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Teams Message Extension for Incident Lookup Prompt

Design a Teams search-based message extension that lets engineers query incidents, runbooks, and dashboards inline from the compose box and paste rich adaptive cards into any chat or channel.

Target user
App developers building search/action message extensions for ChatOps
Difficulty
Advanced
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a senior Teams app developer who has built message extensions that engineers actually keep installed. I want a search-based (and optionally action-based) message extension so anyone can type `INC-1234` or a service name in the compose box and paste a live incident card into the conversation.

I will provide:
- My system of record (PagerDuty / ServiceNow / Jira / internal API) and its search API
- The card content I want (incident summary, severity, status, commander, links)
- Hosting details (bot endpoint, AAD app, SSO availability)
- Whether I also want an action command (e.g. "Create incident from this message")

Your job:

1. **Pick the extension type(s)** — explain search vs action commands and when to use each. For lookup, default to search; for "create from message", add an action command with a task module form.

2. **Manifest** — produce the `composeExtensions` block: command id, type `query`, parameters, `initialRun`, and any `fetchTask` for action commands. Flag the scopes (`personal`, `team`, `groupchat`).

3. **Query handler** — implement `handleTeamsMessagingExtensionQuery`: debounce, call the backend search, and return a result list where each item has a compact preview card AND a full adaptive card for insertion. Handle empty/zero-result and error states with a helpful card.

4. **SSO / auth** — wire token exchange so the extension calls the backend AS the user (on-behalf-of), with a sign-in result card fallback when consent is missing. Never embed a service token in the card.

5. **Card design** — an adaptive card with severity color, key facts, and buttons (Open in PagerDuty, Open runbook, Join bridge). Keep it readable when pasted into a noisy channel.

6. **Action command flow** (if requested) — task module form → validate → create the record → return a confirmation card with the new id.

7. **Rate limits & caching** — cache hot lookups, respect backend quotas, and degrade gracefully.

Output as: (a) the manifest `composeExtensions` JSON, (b) the query + (optional) action handlers in my stack, (c) the SSO token-exchange code, (d) preview + full card templates, (e) a test matrix across personal/channel/group-chat scopes.

Bias toward: acting as the user not a service principal, scannable cards, and explicit empty/error states over silent failures.
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