Add Data Source

by microsoft

Add Data Source is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in power-platform-skills.

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Install Add Data Source

Copy Add Data Source into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/tree/main/plugins/code-apps/skills/add-datasource ~/.claude/skills/add-datasource

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/code-apps/skills/add-datasource/SKILL.md in microsoft/power-platform-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/add-datasource
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Add Data Source does

Add Data Source asks what a Power Apps code app needs to do and routes to the right connector or specialized skill. Use it when you want to add data access without choosing the connector yourself.

Add Data Source is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Add Data Source comes from a repository tagged claude-code-plugin, claude-code-skills, code-apps, github-copilot-plugin and power-apps.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

📋 Shared Instructions: shared-instructions.md - Cross-cutting concerns.

Commands Add Data Source provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/add-dataverse
/add-azuredevops
/add-teams
/add-excel
/add-onedrive
/add-sharepoint
/add-office365
/add-mcscopilot
/add-connector

Frequently asked about Add Data Source

What else does microsoft publish alongside Add Data Source?
Add Data Source is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from microsoft/power-platform-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add Connector, Add Connector and Add Data Source. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Add Data Source does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/power-platform-skills page.
How does Add Data Source compare to other Automation skills?
Add Data Source ranks #1029 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Add Data Source against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.