Adds Work IQ (M365 Copilot Search) to a Power Apps code app via the Work IQ Copilot MCP connector (shared_a365copilotchatmcp), then wires up a production-ready McpSession wrapper for AI-powered, knowledge-grounded search and chat. Use when integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot search/chat. The CopilotChat tool searches internal Microsoft 365 content (documents, emails, chats, sites, files) across your organization — prefer workload-specific tools (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Mail) when the workl...
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description: Adds Work IQ (M365 Copilot Search) to a Power Apps code app via the Work IQ Copilot MCP connector (shared_a365copilotchatmcp), then wires up a production-ready McpSession wrapper for AI-powered, knowledge-grounded search and chat. Use when integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot search/chat. The CopilotChat tool searches internal Microsoft 365 content (documents, emails, chats, sites, files) across your organization — prefer workload-specific tools (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Mail) when the workload is explicit; do not use it for general knowledge, news, public web, or external information.
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**📋 Shared Instructions: [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md)** - Cross-cutting concerns.
# Add Work IQ (M365 Copilot Search)
Work IQ is accessed through the dedicated **Work IQ Copilot MCP** connector (`shared_a365copilotchatmcp`; shown as "Work IQ Copilot MCP (Preview)" in the maker portal). It exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) endpoint whose `CopilotChat` tool performs AI-powered, knowledge-grounded search and conversation over Microsoft 365 content.
> This is the purpose-built Work IQ connector and generates a `WorkIQCopilotMCPService` with a single `mcp_m365copilot` operation. **Every command and code reference in this skill is specific to `shared_a365copilotchatmcp`** (connection commands, and the generated `WorkIQCopilotMCPService` / `WorkIQCopilotMCPModel` files). Do not run this skill for a different connector. If you instead need the broader `shared_a365mcpservers` "Microsoft 365 MCP Servers" bundle (Mail/Teams/SharePoint MCP servers), add it via `/add-connector` — its generated service is `MicrosoftMCPServersService`, so you must adjust the Step 2 commands and the wrapper imports accordingly.
> ⚠️ **Work IQ uses MCP.** A JSON-RPC `initialize` handshake runs before the first `tools/call`. This connector's server (`Microsoft.MCPPlatform.WebApi`) is **stateless-tolerant** — do **NOT** send an `Mcp-Session-Id` on `initialize` (the server treats it as a session lookup and returns `-32001 Session not found`). Drive the connector through the `McpSession` wrapper below, which runs the handshake, sends **no** session id by default, sequences JSON-RPC ids, auto-retries on `Session not found`, and parses the nested response for you.
## Workflow
1. Check Memory Bank → 2. Add Connector → 3. Inspect Generated Service → 4. Create McpSession Wrapper → 5. Use Work IQ → 6. Build → 7. Update Memory Bank
---
### Step 1: Check Memory Bank
Check for `memory-bank.md` per [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md).
### Step 2: Add Connector
The Power Apps code-app CLI (`@microsoft/power-apps-cli`, invoked as `pa` or `power-apps` — resolve via [cli-binary.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/cli-binary.md)) creates the connection and generates the typed service itself. Make sure the CLI is installed (`npm install`) and you are signed in (`pa auth status`, or `power-apps auth-status` on `power-apps`-only projects; it shares the same auth as the rest of the code-app skills).
#### Find or Create the Connection
**Check for an existing connection first:**
```bash
pa connection list
```
Look for a **Work IQ Copilot MCP (Preview)** connection (api id `shared_a365copilotchatmcp`) in the output. If one is listed, note its Connection ID and skip to "Add the Data Source" below.
**Otherwise create one** with the native `create-connection` verb:
```bash
pa connection create --connector shared_a365copilotchatmcp
```
- The environment is read automatically from the app's `power.config.json` — you do **not** need to pass an environment id.
- This connector requires OAuth, so the CLI **opens a browser to complete sign-in/consent** (SSO-only connectors complete silently with no browser).
- On success it prints the **Connection ID** — save it for the next step.
**STOP HERE — interactive sign-in required:**
1. Tell the user the browser has opened (or share the URL the CLI prints).
2. Ask them to sign in with their Microsoft 365 account and grant consent to the **Work IQ Copilot MCP** connector.
3. **Wait for the user to confirm** the browser shows success before continuing.
