PnP PowerShell

Name: PnP PowerShell
Author: pnp

by pnpversion 0.1.7-betai★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.pnp/pnp-powershell-mcp-server

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Manage Microsoft 365 in natural language with PnP PowerShell and author PnP PowerShell scripts.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: PNP_MCP_READONLY, PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pnp-powershell": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PNP_MCP_READONLY": "your-value",
        "PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add pnp-powershell --env PNP_MCP_READONLY=your-value --env PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP=your-value -- dnx PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer --yes

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pnp-powershell": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PNP_MCP_READONLY": "your-value",
        "PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pnp-powershell": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PNP_MCP_READONLY": "your-value",
        "PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

PNP_MCP_READONLY env
Read-only mode: true refuses every command that would change Microsoft 365.
PNP_MCP_ALLOW_SETUP env
true lets pnp_setup_environment install the PnP.PowerShell module for the current user when it is missing.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account pnp, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32476 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 56% of the other 32476 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32476 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is PnP PowerShell safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.7-beta) reached the registry 32 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need .NET on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, zanadir

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README from the maker

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PnP PowerShell MCP Server

💡 Description

This MCP server allows the use of natural language to run PnP PowerShell commands and to author complex PnP PowerShell scripts. It may handle complex prompts that are executed as a chain of PnP PowerShell cmdlets that try to fulfill the user's request, and it can search the community's PnP Script Samples library for ready-to-adapt scripts. This way you can manage many different areas of Microsoft 365 — SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Entra ID, OneDrive, Planner, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Groups, taxonomy, search, and tenant administration — straight from your MCP client, and use it as a jump-start for writing your own automation scripts.

📦 Prerequisites

.NET 10 SDK (only required to build/run from source — published tool releases are self-contained)
PowerShell 7.4 or above (pwsh) installed and available on PATH
The PnP.PowerShell module installed:

  Install-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser -Force -AllowClobber

🚀 Installation & Usage

This MCP server shells out to the locally installed PnP PowerShell module — it does not do any authentication for you. Authenticate first using Connect-PnPOnline (see Best Practices for the recommended auth methods), then the MCP server will reuse the same PnP PowerShell connection context.

TYPE: Local (stdio)
INSTALL:

The one-click buttons above register the server under the name pnp-powershell and point it at the pnp-powershell-mcp-server command, so install the tool first (below) — otherwise the client will register a server it cannot start.

Install as a .NET global tool

dotnet tool install --global PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer --prerelease

This installs a self-contained, native AOT executable named pnp-powershell-mcp-server on your PATH. Supported platforms: Windows (x64, arm64), macOS (arm64, x64) and Linux (x64, arm64, musl x64).

To update an existing install:

dotnet tool update --global PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer --prerelease

Hitting `Version of package PnP.PowerShell.MCPServer. is not found in NuGet feeds`?

This tool ships as a small wrapper package plus one package per platform, and that error means the platform package for your machine was never published for that version. It affects 0.1.1-beta and earlier — install 0.1.3-beta or later, or build and run from source. Maintainers: see RELEASING.md.

Add to VS Code

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and type MCP: Add Server.
Select Command (stdio) as the server type.
Enter the command to run the MCP server:

   pnp-powershell-mcp-server

Name the server (e.g., PnP PowerShell MCP Server).

As a result, you should have the following configuration in your .vscode/mcp.json file:

"servers": { "PnP PowerShell MCP Server": { "type": "stdio", "command": "pnp-powershell-mcp-server" } } }

Now when you open the GitHub Copilot chat in VS Code, you should be able to select the PnP PowerShell MCP Server from the list of available MCP servers and start using it to manage Microsoft 365 using natural language. In the prompt specify that "Using PnP PowerShell, I want you to..." and GitHub Copilot Agent will use the MCP server to execute your request.

Add to GitHub Copilot CLI

If you are using GitHub Copilot CLI, you may add the PnP PowerShell MCP server to Copilot by doing the following:

Start the Copilot CLI:

   copilot

Use the copilot mcp command to add the MCP server:

   /mcp add

Fill in the MCP form:

Server name: whatever you like, without spaces, e.g. pnp-powershell-mcp-server
Server type: Local
Command: pnp-powershell-mcp-server
Arguments: leave empty

After that click Ctrl+S to save and q to exit the MCP form. You can now use the PnP PowerShell MCP server in GitHub Copilot CLI, e.g. "Using PnP PowerShell, I want you to...".

Add to Claude Code

claude mcp add pnp-powershell --scope user -- pnp-powershell-mcp-server

--scope user makes the server available in every project; drop it to register it for the current project only. Check it was picked up with claude mcp list.

Add to Claude Desktop

In Claude Desktop, open Settings by clicking on the hamburger icon in the top left corner.
Select File > Settings (or press Ctrl + ,).
In the Developer tab, click Edit Config. Note: If you don't see the Developer tab, enable it first from Help > Enable Developer Mode.
This opens explorer; edit claude_desktop_config.json in your favorite text editor and add:

"mcpServers": { "PnP-PowerShell": { "command": "pnp-powershell-mcp-server" } } }

Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect.

