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 "id": "plan-a-power-platform-solution",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Power Platform solution planner",
 "summary": "Share a business process and its rules. Get a plan for apps, data and workflows.",
 "headline": "Power Platform solution planner",
 "subhead": "Share process notes, user roles and rules. Map each need to a Power Platform tool. Get a plan with gaps to check.",
 "job": {
  "id": "build-software",
  "name": "Build and ship software"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "transcript",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Transcript",
   "what": "the words from a recording, written out, with who said what"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your process description, use case or meeting transcript.",
  "The user groups and what each one needs to do.",
  "The systems and data sources involved.",
  "Access rules and known exceptions (optional).",
  "Limits such as budget, licences or deadlines (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A list of Power Platform components, each with its role and why it fits.",
  "A description of how people and data move through the solution.",
  "A list of assumptions and open licensing or integration checks.",
  "Follow-up questions for any facts that are missing.",
  "A diagram you can paste into a Mermaid viewer (optional)."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You have a process or use case and need to know which Power Platform tools to use.",
  "You have a transcript from a discovery meeting and want a build plan from it.",
  "You need to explain a proposed solution to a team before work starts.",
  "You want a diagram of how an app, flow and data store would connect."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You only need a single spreadsheet or a simple form: build it directly in Excel or Microsoft Forms.",
  "You want a plain picture of how work happens today: ask a colleague to sketch a simple process map first.",
  "You want the finished app built: this gives a plan only, so hand it to a Power Platform developer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your process notes, meeting transcript or use case description",
   "The people or user groups who will use it",
   "The systems and data sources involved",
   "Access rules and known limits (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Requirements analysis",
    "contains": "The users, data sources, triggers, pain points and unclear exceptions pulled from your notes."
   },
   {
    "name": "Follow-up questions",
    "contains": "Questions about facts that are missing, so you can fill gaps before you build."
   },
   {
    "name": "Component recommendation",
    "contains": "Which Power Platform tools fit each need, and why each one was chosen."
   },
   {
    "name": "Architecture recommendation",
    "contains": "How the parts connect, how data flows, where approvals happen, and open licensing or integration checks."
   },
   {
    "name": "Architecture diagram (optional)",
    "contains": "A Mermaid diagram of the solution that you can paste into a diagram viewer."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste in the skill instructions. No code running or paid tool is needed.",
  "Gather your process notes, user groups, systems and access rules first. Paste them in one message.",
  "Answer any follow-up questions the AI asks about missing facts.",
  "Read the component list and flow. Check each assumption and licensing note.",
  "Ask for the diagram if you want one. Your AI shows the diagram code in the chat. Copy it into a Mermaid viewer.",
  "Take the plan and the licensing checks to a Power Platform developer or your IT team before you build."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Power BI report layout planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/design-a-power-bi-report-layout",
   "why": "Design it"
  },
  {
   "name": "Power BI data model checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/review-a-power-bi-data-model",
   "why": "Power BI data model checker"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Tim Hanewich",
  "repo": "github/awesome-copilot",
  "url": "https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/613efc8c21d9b3ce642dff361d17006cd9967e28/skills/power-platform-architect",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "power-platform-architect",
  "commit": "613efc8c21d9b3ce642dff361d17006cd9967e28"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "power-platform-architect skill",
   "by": "Tim Hanewich",
   "url": "https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/613efc8c21d9b3ce642dff361d17006cd9967e28/skills/power-platform-architect",
   "used": "Original instructions and supporting files, with attribution and the MIT licence. Display copy describes the task."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE"
 ],
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  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/plan-a-power-platform-solution.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/plan-a-power-platform-solution.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/plan-a-power-platform-solution/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/plan-a-power-platform-solution.zip",
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