[NEW CONTENT] Add strands-teams to Community Packages - Microsoft Teams Notifications Tool

[eraykeskinmac]

Proposed Content

I would like to propose adding strands-teams to the Community Packages documentation.

This is a production-ready Microsoft Teams integration tool for Strands Agents. It enables agents to send rich, interactive adaptive card notifications to Teams channels via webhooks. The tool provides:

• Adaptive Cards: Full adaptive card schema support with rich formatting
• Pre-built Templates: Ready-to-use notification, approval, and status update templates
• Interactive Elements: Action buttons, user input fields, and interactive components
• Rich Formatting: Markdown support, images, media, and custom styling
• Webhook Integration: Simple, secure channel integration via incoming webhooks
• Easy Integration: Drop-in tool for Strands agents with natural language interface

Package Information:

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/strands-teams/
• GitHub: https://github.com/eraykeskinmac/strands-teams
• Examples: https://github.com/eraykeskinmac/strands-tools-examples

Installation:

pip install strands-teams
pip install 'strands-agents[anthropic]'

Quick Usage Example:

from strands import Agent
from strands_teams import teams

agent = Agent(tools=[teams])

# Simple notification
agent("send a Teams notification: New lead from Acme Corp")

# Pre-built approval template
agent("send an approval request to Teams for Q4 budget of $50,000")

# Status update template
agent("send a status update to Teams: Website deployment is 75% complete")

# Custom adaptive card
agent("create a Teams card showing today's sales metrics with graphs")

Location

**Location:**valuable for the Strands Agents community because:

1. Enterprise Communication: Microsoft Teams is the primary communication platform for millions of organizations. This tool enables AI agents to notify, alert, and interact with teams in their native workspace.

2. Human-in-the-Loop Workflows: The approval card templates enable agents to request human confirmation for critical decisions, making AI agents more practical and trustworthy in production environments.

3. Rich Notifications: Goes beyond simple text messages with adaptive cards that include formatted data, images, buttons, and interactive elements - providing better context and actionability.

4. Complete Agent Workflows: Integrates seamlessly with other community tools to create end-to-end workflows like: transcribe call (strands-deepgram) → lookup customer (strands-hubspot) → send enriched summary to Teams (strands-teams).

5. Pre-built Templates: Saves significant development time with ready-to-use templates for common patterns (notifications, approvals, status updates) while still supporting custom adaptive cards.

6. Production Monitoring: Perfect for agent observability - send alerts, status updates, error notifications, and performance metrics to Teams channels for team visibility.

7. Follows Best Practices: Published on PyPI, follows strands-{thing} naming convention, includes comprehensive documentation, and demonstrates proper tool implementation patterns.

8. Community Benefit: Open-source with real-world examples showing how to build effective notification systems for AI agents in enterprise environments.

Rationale

Rationale:

Microsoft Teams integration for rich notifications and alerts

Key Features

• Adaptive card support (full schema)
• Pre-built templates (notification, approval, status)
• Interactive elements and action buttons
• Rich formatting (markdown, images, media)
• Webhook-based integration
• Natural language interface

Installation

pip install strands-teams

Configuration

Required environment variables (TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URL)

Pre-built Templates

• Notification cards: General alerts and updates
• Approval cards: Request human confirmation with buttons
• Status cards: Project/system status updates
• Simple messages: Basic text notifications

Usage Examples

• Simple notifications
• Approval requests with buttons
• Status updates with progress
• Custom adaptive cards
• Multi-section cards with data tables

Use Cases

• Agent Monitoring & Observability
• Human-in-the-Loop Approvals
• Workflow Notifications
• Alert & Error Reporting
• Team Collaboration
• Status Dashboards

Advanced Features

• Custom adaptive card JSON
• Multiple sections and columns
• Action buttons with URLs
• Image and media support
• Fact sets for structured data

Links

• PyPI package
• GitHub repository
• Example repository
• Adaptive Cards documentation

Content Outline (Optional)

Content Outline (Optional):

## strands-teams

### Overview
Microsoft Teams integration for rich notifications and alerts

### Key Features
- Adaptive card support (full schema)
- Pre-built templates (notification, approval, status)
- Interactive elements and action buttons
- Rich formatting (markdown, images, media)
- Webhook-based integration
- Natural language interface

### Installation
pip install strands-teams

### Configuration
Required environment variables (TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URL)

### Pre-built Templates
- Notification cards: General alerts and updates
- Approval cards: Request human confirmation with buttons
- Status cards: Project/system status updates
- Simple messages: Basic text notifications

### Usage Examples
- Simple notifications
- Approval requests with buttons
- Status updates with progress
- Custom adaptive cards
- Multi-section cards with data tables

### Use Cases
- Agent Monitoring & Observability
- Human-in-the-Loop Approvals
- Workflow Notifications
- Alert & Error Reporting
- Team Collaboration
- Status Dashboards

### Advanced Features
- Custom adaptive card JSON
- Multiple sections and columns
- Action buttons with URLs
- Image and media support
- Fact sets for structured data

### Links
- PyPI package
- GitHub repository
- Example repository
- Adaptive Cards documentation


### References

- **PyPI Package**: https://pypi.org/project/strands-teams/
- **GitHub Repository**: https://github.com/eraykeskinmac/strands-teams
- **Examples Repository**: https://github.com/eraykeskinmac/strands-tools-examples
- **Microsoft Adaptive Cards**: https://adaptivecards.io/
- **Teams Webhooks Documentation**: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/webhooks-and-connectors/
- **Strands Community Package Guidelines**: https://strandsagents.com/latest/documentation/docs/community/community-packages/