How do I have the bot send a direct message?

[Mattw11486]

I have the composer working in both slack/teams and able to use it through the bot framework emulator.

Everything is working fine I wish there was some more documentation on how to actually customize the templates.
For example, I am not really finding much information on how to update an adaptive card to be more of a message block that contains titles/links to other websites. Or is there a better approach to that?

Also, how do I send a direct message to a user if they ask a question in a public channel my bot is in? Or even better, have the bot message them directly with a welcome message once they join the slack/teams channel.

[a-b-r-o-w-n]

In regards to adaptive cards, the documentation can be found here. To update a card, you can use the Update activity action.

I will have to ask a colleague about how to send direct messages, but I think it will depend on the channel and may not be supported yet in Composer -- but I'll get back to you.

[Clooney24]

Hi, I'm also using Composer and am in need to send direct messages days after the initial dialog (which will be triggered by our main web application).