Power Automate via FlowStudio MCP

This skill lets AI agents read, monitor, and operate Microsoft Power Automate cloud flows programmatically through a FlowStudio MCP server — no browser, no UI, no manual steps.

Requires: A FlowStudio MCP subscription (or compatible Power Automate MCP server). You will need:

• MCP endpoint: https://mcp.flowstudio.app/mcp (same for all subscribers)
• API key / JWT token (x-api-key header — NOT Bearer)
• Power Platform environment name (e.g. Default-<tenant-guid>)

Source of Truth

Start every new session with tools/list. It returns the authoritative, up-to-date schema for every tool — parameter names, types, and required flags. The SKILL docs cover what tools/list cannot tell you: response shapes, non-obvious behaviors, and end-to-end workflow patterns.

If any documentation disagrees with tools/list or a real API response, the API wins.

Recommended Language: Python or Node.js

All examples in this skill and the companion build / debug skills use Python with urllib.request (stdlib — no pip install needed). Node.js is an equally valid choice: fetch is built-in from Node 18+, JSON handling is native, and the async/await model maps cleanly onto the request-response pattern of MCP tool calls — making it a natural fit for teams already working in a JavaScript/TypeScript stack.

TL;DR — use the Core MCP Helper (Python or Node.js) below. Both handle JSON-RPC framing, auth, and response parsing in a single reusable function.

What You Can Do

FlowStudio MCP has two access tiers. FlowStudio for Teams subscribers get both the fast Azure-table store (cached snapshot data + governance metadata) and full live Power Automate API access. MCP-only subscribers get the live tools — more than enough to build, debug, and operate flows.

Live Tools — Available to All MCP Subscribers

Store Tools — FlowStudio for Teams Subscribers Only

These tools read from (and write to) the FlowStudio Azure table — a monitored snapshot of your tenant's flows enriched with governance metadata and run statistics.

Which Tool Tier to Call First

⚠️ list_live_flows returns a wrapper object with a flows array — access via result["flows"].

Store tools (list_store_flows, get_store_flow, etc.) are available to FlowStudio for Teams subscribers and provide cached governance metadata. Use live tools when in doubt — they work for all subscription tiers.

Step 0 — Discover Available Tools

Always start by calling tools/list to confirm the server is reachable and see exactly which tool names are available (names may vary by server version):

import json, urllib.request

TOKEN = "<YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>"
MCP   = "https://mcp.flowstudio.app/mcp"

def mcp_raw(method, params=None, cid=1):
    payload = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": method, "id": cid}
    if params:
        payload["params"] = params
    req = urllib.request.Request(MCP, data=json.dumps(payload).encode(),
        headers={"x-api-key": TOKEN, "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 "User-Agent": "FlowStudio-MCP/1.0"})
    try:
        resp = urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30)
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
        raise RuntimeError(f"MCP HTTP {e.code} — check token and endpoint") from e
    return json.loads(resp.read())

raw = mcp_raw("tools/list")
if "error" in raw:
    print("ERROR:", raw["error"]); raise SystemExit(1)
for t in raw["result"]["tools"]:
    print(t["name"], "—", t["description"][:60])

Core MCP Helper (Python)

Use this helper throughout all subsequent operations:

import json, urllib.request

TOKEN = "<YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>"
MCP   = "https://mcp.flowstudio.app/mcp"

def mcp(tool, args, cid=1):
    payload = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": cid,
               "params": {"name": tool, "arguments": args}}
    req = urllib.request.Request(MCP, data=json.dumps(payload).encode(),
        headers={"x-api-key": TOKEN, "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 "User-Agent": "FlowStudio-MCP/1.0"})
    try:
        resp = urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=120)
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
        body = e.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
        raise RuntimeError(f"MCP HTTP {e.code}: {body[:200]}") from e
    raw = json.loads(resp.read())
    if "error" in raw:
        raise RuntimeError(f"MCP error: {json.dumps(raw['error'])}")
    text = raw["result"]["content"][0]["text"]
    return json.loads(text)

Common auth errors:

• HTTP 401/403 → token is missing, expired, or malformed. Get a fresh JWT from mcp.flowstudio.app.
• HTTP 400 → malformed JSON-RPC payload. Check Content-Type: application/json and body structure.
• MCP error: {"code": -32602, ...} → wrong or missing tool arguments.

Core MCP Helper (Node.js)

Equivalent helper for Node.js 18+ (built-in fetch — no packages required):

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