**If `create-connection` fails:**
- "not signed in" / auth error → run `pa auth status` (or `power-apps auth-status` on `power-apps`-only projects), sign in if needed, and retry.
- "Connection creation was cancelled." → the browser flow was closed early; re-run and complete it.
- Any other non-zero exit → report the exact error and STOP.
As a fallback, the user can create the connection manually in the maker portal: `https://make.powerapps.com/environments/<environment-id>/connections` → **+ New connection** → search for "Work IQ Copilot MCP" → Create, then re-run `list-connections`.
#### Add the Data Source
Once the connection exists, add it to the code app (this is what generates the typed service + model):
```bash
pa app add data-source --connector shared_a365copilotchatmcp -c <connection-id>
```
This is a **non-tabular** connector — only `--connector` (api id) and `-c` (connection id) are needed.
### Step 3: Inspect Generated Service
After adding the connector, confirm the generated service is present. This is a small, single-operation service, so you can read it directly or grep it:
```
Grep pattern="async \w+" path="src/generated/services/WorkIQCopilotMCPService.ts"
```
The `WorkIQCopilotMCPService` exposes exactly one operation — **`mcp_m365copilot`** ("Work IQ Copilot (Preview)"), plus a `Getmcp_m365copilot` GET variant used only for connection verification. Work IQ / CopilotChat is driven through **`mcp_m365copilot`**.
Its generated signature is:
```typescript
public static async mcp_m365copilot(
Mcp_Session_Id?: string,
queryRequest?: QueryRequest
): Promise<IOperationResult<void>>
```
- First argument is the **MCP session id** (the connector's `Mcp-Session-Id` parameter). Leave it **`undefined`** — this server assigns/needs no client session id, and sending one on `initialize` returns `-32001` (see below).
- Second argument is the JSON-RPC body, typed as `QueryRequest` (`{ jsonrpc?, id?, method?, params?, result?, error? }`) — exported from `src/generated/models/WorkIQCopilotMCPModel.ts`.
- Return type is `IOperationResult<void>`; the actual JSON-RPC / SSE body arrives in `result.data` at runtime.
**Facts you can rely on (do not try to discover them at runtime):**
- The tool name is **`CopilotChat`** (case-sensitive). Do not substitute `query`, `search`, or `find`.
- The argument key is **`message`** — not `query`, `prompt`, or `question`.
- **Do NOT send an `Mcp-Session-Id` on the `initialize` handshake.** This connector's server treats an incoming id as an existing-session lookup and returns `-32001 Session not found`. The server is **stateless-tolerant**: `initialize` and `tools/call` both succeed with **no** session id, so the `McpSession` wrapper below tracks none by default.
> **Session-id handling (verified during testing).** This connector's MCP server is **stateless-tolerant**. `initialize` with **no** `Mcp-Session-Id` returns `200` with server capabilities, and a subsequent `tools/call` with **no** id returns the Copilot reply — no session id needs to be tracked or echoed. Do **not** generate a client id and send it on `initialize`: the server treats it as a lookup and returns `404 / -32001 Session not found` (this was a real bug in an earlier version of this wrapper). Note that the code-apps data layer's `IOperationResult<TResponse>` exposes only `{ success, data, error, skipToken, count, fileName }` — it does **not** surface response headers — so if a future MCP server returns a session id only in the `Mcp-Session-Id` **response header**, it would be unreadable here. The wrapper still defensively adopts a server id if one ever appears inside `result.data`.
### Step 4: Create McpSession Wrapper
⚠️ **CRITICAL:** MCP session handling and response parsing are intricate. Copy the production-ready `McpSession` class below **exactly**. It runs the `initialize` handshake (sending **no** session id), sequences JSON-RPC ids, auto-retries on "Session not found", persists the conversation id, and parses the deeply nested response.
