skills/azure-health-bot/SKILL.md
Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when wiring Health Bot to channels/APIs, configuring scenarios/cards, securing PHI, using orchestrator, or estimating costs, 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).
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Health Bot. Covers best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Best Practices | L34-L38 | Guidance 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. | | Decision Making | L39-L43 | Estimating Azure Health Bot costs based on action usage, understanding pricing drivers, and forecasting expenses for different bot scenarios. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L44-L48 | Designing bot architectures using the healthcare orchestrator to route between plugins and flows, manage conversation logic, and structure complex healthcare scenarios | | Security | L49-L61 | Configuring security, privacy, and compliance: user consent, data access/deletion, encryption keys, abuse safeguards, authentication, secrets management, and portal permissions for Healthcare bots/agents. | | Configuration | L62-L79 | Configuring bot behavior and conversations: welcome/help messages, feedback, interruptions, human/Teams handoff, terms links, and managing scenarios, variables, cards, and versions. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L80-L102 | Connecting 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 |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Design error handling flows in healthcare bot scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/errorhandling |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Estimate healthcare agent service costs by action usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/pricing-details |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Use the healthcare orchestrator to route plugins and flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/orchestrator |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure end-user consent and compliance in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/consent | | Enable end-user deletion of personal data in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/deleting_data | | Allow users to view and export personal data from healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/viewing_data | | Configure customer-managed encryption keys for healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/cmk | | Monitor and manage abuse in generative healthcare scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/abuse-monitoring | | Configure health safeguards for generative healthcare agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/safeguards | | Configure end-user authentication for Healthcare agent service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/end-user-authentication | | Manage secrets, keys, and endpoints in Healthcare agent service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/keys | | Manage portal user permissions with Microsoft Entra ID | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/portal-users |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure automatic welcome messages in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/automatic_welcome_howto | | Configure scenario cancellation behavior in healthcare agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/cancelling | | Configure end-user feedback collection in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/feedback | | Configure help command behavior in healthcare agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/help | | Configure interruptible scenarios in healthcare conversations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/interruptions | | Configure terms and privacy links for healthcare agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/bot_docs/terms | | Configure interrupting scenarios for healthcare conversations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/configuring_interruptions | | Configure human handoff in healthcare agent service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/handoff | | Configure Microsoft Teams handoff for healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/handoff-teams | | Configure and use conversation cards in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/adding-cards | | Use and manage instance variables in healthcare scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/instance-variables | | Manage and organize healthcare bot scenarios in the portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/scenario_management | | Use scenario snapshots to manage healthcare bot versions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/snapshots | | Use resources and static variables in healthcare bot scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/tenant-resources |
| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure authentication providers for healthcare bot integrations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/authentication_providers | | Configure Direct Line channel for healthcare agent service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/directline | | Connect healthcare bot to Facebook Messenger and Workplace | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/facebook | | Integrate healthcare agent service with Dynamics Omnichannel | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/oc_channel | | Connect healthcare agent service to Microsoft Teams | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/teams | | Connect healthcare bot to Twilio SMS channel | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/twilio | | Embed healthcare agent web chat into web applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/webchat | | Configure WhatsApp via Twilio for healthcare agent service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/channels/whatsapp | | Integrate external services via OpenAPI plugins in healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/openapi-plugins | | Integrate healthcare bot telemetry with Application Insights | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/custom_telemetry | | Use data connections to call external APIs from healthcare bots | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/data_connection | | Use Clinical Safeguards API with Azure Health Agent Service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/clinicalsafeguardsapi | | Use healthcare agent service management API for automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/managementapi | | Invoke healthcare bot scenarios proactively across channels | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/proactive | | Invoke healthcare bot scenarios from client-side JavaScript | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/programmatic_invocation | | Enable voice interactions in healthcare web chat and apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/integrations/voice | | Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality | | Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality | | Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality | | Extend healthcare scenarios with advanced integration elements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/scenario-authoring/advanced_functionality |
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