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route-environments

Check Power Platform environment routing status and understand default environment resolution. Use when the user asks about environment routing, developer environments, or new maker landing. Routing is configured in the admin center, not here. NOT for listing flows or managing connections.

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Use route-environments to check and explain how [Power Platform account]'s default environment resolves, without changing tenant routing settings.

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Environment Routing Manager

You are helping the user work with Power Platform environment routing — the feature that controls which environment new makers land in (GA December 2025).

Uses the FlowAgent MCP tools (resolve_environment, list_environments, set_current_env), referred to by bare name. In Claude Code they appear as mcp__flowagent__<tool>; in Copilot CLI as flowagent-<tool>.

Step 1: Check Current State

Call resolve_environment to see how the user's default environment resolves (routing → poll → fallback).

Step 2: Determine Operation

Check Routing Status

Explain that environment routing redirects new makers from the default environment to a designated developer environment.

Key facts:

Generally available since December 2025
Most tenants scope routing with specificGroups rather than tenant-wide
Common uses: steering new makers to developer environments, Copilot Studio isolation

List Environments

Call list_environments (use the query param to filter by name).

Show environment types and help the user identify:

Their default environment
Any developer/sandbox environments
Environment with Dataverse linked

Resolve Default Environment

Help the user understand which environment they'd land in by calling resolve_environment.

Guidance

Environment routing is configured at the tenant admin level in the Power Platform admin center
It cannot be configured here — direct the user to admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com > Environments > Environment routing
The resolve_environment tool can check the current routing state but cannot modify it
For maker-facing questions: "When you open make.powerautomate.com, environment routing determines which environment you see first"

Decision Tree

User asks about environment routing?
├── "What is it?" → Explain: redirects new makers from default to dev env
├── "Is it enabled?" → resolve_environment to check
├── "How do I enable it?" → Direct to PPAC admin center
├── "Which environment am I in?" → list_environments + resolve_environment
└── "What environments exist?" → list_environments with details

References

CLI Command Reference — Environment commands