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I’m at my wit’s end trying to import Power Automate flows that I’ve generated using AI assistants like Copilot, Claude, and Perplexity. I have full JSON definitions — including manifest.json and definition.json — but every attempt to import them into Power Automate fails with vague errors like “Something went wrong.”

I’m new to the process of importing externally created flows into Power Automate, and I’m hoping to avoid rebuilding each one manually. These flows are essential to our operations, and I need to test and deploy them into production quickly. I’ve ensured the ZIP structure is correct and that my environment has valid connections, but Power Automate still won’t accept them.

I’m reaching out in eager anticipation of a solution and would deeply appreciate any help or insight. Has anyone successfully imported a complete flow from JSON into Power Automate — and if so, how did you do it?

Also, what kind of AI-generated JSON have you had the most success with when it comes to importing into Power Automate? I’m open to any suggestions, tools, or workflows that can help me get these flows up and running. I’m genuinely grateful for any guidance — this is new territory for me, and I’m learning as I go.

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Michael E. Gernaey 47,123 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @MM-24041347-0

If you have a flow that you generated, you can add it to an existing solution, regardless of whether it was initially in the solution or not.

But you need to create a solution, then go into it, then in the Flows section Add Existing, just as you can add agents etc to solutions, which can also cover their flows too.

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Honestly, it never occurred to me because I didn't know what solutions were until the last couple of days.
Frankly, I probably don't know the best way to do many things in Power Automate simply because I taught myself. I didn't necessarily start at the beginning. I picked up the program, watched a video or two, and then tried to brute force my way towards some level of understanding. Now that I've expanded my use beyond just tinkering on my own to working with contractors and using some digital AI assistance to create these flows, I'm realizing the limitations of my knowledge, particularly as it relates to taking the output they've created and getting it into Power Automate.
I posted this question because there has to be some way to get it into the program, even if it wasn't authored in a solution—or at least I'm hoping so. I'm hopeful that someone could point me in the right direction.

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Michael E. Gernaey 47,123 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @MM-24041347-0

If I might ask, is there aa reason you did not build them (and your agents etc) into a solution which should resolve this issue for you? I am honestly and truly just curious. If you did I apologize for the questions

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