Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. Use before starting to edit a canvas app with the /canvas-app skill if not already connected. USE WHEN "configure MCP", "set up MCP server", "MCP not working", "connect Canvas Apps MCP", "canvas-authoring not available", "MCP not configured", "set up canvas apps".
Install
npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcpnpx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -a claude-code -gnpx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills --skill configure-canvas-mcp -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills.git --path plugins/canvas-apps/skills/configure-canvas-mcpgh skill install microsoft/power-platform-skills configure-canvas-mcpgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills /tmp/microsoft__power-platform-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__power-platform-skills/plugins/canvas-apps/skills/configure-canvas-mcp ~/.claude/skills/configure-canvas-mcp # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__power-platform-skills/plugins/canvas-apps/skills/configure-canvas-mcp ~/.agents/skills/configure-canvas-mcp # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode