Build Dataverse solutions from natural language in Visual Studio Code

Original article from July 16, 2026: Ditch the Power Apps Maker Portal!, by Nick Doelman, on The ReadyXRM Blog. Read the original

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TL;DR

Visual Studio Code, Claude Code and Microsoft Dataverse skills can create a Dataverse environment, authentication profile, solution, publisher, expense data model and sample data from natural language prompts. The walkthrough also shows how the Dataverse MCP server and PAC tooling support the process.

Why it matters

• Makers: Set up Visual Studio Code with Power Platform Tools and Dataverse skills to build Dataverse assets from prompts instead of portal screens.
• Admins/IT: Provide the required tenant access and review approval prompts because environment creation and authentication still depend on tenant permissions.
• BI/Data teams: Specify field types and relationships precisely in prompts, since the demonstrated model required correcting decimal fields to currency fields.
• Leadership/Business: Treat agentic tooling as a productivity aid, not a replacement for Dataverse knowledge and solution architecture.