Get next object ID tool
Get next object ID tool
An MCP tool reads app.json, works out the ID ranges and suggests free object IDs. In the demo it skipped IDs already in use.
Area: Developer tools. Status: GA. Developer relevance: high. Airtime: 1 min across 1 video, demoed.
Status evidence
- Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.
Where they talk about it
- What's new in AL and Tools: 5:02 to 5:48, demo at 5:02 (called "Get next object ID tool (MCP)" there)
Quotes
- no validated quote falls inside this feature's time range
Prerequisites mentioned
- Project with ID ranges in app.json
Documented features match
- Let agents allocate free AL object IDs - high confidence (llm). Docs say: General availability, roadmap id 573346. Same
Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale. The wider product documentation on learn.microsoft.com was searched for this feature on the same date; the feature's data lists an article when one was found.
Tags: mcp, al, object-ids, copilot
Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.