deploy

name	deploy
description	Use to deploy, publish, or push an Expo/React Native Power Apps mobile app to a Power Platform tenant.
user-invocable	true
allowed-tools	Read, Glob, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Skill
model	sonnet

📋 Shared instructions: shared-instructions.md — read first.

Deploy

Builds the mobile app in the current directory and pushes it to the Power Platform environment recorded in power.config.json.

This skill uses the standard 4-step deployment flow for this plugin: check memory bank, build, deploy, then update memory bank.

Out of scope (deliberately)

• expo run:ios / expo run:android — local native compile is the user's choice; run your platform-specific native command directly when ready.
• OTA updates and store distribution — out of scope for v0.
• Starting Metro for local dev — run npm run dev (= expo start) directly.

Workflow

1. Check memory bank → 2. Build → 2.5 Offline profile coverage gate → 3. Deploy → 4. Update memory bank

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Step 1 — Check memory bank

Read memory-bank.md from the project root if present. Capture:

• Project name
• Environment (id + display name)
• Current version

If absent, continue — the project may have been created without the plugin. Re-derive env from power.config.json if needed.

Step 2 — Build

Print before starting:

"→ Building production web bundle via npm run build (= expo export --platform web). ~30–90 seconds."

First regenerate connectorSchemas.ts so app/_layout.tsx's schemaMap import reflects every connector currently in .power/schemas/. The npm prestart/preandroid/preios hooks cover dev runs, but npm run build does not — if a connector was added since the last npm run dev, the bundled JS would ship a stale schema map. Always regenerate before build:

npm run generate-schemas
npm run build

If package.json has no build script, fall back to:

npx expo export --platform web

(That's what the upstream template's build script runs.)

If the build fails:

• TS6133 (unused import) → remove the import and retry once.
• Other TypeScript errors → report file + line and STOP. Don't deploy a broken build.
• Metro bundler errors → surface the full stack and STOP.

Verify dist/ exists with index.html before continuing.

Step 2.5 — Offline profile coverage gate

This is the final chance to catch schema that never made it into the Mobile Offline Profile before it ships — a table added to the data model but not the profile never syncs to devices, and a new column arrives blank offline. Validate that every schema change is covered before pushing.

Run the local, no-network delta check (.datamodel-manifest.json vs offline-profile.json):

node "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/offline-profile-delta.js"

Branch on the JSON status (full contract in offline-profile-reconciliation.md):

status	Action
no-manifest	Connectors-only app — no Dataverse schema. Continue to Step 3 silently.
no-profile	No offline profile in this project. Print one line: ↷ No offline profile — skipping offline coverage check. Run /setup-offline-profile if you want offline support. Continue to Step 3.
in-sync	Print ✓ Offline profile covers all schema changes. Continue to Step 3.
error	offline-profile.json is unreadable — the script prints status: error and exits non-zero. Offline coverage can't be validated against a corrupt file, so STOP before pushing: surface the error string and have the user fix offline-profile.json and re-run, or type the deploy without offline override (below) to push anyway.
delta	STOP before pushing. See below.

On delta — print the uncovered schema, then gate with AskUserQuestion:

⚠ The offline profile is missing schema changes. If you deploy now, these won't be
  available on disconnected devices:

  Tables not in the profile : <missingTables[].logicalName>
  Tables with new columns   : <tablesWithNewColumns[].logicalName (newColumns)>

Options:

• Update the offline profile now (recommended) — read and execute ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../add-table-to-offline-profile/SKILL.md for each missingTables[] entry (or once with --all-new), then read and execute ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../edit-offline-profile/SKILL.md with --table <t> --columns add:<newColumns> for each tablesWithNewColumns[] entry. Follow the ordering in the reconciliation reference, then re-run the delta check; when it reports in-sync, continue to Step 3.
• Deploy anyway — requires an explicit override. Wait for the exact phrase deploy without offline (case-insensitive); a bare y/yes is not enough, mirroring the environment-mismatch gate in Step 3. Then continue to Step 3 and note the skipped reconciliation in the Step 4 build-history row.

