azure-health-bot
Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when building, debugging, or optimizing Azure Health Bot applications. Not for Azure AI Bot Service (use azure-bot-service), Azure Communication Services (use azure-communication-services), Azure Health Data Services (use azure-health-data-services).
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Azure Health Bot Skill
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.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use
read_filewith specific line ranges (e.g.,L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content. Usemcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchto retrieve full articles.
- Fallback: Use the built-in
WebFetchtool if the Microsoft Learn MCP server is not available.
Category Index
| 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: consent, data export/deletion, auth, encryption keys, abuse safeguards, secrets/keys, and portal access control for healthcare bots. |
| 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 |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design error handling flows in healthcare bot scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/errorhandling |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Estimate healthcare agent service costs by action usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/pricing-details |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use the healthcare orchestrator to route plugins and flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/health-bot/copilot/orchestrator |