Topdesk Powershell

TOPdesk PowerShell

Use this skill for production-grade PowerShell in TOPdesk projects.

Workflow

1. Define the operational boundary: local file processing, TOPdesk API/OData, Power BI, install task, migration, or CI.
2. Prefer advanced functions with [CmdletBinding()], explicit parameters, Set-StrictMode -Version Latest, and $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop".
3. Keep secrets out of source. Accept tokens through environment variables, SecretManagement, or parameters that are never logged.
4. Use -LiteralPath for concrete file paths and validate destructive targets before deletion or replacement.
5. Emit objects for pipelines; use Write-Verbose for progress and Write-Error/exceptions for failures.
6. Add validation and a dry-run path for changes that touch remote systems or many files.
7. Run scripts/Test-TopdeskPowerShellScript.ps1 against generated scripts when practical.

References

Load only what is needed:

• references/powershell-patterns.md for script architecture, error handling, logging, file safety, API calls, and packaging.
• references/topdesk-powershell-recipes.md for TOPdesk-specific API/OData, migration, validation, and Power BI recipes.

Assets

Use assets/topdesk-script-template.ps1 as the starting point for new scripts.