Microsoft teams CLI for AI Agents

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP. With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Microsoft teams, agents can add new member to project team, schedule an online meeting for sales, list all chats i’m part of, and more — all without worrying about authentication. This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Microsoft teams automation.

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Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that combines chat, meetings, and file sharing within Microsoft 365. It keeps distributed teams connected and productive through seamless virtual communication.

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Introduction

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP.

With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Microsoft teams, agents can add new member to project team, schedule an online meeting for sales, list all chats i’m part of, and more — all without worrying about authentication.

This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Microsoft teams automation.

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What is Universal CLI and why use it?

The idea behind building the universal CLI is to give agents a single command interface to interact with all your external applications. Here's what you'll get with it:

  • Agent-friendly: Coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode can use CLI tools natively — no MCP setup required.
  • Authentication handled: Connect once via OAuth or API Key, and all CLI commands work with your credentials automatically.
  • Tool discovery: Search, inspect, and execute 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps from one interface.
  • Trigger support: Use triggers to listen for events across your apps, powered by real-time webhooks or polling under the hood.
  • Type generation: Generate typed schemas for autocomplete and type safety in your projects.

Prerequisites

Install the Composio CLI, authenticate, and initialize your project:

bash
# Install the Composio CLI
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash

# Authenticate with Composio
composio login

During login you'll be redirected to sign in page, finish the complete flow and you're all set.

Composio CLI authentication flow

Connecting Microsoft teams to Coding Agents via Universal CLI

Once it is installed, it's essentially done. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, or any other agent will be able to access the CLI. A few steps to give agents access to your apps.

  1. Launch your Coding Agent — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, anything you prefer.
  2. Prompt it to "Authenticate with Microsoft teams"
  3. Complete the authentication and authorization flow and your Microsoft teams integration is all set.
  4. Start asking anything you want.

Universal CLI Commands for Microsoft teams

You can also manually execute CLI commands to interact with your Microsoft teams.

Connect your Microsoft teams account

Link your Microsoft teams account and verify the connection:

bash
# Connect your Microsoft teams account (opens OAuth flow)
composio connected-accounts link microsoft_teams

# Verify the connection
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits microsoft_teams

Discover Microsoft teams tools

Search and inspect available Microsoft teams tools:

bash
# List all available Microsoft teams tools
composio tools list --toolkit microsoft_teams

# Search for Microsoft teams tools by action
composio tools search "microsoft teams"

# Inspect a tool's input schema
composio tools info MICROSOFT_TEAMS_ADD_MEMBER_TO_TEAM

Common Microsoft teams Actions

Add member to teamTool to add a user to a microsoft teams team

bash
composio tools execute MICROSOFT_TEAMS_ADD_MEMBER_TO_TEAM \
  --team_id "ee0f5ae2-8bc6-4ae5-8466-7daeebbfa062" \
  --user_id "8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5"

Archive Teams teamTool to archive a microsoft teams team

bash
composio tools execute MICROSOFT_TEAMS_ARCHIVE_TEAM \
  --team_id "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479"

Get all chatsRetrieves all microsoft teams chats a specified user is part of, supporting filtering, property selection, and pagination

bash
composio tools execute MICROSOFT_TEAMS_CHATS_GET_ALL_CHATS \
  --top "25" \
  --filter "topic eq 'Engineering Team'" \
  --select '["id","topic","lastMessagePreview"]' \
  --user_id "me"

Get all chat messagesRetrieves all messages from a specified microsoft teams chat using the microsoft graph api, automatically handling pagination; ensure `chat id` is valid and odata expressions in `filter` or `select` are correct

bash
composio tools execute MICROSOFT_TEAMS_CHATS_GET_ALL_MESSAGES \
  --chat_id "chat-id-123"

Generate Type Definitions

Generate typed schemas for Microsoft teams tools to get autocomplete and type safety in your project:

bash
# Auto-detect language
composio generate --toolkits microsoft_teams

# TypeScript
composio ts generate --toolkits microsoft_teams

# Python
composio py generate --toolkits microsoft_teams

Tips & Tricks

  • Always inspect a tool's input schema before executing: composio tools info <TOOL_NAME>
  • Pipe output with jq for better readability: composio tools execute TOOL_NAME -d '{}' | jq
  • Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY as an environment variable for CI/CD pipelines
  • Use composio dev logs tools to inspect execution logs and debug issues

Next Steps

  • Try asking your coding agent to perform various Microsoft teams operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Set up triggers for real-time automation
  • Use composio generate for typed schemas in your projects
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Microsoft teams action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add chat member

Tool to add a conversationMember to a Microsoft Teams chat.

