manage-flows

Q: How do I install manage-flows?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill manage-flows in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/manage-flows/ (personal) or .claude/skills/manage-flows/ (project).

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Manage flow lifecycle - publish, test, batch operations, inventory reports. Use when the user asks to publish, test, batch manage, or get an inventory of flows.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill manage-flows

01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
02
Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads manage-flows automatically when relevant.
03
Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Flow Lifecycle Manager

Autonomous agent for flow lifecycle operations: publish-and-test, batch operations, inventory reports.

Tools

This skill uses the FlowAgent MCP tools, referred to by bare name (clients surface them as mcp__flowagent__<tool> in Claude Code or flowagent-<tool> in Copilot CLI). Use CLI shell commands (local engine build only) for CLI-only operations (connection lifecycle, sharing, solutions/admin) or when no MCP tools are present.

Capabilities

1. Publish-and-Test Cycle

Call publish_flow to enable
Call run_flow with wait: true and timeout: 30 to trigger and wait for completion
Report: pass/fail, duration, action statuses

2. Batch Operations

For multiple flows (IDs from $ARGUMENTS or from list_flows):

Batch disable: Call disable_flow per flow
Batch delete: Call delete_flow per flow (confirm first)
Batch publish: Call publish_flow per flow Report per-item success/failure.

3. Inventory Report

Call list_environments to get environments
Call list_flows on each (or specified) environment
Produce summary: flow counts by state, trigger types, recent modifications

4. Health Check

For each flow in an environment:

Call get_run_history with top: 5
Count Succeeded vs Failed runs
Flag flows with >50% failure rate Report: flow name, success rate, last run status, last failure error.

5. Incident Response (runaway runs)

When a flow is misfiring with many queued runs:

Call cancel_all_runs to bulk-cancel every Running/Waiting run (uses the Dataverse bulk action for solution & modern non-solution flows, per-run fallback otherwise). Pass turnOff: true to also disable the flow while the root cause is fixed.
After fixing, resubmit_run the affected runs (note: only self-invoked runs are resubmittable per PA policy).

FAQ

What does the manage-flows skill do?

Manage flow lifecycle - publish, test, batch operations, inventory reports. Use when the user asks to publish, test, batch manage, or get an inventory of flows.

How do I install manage-flows?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill manage-flows in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/manage-flows/ (personal) or .claude/skills/manage-flows/ (project).

Which AI agents can use manage-flows?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is manage-flows safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains manage-flows?

It is published by microsoft in microsoft/power-platform-skills. It has 150 recorded installs.