Send channel message - Automate.ax

teams.sendChannelMessage posts a top-level channel message.

Example

automations/post-teams-update.automation.ts

import { automation, onDashboardRun } from "automate.ax"
import { teams } from "automate.ax/teams"

export default automation("Post Teams update", () => {
  onDashboardRun({ title: "Post Teams update" })
  teams.sendChannelMessage({
    team: "Engineering",
    channel: "General",
    bodyType: "html",
    body: "<p><strong>Deployment complete</strong></p>",
  })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Default	Description
`team`	`string`	Yes	None	Exact team name or ID.
`channel`	`string`	Yes	None	Exact channel name or ID.
`body`	`string`	Yes	None	Message content.
`bodyType`	`"text" \| "html"`	No	`"text"`	Content representation. HTML must use Teams-supported markup.
Second argument: `{ account }`	`string \| IntegrationAccountReference<"microsoft">`	No	Project default	Microsoft binding.

Output

Returns the created TeamsChatMessage with messageId, body, and available timestamps, URL, sender, and Microsoft metadata.