Create `src/connectors/mcpClient.ts`:
```typescript
// src/connectors/mcpClient.ts
import type { IOperationResult } from '@microsoft/power-apps/data'
import { WorkIQCopilotMCPService } from '../generated/services/WorkIQCopilotMCPService'
import type { QueryRequest } from '../generated/models/WorkIQCopilotMCPModel'
export interface JsonRpcRequest {
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id?: string
method: string
params?: Record<string, unknown>
}
export interface JsonRpcResponse {
jsonrpc?: string
id?: string
result?: Record<string, unknown>
error?: { code?: number; message?: string; data?: unknown }
}
type CopilotConversationMessage = {
text?: string
attributions?: Array<{
attributionType?: string
providerDisplayName?: string
seeMoreWebUrl?: string
}>
}
type CopilotConversation = {
messages?: CopilotConversationMessage[]
}
function parseRpc(result: IOperationResult<unknown>): JsonRpcResponse {
if (!result.success && result.error) {
return { error: { message: result.error.message } }
}
const data: unknown = result.data
if (data == null) return {}
if (typeof data === 'object') return data as JsonRpcResponse
if (typeof data === 'string') {
// Handle SSE framing: "event: message\ndata: {JSON}"
const dataLines = data
.split(/\r?\n/)
.filter((line) => line.startsWith('data:'))
.map((line) => line.slice(5).trim())
// Per the SSE spec, multiple `data:` lines are joined with newlines — a single
// JSON object can be split across lines, so joining with '' would corrupt it.
const payload = dataLines.length ? dataLines.join('\n') : data
try {
return JSON.parse(payload) as JsonRpcResponse
} catch {
return { result: { raw: data } }
}
}
return { result: { raw: data } }
}
export class McpSession {
private nextId = 1
// MCP Streamable HTTP: the client must NOT send a session id on `initialize` —
// the server assigns one. Sending a client-generated id makes this connector's
// server return `404 / -32001 Session not found`. This server is stateless-
// tolerant, so we send no id at all; `extractSessionId` still adopts a server
// id if one ever surfaces in the response body.
private sessionId: string | undefined = undefined
private conversationId: string | undefined
private initialized = false
private extractSessionId(raw: IOperationResult<unknown>): string | undefined {
const container = raw as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
const dataObj =
raw.data && typeof raw.data === 'object'
? (raw.data as Record<string, unknown>)
: undefined
const resultObj =
dataObj?.result && typeof dataObj.result === 'object'
? (dataObj.result as Record<string, unknown>)
: undefined
const candidates: Array<unknown> = [
dataObj?.['Mcp-Session-Id'],
dataObj?.mcpSessionId,
dataObj?.sessionId,
resultObj?.['Mcp-Session-Id'],
resultObj?.mcpSessionId,
resultObj?.sessionId,
container['Mcp-Session-Id'],
container.mcpSessionId,
container.sessionId,
]
const found = candidates.find((value) => typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0)
return typeof found === 'string' ? found : undefined
}
private isSessionNotFound(res: JsonRpcResponse): boolean {
const message = (res.error?.message ?? '').toLowerCase()
return message.includes('session not found') || res.error?.code === -32001
}
private resetSession(): void {
// Drop any session id and re-handshake from scratch (no id on `initialize`).
this.sessionId = undefined
this.initialized = false
}
private async send(
method: string,
params?: Record<string, unknown>,
allowRetry = true
): Promise<JsonRpcResponse> {
const req: JsonRpcRequest = { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: String(this.nextId++), method, params }
// Send no session id on `initialize` (server treats any id as existing-session lookup).
const sessionId = method === 'initialize' ? undefined : this.sessionId
const raw = (await WorkIQCopilotMCPService.mcp_m365copilot(
sessionId,
req as unknown as QueryRequest
)) as unknown as IOperationResult<unknown>
const negotiatedSessionId = this.extractSessionId(raw)
if (negotiatedSessionId) {
this.sessionId = negotiatedSessionId
}
const parsed = parseRpc(raw)
if (allowRetry && method !== 'initialize' && this.isSessionNotFound(parsed)) {
this.resetSession()
await this.initialize()
return this.send(method, params, false)
}
return parsed
}
async initialize(): Promise<JsonRpcResponse> {
const res = await this.send('initialize', {
protocolVersion: '2025-06-18',
capabilities: {},
clientInfo: { name: 'Power Apps Code App', version: '1.0.0' },
})
// Fail fast: surface a failed handshake instead of continuing to `tools/call`.