Add tab to channel

Tool to add a new tab to a Microsoft Teams channel.

Add member to team

Tool to add a user to a Microsoft Teams team.

Add team members (bulk)

Tool to add multiple members to a Microsoft Teams team in a single operation.

Archive channel

Tool to archive a channel in a Microsoft Teams team.

Archive team channel

Tool to archive a channel in a Microsoft Teams team using the group ID.

Archive Teams team

Tool to archive a Microsoft Teams team.

Get all chats

Retrieves all Microsoft Teams chats a specified user is part of, supporting filtering, property selection, and pagination.

Clear Automatic Location

Tool to clear the automatic location from a user's presence in Microsoft Teams.

Clear User Preferred Presence

Tool to clear a user's preferred presence setting in Microsoft Teams.

Clear Presence

Tool to clear the presence information for a user's application presence session in Microsoft Teams.

Clear Presence Location

Tool to clear the authenticated user's presence location.

Clone Team

Tool to clone a Microsoft Teams team using the team ID.

Create Call Operation

Tool to create a new operation for a communications call.

Create a channel

Tool to create a new standard, private, or shared channel within a Microsoft Teams team.

Create Content Sharing Session

Tool to create a content sharing session in a Microsoft Teams call.

Create channel in group team

Tool to create a new channel in a group's associated team.

Create online meeting

Use to schedule a new standalone Microsoft Teams online meeting, i.

Create user offer shift request

Tool to create a new offer shift request in a user's joined team schedule.

Create open shifts

Tool to create a new open shift in a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Create open shift change request

Tool to create a new open shift change request in a team schedule.

Create or get online meeting

Tool to create a new Microsoft Teams online meeting or retrieve an existing one based on externalId.

Create or update schedule

Tool to create or replace a schedule object for a Microsoft Teams team.

Create schedule day note

Tool to create a new day note in a team's schedule.

Create scheduling group

Tool to create a new scheduling group in a team's schedule.

Create team schedule shift

Tool to create a new shift in a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Create Team

Tool to create a new Microsoft Teams team.

Create Team From Group

Tool to create a new team under an existing Microsoft 365 group.

Create time off

Tool to create a new timeOff instance in a team's schedule.

Create time off reason

Tool to create a new time off reason in a team's schedule.

Create time off request

Tool to create a new time off request in a team's schedule.

Create user online meeting

Tool to create a new Microsoft Teams online meeting for a specific user.

Delete Call Operation

Tool to delete a navigation property operation for a communications call.

Delete team channel

Tool to delete a channel from a Microsoft Teams team.

Delete team schedule day note

Tool to delete a day note from a Microsoft Teams schedule.

Delete open shift

Tool to delete an open shift from a Microsoft Teams schedule.

Delete team scheduling group

Tool to delete a scheduling group from a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Delete team schedule shift

Tool to delete a shift from a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Soft-delete Teams channel message

Tool to soft-delete a message in a Teams channel.

Delete channel tab

Tool to delete a tab from a Microsoft Teams channel.

Delete Teams team

Tool to delete a Microsoft Teams team.

Delete time off

Tool to delete a timeOff from a team's schedule.

Delete time off reason

Tool to delete a time off reason from a team's schedule.

Delete time off request

Tool to delete a time off request from a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Delete User Online Meeting

Tool to delete an online meeting for a user.

Get call operation

Tool to get a specific commsOperation for a call.

Get team channel

Tool to get a specific channel in a team.

Get Teams channel message

Retrieves a specific message from a Microsoft Teams channel using its Team, Channel, and Message IDs.

Get channel message reply

Tool to retrieve a single reply to a message in a channel.

Get chat

Tool to retrieve a single chat by ID.

Get chat member

Tool to get a specific conversation member from a Microsoft Teams chat.

Get chat message

Tool to get a specific chat message.

Get day note

Tool to retrieve a specific day note from a team's schedule.

Get channel files folder

Tool to get the files folder (DriveItem) metadata for a specific channel in a Microsoft Teams team.

