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This extension enables editing a Power Automate flow definition as JSON.
The Chrome extension that enables editing a Power Automate flow definition as JSON.
Motivation
The reason behind creating this extension is constantly struggling with repetitive tasks in the flow authoring workflow like replacing a SharePoint site's URL or changing the variable name.
Features
- Edit a Power Automate flow as JSON in your browser.
- Workflow definition JSON schema validation.
- Rich text manipulation features thanks to Monaco Editor (VS Code).
- Validating actions using "Flow Checker".
- More features may come in future :)
How to use it
1. Get the extension.
2. Open the flow edit page in the Power Automate/Power Apps portal.
3. Click the extension icon.
4. Edit your flow!
Change Log
v1.3
- Migrated to the new Power Platform API (*.api.powerplatform.com)
- Fixed flow detection for solution flows and multiple environments
- Per-tab state tracking for auth tokens and API URLs
v1.2
- Fixed the issue with saving a flow
- Support for launching from the new Power Automate designer
- Improved launching from Power Apps Portal
- Now editor allows to edit the flow definition and connection references
v1.1
Added support for opening a flow from the new Power Automate portal and Power Apps portal.
Known limitations
- The authentication token is not refreshed automatically at this moment. Sometimes might be necessary to refresh the flow's page that was used to open the extension.
Latest reviews
- David Jeremias
- This extension is fantastic. Combined with AI, it has sped up my Power Automate development by at least 10x. There is a bit of a learning curve at first, and the error handling and logging could be improved. But once you understand how the extension works, development becomes much smoother. I’d give it 10 stars if I could.
- Michael Rosemann
- Just installed it, running PA on browser. Had the same problems as people reported before: Clicking the Tools Extension during a flow edit only opened a short Extension setup menue. Now I found out that by switching to the "Old Designer" (or classic designer maybe in English) gets around this issue. In "Classic Designer" version of PA, clicking the PA Tools Extension indeed opens the whole code for hacking around.
- Christian Johnson
- Does not actually work. Clicking the extension does nothing.
- Chris Bishop
- This no longer works with either Power Automate v2 nor v3
- Mihaita Manda
- Not working.
- mike Kay
- found it really useful to update a massive apply to each statement, just make sure you are in Classic mode, otherwise the button does nothing.
- Etele Blahó
- As of writing clicking the extension icon with the new designer ("v3") does nothing, and even with the old designer it's hit-and-miss.
- Rex Ion
- Incredibly useful, thanks
- miranto randriamampianina
- Works like a charm where the power automate GUI offers only a read-only field for code peek view
- Samuel King
- fantastic. does what it does. great for throwing JSON into LLM's and troubleshooting
- Alejandro Vazquez
- Although not perfect, it saved me hours of work updating a massive flow! Using this, i was able to copy the text to NotePad++, make the changes there (lots of find and replace), then copy back to this tool, validate, and save!
- Manny B
- MS's Power Automate editor is a pile of trash. YOU NEED THIS.
- Andrew Lindfield
- Allowed me to quickly edit some Power Automate code in a text editor and paste in back in to Power Automate. Saves me loads of time and effort.
- Chandler Parsons
- I can't get it to work. I've tried the refresh idea.
- Chandler Parsons
- I can't get it to work. I've tried the refresh idea.
- Denny Caldwell (Grinn)
- Can be a very helpful tool, when it works. It seems to only launch if you click it on a fresh page load. But it makes searching your code much simpler, so thanks to the developer for taking the time to publish it!
- Denny Caldwell (Grinn)
- Can be a very helpful tool, when it works. It seems to only launch if you click it on a fresh page load. But it makes searching your code much simpler, so thanks to the developer for taking the time to publish it!
- David wyatt
- Wasnt expecting this to work as well as it did. Speeds up development, great tool
- David wyatt
- Wasnt expecting this to work as well as it did. Speeds up development, great tool
- mister jib
- Was looking for something to let me quickly copy title attributes of dynamic content elements in the flow - this thing outputs it all which although not quite a hot key + right click kinda thing, it is a fantastic tool and definitely easier than hitting F12 to inspect element that way. Thanks for making and sharing this!
- mister jib
- Was looking for something to let me quickly copy title attributes of dynamic content elements in the flow - this thing outputs it all which although not quite a hot key + right click kinda thing, it is a fantastic tool and definitely easier than hitting F12 to inspect element that way. Thanks for making and sharing this!
- Simply Automate ApS SA
- This is the coolest thing! Thanks
- Simply Automate ApS SA
- This is the coolest thing! Thanks