Do not push until the gate is resolved (reconciled to in-sync, or explicitly overridden).

Step 3 — Deploy

Resolve and confirm the target environment FIRST. npx power-apps push deploys to the environment configured in power.config.json. Resolve that ID to a Dataverse URL so the user catches drift before pushing.

Run:

ENV_ID=$(node -e "console.log(require('./power.config.json').environmentId)")
node "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/resolve-environment.js" "$ENV_ID"

From resolve-environment.js capture the Environment URL (e.g. https://contoso.crm.dynamics.com/), Environment ID, and Tenant ID. Cross-check against memory-bank.md / power.config.json:

• Match → proceed to the confirmation prompt below.
• Mismatch → STOP. Surface both values side-by-side and ask the user to either (a) update power.config.json by re-running init in the intended app root, or (b) explicitly type override to push to the environment already recorded in power.config.json. Do not proceed on a bare y.
• Cannot resolve/authenticate → STOP with az login --tenant <env-tenant> instructions, or ask the user to provide the environment URL directly.

Print before starting:

"→ Pushing bundle to Power Platform via npx power-apps push. ~30–60 seconds."

Confirm with the user using the resolved env URL, not just the friendly name:

"Ready to deploy to (<env-url>)? This will update the live app for every user in that environment. Type yes deploy to <env-name> to confirm."

Wait for the exact phrase yes deploy to <env-name> (case-insensitive, env-name matching). A bare y / yes is not enough — too easy to fire on autopilot when the wrong env is active. Then:

npx power-apps push --non-interactive

Capture the app URL from the output if printed.

If deploy fails, report the error and STOP — do not retry silently. Common fixes:

Error	Fix
npx power-apps push auth error, wrong user, or multiple accounts	Follow shared-instructions command-failure handling. az login / az account set does not switch the standalone Power Apps CLI account.
Environment mismatch	Re-run npx power-apps init -t MobileApp --display-name <name> --environment-id <id> --non-interactive in a fresh/app root for the intended target
npx power-apps push not recognised	Run npm install in the project so @microsoft/power-apps provides the CLI, or install @microsoft/power-apps-cli only as a last-resort prerequisite after user confirmation.

Step 4 — Update memory bank

If memory-bank.md exists, increment the version (v1.0.0 → v1.1.0) and update:

• Current version
• Last deployed timestamp
• App URL (if captured)
• Append a row to the Build history section: | v1.1.0 | <timestamp> | deploy | success |

Print the summary card:

✅ Deploy — <project-name>
─────────────────────────────────────────────
Version       : <new-version>
Environment   : <env-name>
App URL       : <url or "see make.powerapps.com">
Bundle path   : dist/

Local dev:    npm run dev          (= expo start, QR for native dev clients)
Re-deploy:    /deploy
List conns:   /list-connections
─────────────────────────────────────────────

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Local dev (out of scope for this skill — for reference only)

When the user wants to iterate locally, they run directly:

npm run dev          # = expo start  →  Metro + QR for native dev clients

This launches Metro and prints a QR code. They can:

• Scan the QR with the installed native dev client
• Press r to reload, j to open the debugger, m for the dev menu

Runtime debugging for this plugin uses /debug-app with native dev-client sessions and Metro terminal logs. Do not use React Native Web, browser automation, direct Metro/localhost HTTP probes, or screen-by-screen runtime checks.

If they want to compile a native binary locally, they run the platform-specific native command directly. Local native compile and manual device testing are user-owned and are not deployment gates for this skill.

Reference

• shared/version-check.md — min versions (only Always-required tier matters here)
• shared/memory-bank.md — Build history schema
• shared/references/offline-profile-reconciliation.md — Step 2.5 offline coverage gate