powerbi-connect SKILL.md skillA
powerbi-connect from santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent/powerbi-connect@git:20260808.22d6d33Pins git:20260808.22d6d33 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent
- Path
skills/powerbi-connect/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260808.22d6d33, committed Aug 8, 2026
- Size
- 1,216 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Connect powerbi-agent to a running Power BI Desktop instance. Invoke when the user wants to connect to Power BI Desktop, mentions "connect", "pbi connect", "local instance", sees "no connection" errors, or cannot run DAX/model commands against their model. Use when the user mentions: Activate when the user wants to connect to Power BI Desktop, mentions "connect", "pbi connect", "local instance", "no connection", or cannot run DAX/model commands..
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Skill: Connect to Power BI Desktop ## Trigger Activate when the user wants to connect to Power BI Desktop, mentions "connect", "pbi connect", "local instance", "no connection", or cannot run DAX/model commands. ## Steps 1. Make sure Power BI Desktop is open with a .pbix file 2. Run: `pbi-agent connect --list` to see open instances 3. Run: `pbi-agent connect` to connect to the first detected instance 4. Run: `pbi-agent doctor` to diagnose if connection fails ## Common Issues - **No instances found**: Power BI Desktop not open, or open without a file loaded - **pythonnet error**: Run `pip install powerbi-agent[desktop]` - **Port in use**: Use `pbi-agent connect --port <port>` to specify manually
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent/powerbi-connect@sha256:d597f32b4ccf5825The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260808.22d6d33, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 8, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kzszbegrfnxpdktl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=santoshkanthety/powerbi-agent/powerbi-connect GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d597f32b4ccf5825ed976d52ba4c9aa6b63ce14d62eb8240d81c45a435981efb
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.