How to use the Power BI Desktop Bridge to automate tasks in Power BI Desktop and GitHub Copilot

Microsoft continues to blur the line between low-code visual tools and code-first development for Power BI, recently launching a set of official Fabric AI Skills and the Power BI Desktop Bridge preview feature. Together, they allow AI agents to install command-line tools, inspect a running Power BI Desktop process, update a report or model in the Power BI project format (PBIP), and reload the report so that changes appear immediately.