This app template allows Teams to interact directly with third-party data, apps, and services, enhancing its capabilities and broadening its range of capabilities. It allows Teams to:
Prerequisites
To run this app template in your local dev machine, you will need:
- Node.js, supported versions: 16, 18
- A Microsoft 365 account for development.
- Teams Toolkit Visual Studio Code Extension version 5.0.0 and higher or Teams Toolkit CLI
- First, select the Teams Toolkit icon on the left in the VS Code toolbar.
- In the Account section, sign in with your Microsoft 365 account if you haven't already.
- Create Teams app by clicking
Provisionin "Lifecycle" section. - Select
Preview in Teams (Edge)orPreview in Teams (Chrome)from the launch configuration dropdown. - When Teams launches in the browser, you can navigate to a chat message and trigger your search commands from compose message area.
| Folder | Contents |
|---|---|
.vscode |
VSCode files for debugging |
appPackage |
Templates for the Teams application manifest, the API specification and response templates for API responses |
env |
Environment files |
The following are Teams Toolkit specific project files. You can visit a complete guide on Github to understand how Teams Toolkit works.
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
teamsapp.yml |
This is the main Teams Toolkit project file. The project file defines two primary things: Properties and configuration Stage definitions. |