diagnose-deployment
Surfaces PAC CLI upload errors and Dataverse async operation errors, pattern-matches against a known failure catalog, and optionally auto-fixes identified issues. Use when asked to: "diagnose deployment", "debug deployment", "deployment failed", "show deployment errors", "fix deployment issues", "show upload logs", "why did my deploy fail", or "troubleshoot upload".
Skill body
Plugin check: Run
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/check-version.js"— if it outputs a message, show it to the user before proceeding.
diagnose-deployment
Surfaces and pattern-matches deployment errors against a known failure catalog. For each identified error with an available auto-fix, asks explicit user permission before applying any changes. Never auto-applies fixes without confirmation.
Prerequisites
- Project root with
powerpages.config.json - PAC CLI installed (will report if missing)
Phases
Phase 1 — Verify Prerequisites and Locate Project
Create all tasks upfront at the start of this phase.
Tasks to create:
- “Verify prerequisites and locate project”
- “Collect deployment artifacts”
- “Surface upload errors”
- “Query solution import status”
- “Diagnose and categorize findings”
- “Offer auto-fixes”
- “Present findings summary”
Steps:
- Locate project root: search for
powerpages.config.jsonin cwd and parent directories - Check PAC CLI:
pac --version(report version or “not installed”) - Check PAC CLI auth:
pac env who(report environment URL or “not authenticated”) - Check Azure CLI:
az account show(report subscription or “not logged in”)
Auth failures are non-blocking — report them as findings, continue collecting other artifacts.
Phase 1.5 — Ground in current ALM documentation
Reference:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/alm-docs-grounding.md
Cap this step at ~30 seconds. If MCP search / fetch errors out, log a one-line note and continue — this skill must remain runnable offline.
- Run
microsoft_docs_searchwith the query:Power Pages deployment errors solution import troubleshooting. - Fetch
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/solution-concepts-alm(and at most one sister page on troubleshooting or known import errors) in parallel viamicrosoft_docs_fetch. - Extract a one-paragraph summary of what Microsoft Learn currently says about common deployment failures and their resolution. Compare against
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/deployment-error-catalog.mdand flag any new error patterns not yet captured in the catalog. - Use the summary to inform pattern-matching in Phase 5. If a new pattern is documented on Learn that isn’t in the catalog, surface it to the user as a candidate addition rather than silently extending the catalog.
Phase 2 — Collect Deployment Artifacts
Gather all available context:
- Read
powerpages.config.json— extractsiteName,websiteRecordId,compiledPath - Check
.powerpages-site/folder exists - Glob for manifest files:
.powerpages-site/*-manifest.yml— list all found, note their environment hostnames - Check if
.solution-manifest.jsonexists (for solution-related diagnostics) - Check if
docs/alm/last-import.jsonexists (for recent import failures) - Check build output: confirm
{compiledPath}/exists and is non-empty
Report: “Found project: {siteName}. Artifacts collected.”
Phase 3 — Surface Upload Errors
Re-run pac pages upload-code-site in capture mode to get fresh error output:
pac pages upload-code-site --rootPath "." 2>&1
Note: This intentionally triggers the upload to capture any errors. If the upload succeeds cleanly, that is also a valid diagnostic result (“no errors found”).
Capture stdout+stderr as a single string. Pass to scripts/parse-deployment-errors.js:
echo "{escaped-output}" | node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/parse-deployment-errors.js"
Parse the JSON findings array. If the upload succeeded with no errors, note this and skip to Phase 5 with an empty findings list.
Phase 4 — Query Solution Import Status
Only run if .solution-manifest.json exists.
- Acquire Azure CLI token for environment URL
- Check recent async operations (last 24 hours):
GET {envUrl}/api/data/v9.2/asyncoperations?$filter=statecode eq 3 and statuscode eq 31 and createdon gt {yesterday}&$select=asyncoperationid,name,message,friendlymessage,statuscode,completedon&$orderby=completedon desc&$top=5 - Check recent import jobs:
GET {envUrl}/api/data/v9.2/importjobs?$select=solutionname,completedon,progress&$orderby=completedon desc&$top=3 - If failed operations found, pass each
messagefield throughparse-deployment-errors.js
Skip gracefully if auth is not available (auth failure in Phase 1).