Note: On Windows, Claude doesn't exit when you close the window — it keeps running in the background. Find it in the system tray, right-click and select Quit to exit completely.

Add to Cursor

From the chat option pick the Agent settings option.
Go to Tools & MCP tab and click on New MCP server.
Modify the mcp.json configuration as follows:

"mcpServers": { "PnP PowerShell MCP Server": { "type": "stdio", "command": "pnp-powershell-mcp-server" } } }

Save and enable the PnP PowerShell MCP Server in the Tools & MCP tab and wait for the tools to load.

📷 Use Cases

The below use cases are only a few examples of how you may use this MCP server. It is capable of handling many different tasks, so feel free to experiment and manage Microsoft 365 using natural language.

Manage SharePoint Online

prompt:

Add a new list to this site with title 'awesome ducks'. Then add new columns to that list including them in the default view. The first should be a text description column and the second one should be a user column. Then add 3 items to this list with some funny jokes about ducks added in the description column and my user in the user column.

Manage Microsoft Teams

prompt:

Create a new Team on Teams with name 'Awesome Ducks' and in the General channel add a welcome post.

Bootstrap a script from a community sample

prompt:

I need a PnP PowerShell script that exports all SharePoint list items to a CSV file — find a community sample and adapt it for the 'Documents' list on my site.

Reuse your own scripts

prompt:

Do I have a script in my samples that reports inactive sites? If so, run it for the last 90 days.

Then, once a new script works:

Save that script to my samples as inactive-sites-report.

See Your own script samples for the one-time setup.

Report on tenant state

prompt:

Can you check if I have a Power Automate flow called 'HoursReportingReminder' and if so disable it?

🛠️ Tools

Tool	Description
pnp_search_commands	Finds which cmdlet does a job. Scores a compiled-in index of every cmdlet — name, verb, noun, synopsis, description, parameters and examples — with field-weighted BM25, so a plain-language question like "add a column to a list" finds `Add-PnPField`. Answers entirely in process: no `pwsh`, no session and no network, so it works on a machine that is not set up yet. Returns structured content alongside the text, and states the module version it was indexed from.
pnp_get_command_docs	Gets the reference documentation for one named cmdlet — syntax, parameters, parameter sets and examples — preceded by links to both the raw markdown source of its documentation page and the rendered HTML page. The markdown is the same content for a fraction of the tokens.
pnp_run_command	Runs PnP PowerShell against the connected tenant and returns the result. Runs in a persistent session, so a `Connect-PnPOnline` connection is reused across calls. Destructive commands require confirmation first. A result set too large for the output cap is summarised and paged rather than truncated.
pnp_get_result_page	Returns the next page of a result set `pnp_run_command` summarised. Pages over rows already fetched, so it costs nothing against the tenant and returns exactly the rows the original command saw.
pnp_get_connection_status	Checks whether the session is signed in, to which site, and as which account.
pnp_diagnose_connection	Checks everything that has to be true before a command can run: `pwsh` on `PATH`, the `PnP.PowerShell` module, what connection the session holds, and — when it holds none — which app registration, persisted login or certificate this machine can actually sign in with. Every failing check names its cause and the exact next command, with no placeholder left in it where the facts can fill one in. Pass `targetUrl` to get the command for a specific site. The `pwsh`, module and auth-material checks need no tenant and no network, so it still works on a machine that is not set up yet; once a connection exists it also inspects that connection, which asks PnP for a Graph token and so reaches Entra ID.
pnp_reset_session	Ends a session and its PnP connection. Use it to sign out, switch accounts, or recover a session that has stopped responding.
pnp_get_best_practices	Returns best practices for using PnP PowerShell via this MCP server. Takes an optional `section` (`workflow`, `docs`, `sessions`, `config`, `readonly`, `output`, `destructive`, `auth`, `execution`, `patterns`) to retrieve one topic instead of the whole guide, which keeps the response small.

| pnp_search_script_samples | Lists community PnP Script Samples, plus your own from PNP_SCRIPT_SAMPLES_PATH, matching a keyword — titles, descriptions and links, no code. The community index is compiled into the server, so it needs no network; a Git URL in PNP_SCRIPT_SAMPLES_PATH is

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PnP PowerShell

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

zanadir

README from the maker

PnP PowerShell MCP Server

💡 Description

📦 Prerequisites

🚀 Installation & Usage

Install as a .NET global tool

Add to VS Code

Add to GitHub Copilot CLI

Add to Claude Code

Add to Claude Desktop

Add to Cursor

📷 Use Cases

Manage SharePoint Online

Manage Microsoft Teams

Bootstrap a script from a community sample

Reuse your own scripts

Report on tenant state

🛠️ Tools