if (res.error) {
throw new Error(`MCP initialize failed: ${res.error.message ?? JSON.stringify(res.error)}`)
}
this.initialized = true
return res
}
/** Discover the available MCP tools (optional; the tool name is fixed as `CopilotChat`). */
async listTools(): Promise<JsonRpcResponse> {
if (!this.initialized) await this.initialize()
return this.send('tools/list', {})
}
async callCopilotChat(message: string): Promise<{ text: string; conversationId?: string }> {
if (!this.initialized) await this.initialize()
const raw = await this.send('tools/call', {
name: 'CopilotChat',
arguments: {
message,
...(this.conversationId ? { conversationId: this.conversationId } : {}),
},
})
// Surface MCP/connector errors as thrown exceptions so callers can `try/catch`
// instead of string-matching the returned text.
if (raw.error) {
throw new Error(raw.error.message ?? JSON.stringify(raw.error))
}
const parsed = extractCopilotText(raw)
if (parsed.conversationId) {
this.conversationId = parsed.conversationId
}
return { text: parsed.text, conversationId: parsed.conversationId }
}
}
function extractContentText(res: JsonRpcResponse): string | undefined {
const content = res.result?.content as Array<{ type?: string; text?: string }> | undefined
if (!Array.isArray(content)) {
return undefined
}
const textBlocks = content
.filter((c) => c.type === 'text' && typeof c.text === 'string')
.map((c) => c.text!.trim())
.filter((value) => value.length > 0)
if (textBlocks.length === 0) {
return undefined
}
// Prefer the JSON payload block. Some responses append metadata text blocks
// such as "CorrelationId: ..." that should not be concatenated.
const jsonBlock = textBlocks.find(
(block) => block.startsWith('{') && /"conversationId"|"rawResponse"|"reply"/.test(block)
)
if (jsonBlock) {
return jsonBlock
}
const nonMetadata = textBlocks.find((block) => !/^CorrelationId\s*:/i.test(block))
return nonMetadata ?? textBlocks[0]
}
export function extractCopilotText(res: JsonRpcResponse): {
text: string
conversationId?: string
} {
const rawText = extractContentText(res)
if (!rawText) {
return { text: res.result ? JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2) : '(no content returned)' }
}
try {
const inner = JSON.parse(rawText) as {
conversationId?: string
reply?: string
message?: string
rawResponse?: string
}
if (typeof inner.rawResponse === 'string') {
try {
const convo = JSON.parse(inner.rawResponse) as CopilotConversation
const messages = Array.isArray(convo.messages) ? convo.messages : []
// messages[0] echoes the user query; the AI reply is the one carrying
// attributions (citations). Fall back to index 1, then the last message.
const attributed = messages.find(
(m) => Array.isArray(m.attributions) && m.attributions.length > 0
)
const selected = attributed ?? messages[1] ?? messages[messages.length - 1]
const replyText = selected?.text?.trim()
if (replyText) {
return { text: replyText, conversationId: inner.conversationId }
}
} catch {
// Fall through to simple reply extraction.
}
}
const fallbackText = inner.reply?.trim() || inner.message?.trim() || rawText
return { text: fallbackText, conversationId: inner.conversationId }
} catch {
return { text: rawText }
}
}
```
> **Session-id note (verified during testing).** `McpSession` starts with **no** session id and sends none on the `initialize` handshake. Testing against `shared_a365copilotchatmcp` (server `Microsoft.MCPPlatform.WebApi`) confirmed it is **stateless-tolerant**: `initialize` with no id returns `200` + capabilities, and `tools/call` with no id returns the Copilot reply. Sending a client-generated id on `initialize` instead makes the server return `404 / -32001 Session not found` — that was the original bug. `IOperationResult` exposes only `{ success, data, error, skipToken, count, fileName }` (no response headers), so a header-only session id would be unreadable here; `extractSessionId` still adopts a server id if one ever appears inside `result.data`, and the handshake auto-retries on `Session not found` for resilience.
>
> If you ever bind a *different* MCP connector that is genuinely stateful and returns its session id only in the `Mcp-Session-Id` response header, this SDK cannot read it — capture one raw `mcp_m365copilot` result in the debugger to confirm where the id surfaces, and if it appears inside `result.data`, add that path to `extractSessionId`.
