_ROOT>/.powerpages-site/web-roles/ directory.

4. If both exist: Proceed to Phase 2.

Output: Confirmed .powerpages-site/web-roles/ directory exists and is ready

Phase 2: Discover Existing Roles

Goal: Identify all web roles already defined for the site

Actions:

1. Read all YAML files in the .powerpages-site/web-roles/ directory. Each file represents one web role with this format:

   anonymoususersrole: false
   authenticatedusersrole: false
   id: 778fa3d0-a2ef-4d2b-98b8-e6c7d8ce1444
   name: Administrators
   

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2. Parse each file and compile a list of existing web roles (name, id, and flags).

3. Present the existing roles to the user:

   "I found the following existing web roles in your site:"

   • Administrators (id: 778fa3d0-..., authenticated: false, anonymous: false)
   • (etc.)

4. If no roles exist yet, inform the user:

   "No web roles are currently defined for your site."

Output: Complete list of existing web roles with their names, IDs, and flags

Phase 3: Determine New Roles

Goal: Decide which new web roles to create based on site needs and user input

Actions:

🚦 Gate (plan · create-webroles:3.role-selection): Multi-select over suggested + custom web roles. Drives the Phase 4 YAML file writes.

Trigger: Phase 2 inventoried existing roles; Phase 3 suggests new ones. Why we ask: Wrong roles get created locally — fixable but adds churn to the .powerpages-site/web-roles/ folder. Cancel leaves: Nothing — no YAML files written yet.

1. Based on the site's purpose and the existing roles, suggest appropriate web roles. Use AskUserQuestion to confirm with the user.

   Common web roles for Power Pages sites include:

   • Administrators — Full access to site management
   • Authenticated Users — Default role for logged-in users (set authenticatedusersrole: true)
   • Anonymous Users — Default role for non-logged-in visitors (set anonymoususersrole: true)
   • Content Editors — Users who can edit site content
   • Moderators — Users who can moderate community content
   • Custom roles based on business needs

2. Ask the user which roles they want to create:

   Question	Options
   Which web roles would you like to create for your site? You can select from suggestions or describe custom roles.	(Provide relevant suggestions based on site context, existing roles, and business domain)

   CRITICAL: Do NOT suggest roles that already exist. Filter out any existing role names before presenting options.

3. Allow the user to specify custom role names as well.

Output: Confirmed list of new web roles to create

Phase 4: Create Web Role Files

Goal: Generate properly formatted YAML files with valid UUIDs for each new web role

Actions:

For each new web role the user approved, create a YAML file in .powerpages-site/web-roles/.

4.1 Generate UUID

For each role, generate a UUID using the Node script. NEVER generate UUIDs yourself — always use the script.

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/generate-uuid.js"

4.2 Create the YAML File

The filename should be the role name in kebab-case with a .yml extension (e.g., Administrators → administrators.yml, Content Editors → content-editors.yml).

Write the file with this exact format (4 fields, no extra whitespace or comments):

anonymoususersrole: <true if this is the anonymous users role, false otherwise>
authenticatedusersrole: <true if this is the authenticated users role, false otherwise>
id: <UUID from generate-uuid.js>
name: <Role Name>

Rules:

• Only ONE role can have anonymoususersrole: true
• Only ONE role can have authenticatedusersrole: true
• If an existing role already has one of these flags set to true, do not set it again on a new role
• Each role MUST have a unique UUID generated by the script — run the script once per role

Output: All new web role YAML files created

Phase 5: Verify Web Roles

Goal: Validate that all created web role files exist, have valid format, and constraints are satisfied

Actions:

1. List all files in .powerpages-site/web-roles/ and read each new file to confirm they were written correctly.

2. For each new web role file, verify:

   • The file exists at the expected path
   • The id field contains a valid UUID v4 format
   • The name field matches the expected role name
   • anonymoususersrole and authenticatedusersrole are valid booleans

3. Verify uniqueness constraints across ALL role files (existing + new):

   • At most one role has anonymoususersrole: true
   • At most one role has authenticatedusersrole: true
   • No duplicate id values exist across roles

4. If any file fails validation, fix the issue before proceeding.

Output: All web role files validated — correct format, valid UUIDs, no constraint violations

Phase 6: Review & Deploy

Goal: Present a summary of created roles and offer deployment

Actions:

1. Record skill usage:

   Reference: ${PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/skill-tracking-reference.md

   Follow the skill tracking instructions in the reference to record this skill's usage. Use --skillName "CreateWebroles".

2. Present a summary of what was created:

   "I've created the following new web roles:"

Role Name	ID	Anonymous	Authenticated
Content Editors	a1b2c3d4-...	false	false
(etc.)

🚦 Gate (plan · create-webroles:6.deploy): Final post-create prompt — deploy now to make the new roles take effect, or defer.

Trigger: Phase 5 validation succeeded. Why we ask: Auto-invoking /deploy-site would push the site to whatever env PAC CLI happens to point at — wrong-env push is messy to undo. Cancel leaves: Nothing — the YAML files stay on disk; no deploy fired.

3. In caller-suppress mode (Phase 0 flag): skip the deploy ask and the closing reminder entirely. Return the created-roles summary to the caller and stop. The caller owns the single end-of-orchestration deploy decision; nesting deploy reminders inside delegations gives the user 2–3 redundant prompts per parent-skill run.

   Otherwise, ask the user if they want to deploy the site to apply the new roles:

   Question	Options
   The new web roles have been created locally. To apply them in Power Pages, the site needs to be deployed. Would you like to deploy now?	Yes, deploy now (Recommended), No, I'll deploy later

4. If "Yes, deploy now": Tell the user to invoke the deploy skill:

   "Please run /deploy-site to deploy your site and apply the new web roles."

5. If "No, I'll deploy later": Acknowledge and remind them:

   "No problem! Remember to deploy your site using /deploy-site when you're ready to apply the new web roles to your Power Pages environment."

Output: Summary presented and deployment offered

Important Notes

Key Decision Points (Wait for User)

1. After Phase 1: Confirm deployment if .powerpages-site is missing
2. After Phase 3: Confirm which roles to create
3. After Phase 6: Deploy or skip

Progress Tracking

Before starting Phase 1, create a task list with all phases using TaskCreate:

Mark each task in_progress when starting it and completed when done via TaskUpdate. This gives the user visibility into progress and keeps the workflow deterministic.

Begin with Phase 1: Verify Site Structure