Get User Profile

Tool to retrieve a user's profile (id/UPN/mail/displayName).

Get offer shift request

Tool to get a specific offer shift request from a Microsoft Teams schedule.

Get online meeting

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Microsoft Teams online meeting by its ID.

Get open shift

Tool to get a specific open shift from a Microsoft Teams schedule.

Get open shift change request

Tool to retrieve a specific open shift change request from a Microsoft Teams team's schedule.

Get User Presence

Tool to get a specific user's presence information.

Get primary channel

Tool to get the default (General) channel of a team.

Get schedule

Tool to retrieve the properties and relationships of a schedule object.

Get scheduling group

Tool to retrieve a specific scheduling group from a Microsoft Teams team's schedule.

Get shift

Tool to retrieve a shift by ID from a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Get swap shifts change request

Tool to get a specific swap shift change request from a Microsoft Teams schedule.

Get channel tab

Tool to get a specific tab in a Microsoft Teams channel.

Get Team

Tool to get a specific team.

Get team member

Tool to get a specific conversation member from a team.

Get Team Operation Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a Teams async operation using teamId and operationId.

Get installed app in team

Tool to get an installed app in a Microsoft Teams team.

Get time off by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific time off entry from a Microsoft Teams team's schedule by ID.

Get time off reason

Tool to get a specific time off reason from a team's schedule.

Get time off request

Tool to retrieve a specific time off request from a team's schedule.

Get user chat

Tool to retrieve a specific chat for a user.

Get User Teamwork

Tool to get userTeamwork settings for a specified user, including Microsoft Teams region and locale.

Hide chat for user

Tool to hide a Microsoft Teams chat for a specific user.

List user's associated teams

Tool to list teams that a user is associated with in Microsoft Teams.

List channel tabs

Tool to list tabs from a Microsoft Teams channel.

List Communications Call Operations

Tool to list operations on a Microsoft Teams call.

List deleted teams

Tool to list deleted Microsoft Teams and their properties.

List Group Team Operations

Tool to list operations on a group's team.

List team incoming channels

Tool to list incoming channels shared with a Microsoft Teams team.

List installed apps in team

Tool to list apps installed in a Microsoft Teams team.

List channel message replies

Tool to list all replies to a specific message in a Microsoft Teams channel.

List offer shift requests

Tool to list offer shift requests in a Microsoft Teams schedule.

List user online meetings

Look up a Microsoft Teams online meeting for a user by identifier.

List open shift change requests

Tool to list open shift change requests in a Microsoft Teams schedule.

List open shifts

Tool to list open shifts in a Microsoft Teams schedule.

List People

Retrieves a list of people relevant to a specified user from Microsoft Graph, noting the `search` parameter is only effective if `user_id` is 'me'.

List pinned messages

Tool to retrieve the list of pinned messages in a Microsoft Teams chat.

List team schedule day notes

Tool to list all dayNotes from a team's schedule.

List scheduling groups

Tool to list scheduling groups in a team's schedule.

List shifts

Tool to list shifts in a Microsoft Teams schedule.

List swap shifts change requests

Tool to list swap shift change requests in a Microsoft Teams schedule.

List team members

Tool to list members of a Microsoft Teams team.

List Team Operations

Tool to list operations from a team.

List teams permission grants

Tool to list all resource-specific permission grants for a team with support for filtering, pagination, and sorting.

List team time off entries

Tool to list time off entries from a Microsoft Teams team's schedule.

List team schedule time off reasons

Tool to get time off reasons from a team's schedule.

List time off requests

Tool to retrieve a list of time off requests from a Microsoft Teams team's schedule.

List user's chat members

Tool to list members of a specific chat for a user in Microsoft Teams.

List user chat messages

Tool to retrieve messages from a specific chat for a given user.

List user joined teams

Tool to list the Teams that a specified user is a direct member of (joined teams).

List users

Tool to list all users in the organization.

Mark chat as read for user

Tool to mark a chat as read for a specific user in Microsoft Teams.

Mark chat as unread for user

Marks a specific chat as unread for a user by setting the last read message timestamp.

Pin message in chat

Tool to pin a message in a Microsoft Teams chat.

Reply to Teams channel message

Sends a reply to an existing message, identified by `message_id`, within a specific `channel_id` of a given `team_id` in Microsoft Teams.

