| name | add-datasource |
| description | Use when adding an unspecified data source to an Expo/React Native Power Apps mobile app; routes to Dataverse, SharePoint, or another connector. |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Skill |
| model | sonnet |
📋 Shared instructions: shared-instructions.md — read first.
Add Data Source
Router skill that understands the user's goal and connects them to the right data source — without requiring them to know Power Platform terminology.
Workflow
Check Memory Bank
Check for memory-bank.md per shared-instructions.md.
Understand the Goal
- If
$ARGUMENTS is provided or the caller already specified what's needed, use it directly and skip the question below.
- Otherwise, ask the user what they want their app to do — not which connector to use. Focus on the end goal. Example questions:
- "What kind of data does your app need to work with?"
- "What should your app be able to do? (e.g., search company info, manage tasks, send messages)"
- Based on their answer, recommend the best approach and explain why it's the right fit. The user shouldn't need to know the difference between Dataverse, SharePoint, or other connectors — that's our job.
Route to the Right Skill
| User's goal | Best approach | Invoke |
|---|
| Store and manage structured business data (custom tables, forms, CRUD) | Dataverse is the platform's native database | /add-dataverse |
| Invoke an existing Dataverse action/function/API | Discover with Power Apps CLI find-dataverse-api; this plugin only adds Dataverse table CRUD | /add-connector |
| Read lists, manage documents, integrate with SharePoint sites | SharePoint Online — dedicated skill with list creation support | /add-sharepoint |
| Invoke an existing Power Automate cloud flow | Use Power Apps CLI list-flows / add-flow support through the generic connector workflow | /add-connector |
| Anything else — Teams messages, Excel data, OneDrive files, Office 365 email/calendar, Azure DevOps, Copilot Studio, custom connectors | Generic connector (we'll figure out the right one) | /add-connector |
Note: Dedicated skills for Teams, Excel, OneDrive, Office 365, and Azure DevOps are planned for v1. Until then, /add-connector handles all of them — it covers every connector the platform supports and generates the same src/generated/ service layer.
Important routing rules:
- When the user wants to perform actions (send an email, post a Teams message, create a file), route to
/add-connector with the connector name as the argument (e.g., /add-connector office365, /add-connector teams).
- When the user wants to invoke a cloud flow, route to
/add-connector and tell it to use npx power-apps list-flows --json followed by npx power-apps add-flow --flow-id <flow-guid> --non-interactive from the app root.
- When the user wants to invoke a Dataverse action/function/API rather than table CRUD, route to
/add-connector and tell it to use npx power-apps find-dataverse-api --search '<operation-name>' --json; then stop and explain that this plugin only adds Dataverse table CRUD.
- When the user wants to store or query structured business data with custom schema, route to
/add-dataverse.
- If the user wants multiple capabilities, invoke each skill in sequence.
When the User Isn't Sure
If the user describes a vague goal (e.g., "I need data for my app"), guide them:
- Ask what their app does and who uses it
- Ask what data they need to display or interact with
- Recommend the simplest approach that meets their needs
- Explain the recommendation in plain language (avoid jargon like "connector", "Dataverse", "tabular data source" unless the user uses those terms first)
