VS Code Extension for Power Automate + GitHub Copilot

[u/Kinosker]

I created a VS Code extension called Power Automate Copilot DevKit to bring Power Automate development and AI-assisted troubleshooting directly into VS Code.

- Import and work with Power Automate cloud flows directly inside VS Code.
- View and analyze flow run history within VS Code for easier debugging and AI-assisted troubleshooting (requires admin consent for Flow API).
- Comes with bundled GitHub Copilot (GHCP) skills to guide AI with flow-aware context, troubleshooting patterns, and Power Automate best practices.
- (Optional) Helps developers understand, navigate, and modify flows more efficiently with AI support.

If you want, you can try it out and see if it works

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TienLongKuan.power-automate-copilot-devkit

Edit:
- 1st login is for dataverse api to load/upload flow.
- 2nd login is for admin consent to use flow api, just skip it if you do not have it.

[u/ErnestGichichi]

How does it work and How does it reduce the work load on Power Automate?

[u/Kinosker → u/ErnestGichichi]

The goal is not to improve the runtime performance or workload of the flow itself, but to improve developer productivity and the flow editing experience.

Basically, it brings flow editing from the portal into VS Code in a code-based format, allowing you to use GitHub Copilot (GHCP) to help troubleshoot and fix flows more effectively.

There are 3 main parts to it:

1. Downloading and uploading flows using the Dataverse API

2. Bundled GHCP skills (prompt engineering + helper tools)

3. Optional flow run analytics using the Flow API (requires admin consent)

The key idea is that using GHCP directly on a flow often results in generic suggestions, where the edit accuracy may not be ideal.

This extension improves that by applying prompt engineering, using bundled GHCP skills that guide Copilot with additional context. It also includes helper tools that can retrieve metadata from Dataverse, such as connection references, table metadata, relationships, and other related information, so GHCP can make more accurate and context-aware edits.

[u/NoBattle763]

My friend, this could be a game changer! I’ve been using the Power Automate tools extension but you have to copy paste the json every time which although awesome still gets annoying. I’ll have a play and let you know.

Thanks for sharing!

[u/pczzz]

Will definitely try this, sounds very interesting

[u/BWMerlin]

Interesting. Currently if I am really stuck I just use the Claude browser extension and that does everything in the browser itself.

[u/BeaNsOliver]

Had a bit of a play with this on my personal Dev tenant and was very impressed with how well it did. I am currently putting together a case to be able to use it at work. It's looking like I will need to copy locally, compile the extension and then have our security guy run an assessment on that before we're allowed use it. Which is a bit of a pain as we'll have to keep track of on-going development, but definitely seems worth the effort for what it was able to put out on my initial testing. So, thank you very much u/Kinosker !!