### Step 5: Use Work IQ
Initialize **once per app** (e.g., in a React `useEffect` on boot or a module singleton) and reuse for all Work IQ calls:
```typescript
import { McpSession } from './connectors/mcpClient'
// Initialize once per app session and reuse across calls.
const workIqSession = new McpSession()
export async function queryWorkIQ(userPrompt: string): Promise<string> {
try {
const { text } = await workIqSession.callCopilotChat(userPrompt)
return text
} catch (error) {
const msg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Work IQ query failed'
console.error('Work IQ Error:', msg)
throw error
}
}
```
**Key patterns:**
- ✅ Initialize once, reuse across multiple calls (never `new McpSession()` per request)
- ✅ Pass context-specific prompts to `callCopilotChat()`
- ✅ The session auto-reinitializes if a "Session not found" error occurs
- ✅ `conversationId` is automatically persisted across calls for multi-turn chats
#### Prompt Structure
Work IQ responds well to **context-rich, structured prompts**. Adapt this pattern for your scenario:
```typescript
const prompt = `
You are [role/expert description].
**Context:**
- [Relevant data or background information]
- [Additional context as needed]
**Task:** [Clear, specific instruction]
**Format:**
- Use markdown with clear section headings (## Summary, ## Action Items, etc.)
- Specify limits (word count, number of items, etc.)
`.trim()
const { text } = await workIqSession.callCopilotChat(prompt)
```
Adaptable scenarios: meeting summaries with action items, prioritized daily action items from email, project risk analysis from documents, team performance insights, or any knowledge-grounded analysis over M365 data.
#### Response Parsing
`callCopilotChat()` already unwraps the nested JSON-RPC / SSE response and returns clean `text`. Parse that text according to the format you requested.
**For structured markdown output** (when you asked for `## sections`):
```typescript
function extractSection(text: string, sectionName: string): string[] {
const regex = new RegExp(`##\\s*${sectionName}\\s*([\\s\\S]*?)(?=##|$)`)
const match = text.match(regex)
if (!match) return []
return match[1]
.split('\n')
.filter((line) => line.trim().startsWith('-'))
.map((line) => line.replace(/^-\s*/, '').trim())
.filter(Boolean)
}
const { text } = await workIqSession.callCopilotChat(prompt)
const summary = extractSection(text, 'Summary')
const actionItems = extractSection(text, 'Action Items')
```
**For unstructured output** — use `text` directly (display as-is or format for your UI).
#### Why the McpSession Pattern Is Required
Work IQ uses **MCP (Model Context Protocol)**. Driving it correctly requires:
1. **Session initialization** before the first call (handshake to exchange capabilities)
2. **Session handling** — this connector is **stateless-tolerant**, so the wrapper sends **no** session id (sending one on `initialize` triggers `-32001 Session not found`); it defensively adopts a server id only if one ever surfaces in the response body (see the session-id note above)
3. **JSON-RPC id sequencing** (each request needs a unique incrementing id)
4. **Multi-turn conversation support** via conversation-id persistence
5. **Nested response parsing** (JSON-RPC → text content → inner JSON → Graph conversation)
6. **Automatic recovery** on session timeouts (`-32001` / "Session not found")
`McpSession` handles all of this. Bypassing it (ad-hoc per-call ids or direct calls without the handshake) leads to "Session not found" errors and failed integrations.
### Step 6: Build
```bash
npm run build
```
Fix TypeScript errors before proceeding. Do NOT deploy yet.
### Step 7: Update Memory Bank
Update `memory-bank.md` with: connector added (`shared_a365copilotchatmcp`), McpSession wrapper created at `src/connectors/mcpClient.ts`, Work IQ usage wired up, build status.
**IMPORTANT — Do NOT save sensitive information:**
- ❌ OAuth URLs or consent links
- ❌ Connection IDs
- ❌ Session IDs or tokens
- ❌ Environment IDs
- ❌ Any authentication credentials
Only save high-level progress like "Work IQ Copilot MCP connector configured" or "Work IQ CopilotChat integration implemented via McpSession".
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