Official agent skill

Azure Health Bot

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Azure Health Bot

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-health-bot -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-health-bot --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-health-bot .claude/skills/azure-health-bot && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
azure-health-bot
GitHub stars
777
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
631 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
147
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

  • Wiring Teams/SMS/WhatsApp channels
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Embedding web chat

What it does

Azure Health Bot is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when wiring Teams/SMS/WhatsApp channels, embedding web chat, calling external APIs, configuring handoff, or enforcing consent, and other Azure Health Bot related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Bot Service (use azure-bot-service), Azure Communication Services (use azure-communication-services), Azure Functions (use azure-functions).

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Requires network access. Uses mcpmicrosoftdocs:microsoftdocsfetch or fetchwebpage to retrieve documentation.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Embeddings. It works with Microsoft Azure, Azure Communication Services, Azure Functions and WhatsApp. The repository describes itself as: Curated Agent Skills for Microsoft & Azure – giving AI coding assistants structured, real-time expertise from Microsoft Learn docs. The licence is CC-BY-4.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Wiring Teams/SMS/WhatsApp channels
  • Embedding web chat
  • Calling external APIs
  • Configuring handoff

Example prompts

  • “/azure-health-bot”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ba74e8f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • learn.microsoft.com
    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Azure Health Bot loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 631 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~124
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills at commit ba74e8f, republished under its CC-BY-4.0 licence (© MicrosoftDocs). 631 words, ~2,278 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-health-bot/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-health-bot
description
Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when wiring Teams/SMS/WhatsApp channels, embedding web chat, calling external APIs, configuring handoff, or enforcing consent, and other Azure Health Bot related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Bot Service (use azure-bot-service), Azure Communication Services (use azure-communication-services), Azure Functions (use azure-functions).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-09-06
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure Health Bot Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Health Bot. Covers best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
Best PracticesL32-L36Guidance on designing robust error-handling flows in Azure Health Bot scenarios, including detecting failures, user-friendly recovery paths, and safe handling of clinical conversation errors.
SecurityL37-L49Configuring security, privacy, and compliance: user consent, data access/deletion, encryption keys, abuse safeguards, authentication, secrets management, and portal permissions for Healthcare bots/agents.
ConfigurationL50-L67Configuring bot behavior and conversations: welcome/help messages, feedback, interruptions, human/Teams handoff, terms links, and managing scenarios, variables, cards, and versions.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL68-L89Connecting Health Bot/Agent to channels (Teams, SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook), embedding web chat/voice, calling external APIs/OpenAPI, telemetry, auth, management APIs, and proactive scenario invocation
Best Practices
TopicURL
Design error handling flows in healthcare bot scenarioshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/errorhandling
Security
TopicURL
Configure end-user consent and compliance in healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/consent
Enable end-user deletion of personal data in healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/deleting_data
Allow users to view and export personal data from healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/viewing_data
Configure customer-managed encryption keys for healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/cmk
Monitor and manage abuse in generative healthcare scenarioshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/abuse-monitoring
Configure health safeguards for generative healthcare agentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/safeguards
Configure end-user authentication for Healthcare agent servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/end-user-authentication
Manage secrets, keys, and endpoints in Healthcare agent servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/keys
Manage portal user permissions with Microsoft Entra IDhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/portal-users
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Configuration
TopicURL
Configure automatic welcome messages in healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/automatic_welcome_howto
Configure scenario cancellation behavior in healthcare agentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/cancelling
Configure end-user feedback collection in healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/feedback
Configure help command behavior in healthcare agentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/help
Configure interruptible scenarios in healthcare conversationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/interruptions
Configure terms and privacy links for healthcare agentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/terms
Configure interrupting scenarios for healthcare conversationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/configuring_interruptions
Configure human handoff in healthcare agent servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/handoff
Configure Microsoft Teams handoff for healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/handoff-teams
Configure and use conversation cards in healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/adding-cards
Use and manage instance variables in healthcare scenarioshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/instance-variables
Manage and organize healthcare bot scenarios in the portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/scenario_management
Use scenario snapshots to manage healthcare bot versionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/snapshots
Use resources and static variables in healthcare bot scenarioshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/tenant-resources
Integrations & Coding Patterns
TopicURL
Configure authentication providers for healthcare bot integrationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/authentication_providers
Configure Direct Line channel for healthcare agent servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/directline
Connect healthcare bot to Facebook Messenger and Workplacehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/facebook
Integrate healthcare agent service with Dynamics Omnichannelhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/oc_channel
Connect healthcare agent service to Microsoft Teamshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/teams
Connect healthcare bot to Twilio SMS channelhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/twilio
Embed healthcare agent web chat into web applicationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/webchat
Configure WhatsApp via Twilio for healthcare agent servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/whatsapp
Integrate healthcare bot telemetry with Application Insightshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/custom_telemetry
Use data connections to call external APIs from healthcare botshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/data_connection
Use Clinical Safeguards API with Azure Health Agent Servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/clinicalsafeguardsapi
Use healthcare agent service management API for automationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/managementapi
Invoke healthcare bot scenarios proactively across channelshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/proactive
Invoke healthcare bot scenarios from client-side JavaScripthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/programmatic_invocation
Enable voice interactions in healthcare web chat and appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/voice
Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality
Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality
Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality
Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality

© MicrosoftDocs, CC-BY-4.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-health-bot of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Health Bot

What does Azure Health Bot do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Azure Health Bot is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

When should I use Azure Health Bot?

Azure Health Bot fits situations like: wiring Teams/SMS/WhatsApp channels; embedding web chat; calling external APIs; configuring handoff.

How do I install Azure Health Bot in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-health-bot -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-health-bot in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-health-bot in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Azure Health Bot in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-health-bot -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-health-bot in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-health-bot in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Azure Health Bot in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-health-bot -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/azure-health-bot, .gemini/skills/azure-health-bot, .github/skills/azure-health-bot and .opencode/skills/azure-health-bot in your project.

What does Azure Health Bot need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Health Bot is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation..

Does Azure Health Bot access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: learn.microsoft.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Azure Health Bot safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Azure Health Bot use?

Azure Health Bot is published under the CC-BY-4.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Azure Health Bot use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Azure Health Bot?

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Who maintains Azure Health Bot?

MicrosoftDocs (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, which has 777 GitHub stars. The repository holds 147 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.