Phase 5 — Auto-Diagnose Known Issues
Consolidate all findings from Phases 3 and 4. For each finding, categorize:
- Error: Blocks deployment
- Warning: May cause issues
- Info: Informational
Also add findings for missing artifacts discovered in Phase 2:
- Missing
websiteRecordId→ Error (patternId:missing-website-record-id) - Empty build output → Error (patternId:
empty-build) - Multiple environment manifests → Warning (may indicate environment confusion)
Present all findings in a table:
| # | Severity | Type | Issue | Auto-fix? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Error | upload | JavaScript uploads blocked | Yes |
| 2 | Warning | config | Multiple manifest files found | No |
Phase 6 — Offer Auto-Fixes
For each Error finding with autoFixAvailable: true, in order:
🚦 Gate (consent · diagnose-deployment:6.auto-fix): Per-finding consent before applying any auto-fix. Loops once per Error finding with
autoFixAvailable: true— each finding gets its own Yes / No / Skip-allAskUserQuestion. The pattern ID surfaces in the prompt. Never batch fixes — three findings = three separate consent prompts (unless the user picks “Skip all” on the first, which short-circuits the loop). The Yes from finding 1 does NOT cover finding 2; each fix has its own blast radius (different files, different settings, different reversibility).
- Explain the issue and proposed fix
- Ask explicit permission via
AskUserQuestion:“Issue: {message} Proposed fix: {suggestedFix} Apply this fix? Yes / No / Skip all auto-fixes”
-
If approved, execute the fix:
stale-manifest: Delete*-manifest.ymlfile(s) in.powerpages-site/# Ask which manifest to delete if multiple found, then: rm ".powerpages-site/{manifestFile}"blocked-js: Updateblockedattachmentssetting# Get current setting first pac env list-settings | grep -i blocked # Remove .js from the blocked list (preserve other blocked types) pac env update-settings --name blockedattachments --value "{updated-value}"missing-website-record-id: Retrieve and update record IDpac pages list # Parse output, find matching site by name, then update powerpages.config.jsonauth-expired: Guide re-authenticationpac auth create --environment "{envUrl}" az loginempty-build: Run buildnpm run build - After each fix, re-run the relevant check to verify it resolved the issue. Update finding status to “Fixed” or “Manual required”.
Key Constraint: Never apply any fix without explicit user permission. Each fix requires a separate confirmation.
Phase 7 — Present Findings Summary
Display a final summary table of all findings:
| # | Severity | Type | Issue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Error | upload | JS uploads blocked | Fixed |
| 2 | Error | config | Missing websiteRecordId | Manual required |
| 3 | Warning | config | Multiple manifest files | Informational |
Status values:
- Fixed: Auto-fix was applied and verified
- Manual required: No auto-fix available — show manual steps
- Skipped: User declined the fix
- Informational: Warning/Info, no action needed
If all errors are resolved: suggest retrying deployment with /power-pages:deploy-site.
If manual steps remain: list them explicitly with commands or links.
Record Skill Usage
Reference:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/skill-tracking-reference.md
Follow the skill tracking instructions in the reference to record this skill’s usage. Use --skillName "DiagnoseDeployment".
Key Decision Points (Wait for User)
- Phase 6: Each individual auto-fix requires explicit confirmation before applying
- Phase 6: If user says “Skip all auto-fixes”, stop offering fixes and go to summary
Error Handling
- If
pac pages upload-code-siteproduces no output: report “No upload errors detected in current state” - If Azure CLI token unavailable: skip Phase 4, note in summary
- If
parse-deployment-errors.jsreturns no findings: report “No known error patterns detected” and show raw output for manual review
Progress Tracking Table
| Task subject | activeForm | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Verify prerequisites and locate project | Verifying prerequisites | Check PAC CLI, Azure CLI, locate project root and powerpages.config.json |
| Collect deployment artifacts | Collecting deployment artifacts | Read config, list manifests, check build output, check solution manifest |
| Surface upload errors | Surfacing upload errors | Re-run pac pages upload-code-site in capture mode, parse stdout/stderr |
| Query solution import status | Querying solution import status | Check recent failed async operations and import jobs in Dataverse |
| Diagnose and categorize findings | Diagnosing findings | Pattern-match all errors against deployment-error-catalog, assign severity |
| Offer auto-fixes | Applying auto-fixes | For each fixable error, ask permission and execute fix, verify result |
| Present findings summary | Presenting summary | Show all findings table with severity and fix status, list manual steps |