Provision channel email address

Tool to provision an email address for a Microsoft Teams channel.

Remove channel email address

Tool to remove the email address of a channel in Microsoft Teams.

Remove chat member

Tool to remove a member from a Microsoft Teams chat.

Remove team member

Tool to remove a member from a Microsoft Teams team.

Remove team members

Tool to remove multiple members from a Microsoft Teams team in bulk.

Search Teams files

Search files in Microsoft Teams using KQL syntax.

Search Teams messages

Search Microsoft Teams messages using powerful KQL syntax.

Send Activity Notification to Recipients

Tool to send activity notifications to specified recipients in Microsoft Teams.

Set Presence

Tool to set the presence information for a user's application presence session.

Set Presence Automatic Location

Tool to set the automatic presence location (office/remote/timeOff) for a specified user.

Set User Preferred Presence

Tool to set the preferred availability and activity status for a user.

Set User Presence Manual Location

Tool to set the manual presence location (office/remote/timeOff) for a specific user.

Share Team Schedule

Tool to share a Microsoft Teams schedule for a specified time range.

Create Chat

Creates a new chat; if a 'oneOnOne' chat with the specified members already exists, its details are returned, while 'group' chats are always newly created.

List Teams

Retrieves Microsoft Teams accessible by the authenticated user, allowing filtering, property selection, and pagination.

List channel messages

Tool to list messages in a Teams channel when team_id and channel_id are known (no chat_id required).

List team channels

Retrieves channels for a specified Microsoft Teams team ID (must be valid and for an existing team), with options to include shared channels, filter results, and select properties.

Send Channel Message

Posts a new top-level message to a channel in Microsoft Teams (does NOT reply to an existing message).

Send message to Teams chat

Sends a non-empty message (text or HTML) to a specified, existing Microsoft Teams chat; content must be valid HTML if `content_type` is 'html'.

Unarchive channel

Tool to unarchive a channel in a Microsoft Teams team.

Unarchive group team channel

Tool to unarchive a channel in a Microsoft Teams group's team.

Unarchive Teams team

Tool to unarchive a Microsoft Teams team.

Unhide Chat For User

Tool to unhide a chat for a specific user.

Unpin chat message

Tool to unpin a message from a Microsoft Teams chat.

Update Call

Tool to update the navigation property calls in Microsoft Teams communications.

Update Call Operation

Tool to update the navigation property operations in communications.

Update Call Participant

Tool to update a participant in a Microsoft Teams call.

Update Teams channel

Tool to update channel properties in a Microsoft Teams group.

Update Teams channel message

Tool to update a message in a channel.

Update Chat

Tool to update the properties of a chat.

Update Teams chat message

Tool to update a specific message in a chat.

Update Content Sharing Session

Tool to update a content sharing session in a Microsoft Teams call.

Update schedule day note

Tool to update an existing day note in a team's schedule.

Update online meeting

Tool to update the properties of an existing Microsoft Teams online meeting.

Update open shift

Tool to update an existing open shift in a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Update scheduling group

Tool to replace/update a scheduling group in a team's schedule.

Update Teams channel tab

Tool to update the properties of a tab in a Microsoft Teams channel.

Update Team

Tool to update the properties of a team.

Update team member

Tool to update a team member's roles or properties in Microsoft Teams.

Update team schedule shift

Tool to update an existing shift in a Microsoft Teams team schedule.

Update time off

Tool to replace an existing timeOff entry in a team's schedule.

Update time off reason

Tool to update a time off reason in a team's schedule.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The Composio Universal CLI is a single command-line interface that lets coding agents and developers interact with 1000+ SaaS applications. It handles authentication, tool discovery, action execution, and trigger setup — all from the terminal, without needing to configure MCP servers.

Any coding agent that can run shell commands works with the Composio CLI — including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and others. Once the CLI is installed, agents automatically discover and use the composio commands to interact with Microsoft teams and other connected apps.

MCP servers require configuration and can be token-heavy for complex workflows. The CLI gives agents a direct, lightweight interface — no server setup needed. Agents simply call composio commands like any other shell tool. It's faster to set up, more reliable for multi-step tool chaining, and works natively with how coding agents already operate.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Microsoft teams data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials for full control.

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