alm plugin
How to install the alm plugin
Run both commands inside Claude Code. The first adds the marketplace once; the second installs the plugin.
/plugin marketplace add Powercademy/powercademy-skills
/plugin install alm@powercademy-skillsWhat's inside alm
3 parts read from the plugin's own files.
Skills 2
Claude loads it when the task matches- design-alm-process
Design the delivery process for a Power Platform solution - environment strategy, solution segmentation, publisher and naming, promotion path, environment-variable and connection-reference handling, and who approves what - producing a written ALM process the team can actually follow. Trigger whenever the user says "set up ALM", "ALM process", "environment strategy", "how many environments do I need", "dev test prod", "solution strategy", "how do I move this to production", "deployment process", "release process", "promotion path", "who approves deployments", "we're deploying by hand", "governance", or is planning how work will travel between environments. Also trigger when a build starts without a named target solution, or when someone is about to build directly in production. Designs the process; execution is handed to promote-solution and Microsoft's tooling. If the task is deciding how a solution gets built, packaged and promoted, trigger. When in doubt, trigger.
- promote-solution
Run a Power Platform solution promotion end to end with checkpoints - pre-flight the source and target, export the right solution as managed, move it, import, then verify with evidence - stopping before anything irreversible. Trigger whenever the user says "deploy this solution", "promote to test", "deploy to production", "ship this", "release this", "move this to UAT", "export the solution", "import the solution", "run the deployment", "publish my changes to another environment", or names two environments and a solution. Also trigger mid-deployment on "the import failed", "missing dependency", "why did my flow come across disabled", "the connection reference is wrong", or any solution import error. Drives Microsoft's deployment tooling with checkpoint discipline; never crosses a production import without explicit approval. If the task is moving a solution between environments, trigger. When in doubt, trigger.
MCP servers 1
Starts with the plugin- microsoft-learnhttp
https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp
Using alm in Claude Code
Skills need no command. Claude reads them when your request matches what they describe.
Update, turn off or remove
- Update the plugin (shell)
- claude plugin update alm@powercademy-skills
- Refresh the marketplace
- /plugin marketplace update powercademy-skills
- Turn it off for now
- /plugin disable alm@powercademy-skills
- Remove it
- /plugin uninstall alm@powercademy-skills
Skills in alm
- design-alm-processPowercademy/powercademy-skills
Design the delivery process for a Power Platform solution - environment strategy, solution segmentation, publisher and naming, promotion path, environment-variable and connection-reference handling, and who approves what - producing a written ALM process the team can actually follow. Trigger whenever the user says "set up ALM", "ALM process", "environment strategy", "how many environments do I need", "dev test prod", "solution strategy", "how do I move this to production", "deployment process", "release process", "promotion path", "who approves deployments", "we're deploying by hand", "governance", or is planning how work will travel between environments. Also trigger when a build starts without a named target solution, or when someone is about to build directly in production. Designs the process; execution is handed to promote-solution and Microsoft's tooling. If the task is deciding how a solution gets built, packaged and promoted, trigger. When in doubt, trigger.
8stars - promote-solutionPowercademy/powercademy-skills
Run a Power Platform solution promotion end to end with checkpoints - pre-flight the source and target, export the right solution as managed, move it, import, then verify with evidence - stopping before anything irreversible. Trigger whenever the user says "deploy this solution", "promote to test", "deploy to production", "ship this", "release this", "move this to UAT", "export the solution", "import the solution", "run the deployment", "publish my changes to another environment", or names two environments and a solution. Also trigger mid-deployment on "the import failed", "missing dependency", "why did my flow come across disabled", "the connection reference is wrong", or any solution import error. Drives Microsoft's deployment tooling with checkpoint discipline; never crosses a production import without explicit approval. If the task is moving a solution between environments, trigger. When in doubt, trigger.
8stars
alm plugin questions
How do I install the alm plugin?
In Claude Code run /plugin marketplace add Powercademy/powercademy-skills, then /plugin install alm@powercademy-skills.
What does the alm plugin include?
alm bundles 2 skills, MCP servers.
How do I update or remove the alm plugin?
Update it with claude plugin update alm@powercademy-skills in your shell, or from the Installed tab of /plugin. Remove it with /plugin uninstall alm@powercademy-skills.
What license is the alm plugin under?
MIT, as stated in the plugin's manifest.