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Use when the user asks to find, create, or look up a Power Platform connection ID or connection reference for the current environment.

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📋 Shared instructions: shared-instructions.md — cross-cutting concerns (Windows CLI compatibility, memory bank, etc.).

List Connections

Finds or creates a Power Platform connection with the Power Apps CLI. Returns the Connection ID or Connection Reference that callers feed into npx power-apps add-data-source.

Workflow

  1. Get Connection → 2. Present Results

Step 1 — Get Connection

Use one of the supported paths below.

If the caller already provided a connection ID, validate the connector/API ID from context and return it as-is for --connection-id.

If the caller provided a connector API ID and needs a new connection, create it from the app root:

npx power-apps create-connection --api-id <api-id> --json

Use the returned connectionId for --connection-id <connectionId>. Optional display names are supported:

npx power-apps create-connection --api-id <api-id> --display-name '<display-name>' --json

Browser-based connection creation is disabled by default. If the connector is not SSO-eligible and the command reports that browser creation is disabled, tell the user to either set POWERAPPS_CLI_ENABLE_BROWSER_CONNECTION=true and rerun the command, or create the connection in the maker portal.

Step 1b — Fetch Connection References When Solution-Aware

If the caller provided a solution ID and needs a connection reference name, list connection references from the app root:

npx power-apps list-connection-references --solution-id <solution-id> --json

If a matching connection reference exists, return its reference name for --connection-ref <connection-ref>.

If npx power-apps create-connection or list-connection-references fails because of auth, wrong user, multiple accounts, no output, or timeout, follow shared-instructions command-failure handling and retry once.

Other failures:

  • Non-zero exit for any reason other than auth: report the exact output. STOP.

Step 2 — Present Results

Show the supported add path. A Connection ID goes into --connection-id <connection-id> when adding a data source. When Step 1b was requested, also show matching connection references; a Connection Reference goes into --connection-ref <connection-ref>.

If the needed connector is missing:

  1. Share the direct Connections URL using the active environment ID from context (read from power.config.json environmentId): https://make.powerapps.com/environments/<environment-id>/connections → + New connection
  2. Search for and create the connector, then complete the sign-in / consent flow
  3. Rerun /list-connections <api-id> or provide the portal connection ID so the data-source skill can continue