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Send Your First Teams Message

Before writing​

Use a test team, channel, or chat. Message sends require delegated auth for normal live Teams usage.

teams auth login --device-code
teams auth doctor --output json | jq '.data.token.auth_type'

The token type should be delegated.

Channel message​

teams message send \
  --team "$TEAM_ID" \
  --channel "$CHANNEL_ID" \
  --body "Release 2.4.1 is deployed." \
  --output json

Chat message​

teams message send --chat "$CHAT_ID" --body "The test run passed." --output json

For app-only token errors, read client credentials.