User feedback is essential for the improvement of any application. Teams provides specialized UI components to help facilitate the gathering of feedback from users.
Storage
Once you receive a feedback event, you can choose to store it in some persistent storage. In the example below, we are storing it in an in-memory store.
// This store would ideally be persisted in a database
public static class FeedbackStore
{
public static readonly Dictionary<string, FeedbackData> StoredFeedbackByMessageId = new();
public class FeedbackData
{
public string IncomingMessage { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public string OutgoingMessage { get; set; } = string.Empty;
public int Likes { get; set; }
public int Dislikes { get; set; }
public List<string> Feedbacks { get; set; } = new();
}
}
Once you receive a feedback event, you can choose to store it in some persistent storage. You'll need to implement storage for tracking:
- Like/dislike counts per message
- Text feedback comments
- Message ID associations
For production applications, consider using databases, file systems, or cloud storage. The examples below use in-memory storage for simplicity.
import { ChatPrompt, IChatModel } from '@microsoft/teams.ai';
import { ActivityLike, IMessageActivity, MessageActivity } from '@microsoft/teams.api';
// ...
// This store would ideally be persisted in a database
export const storedFeedbackByMessageId = new Map<
string,
{
incomingMessage: string;
outgoingMessage: string;
likes: number;
dislikes: number;
feedbacks: string[];
}
>();
Including Feedback Buttons
When sending a message that you want feedback in, simply add feedback functionality to the message you are sending.
var sentMessageId = await context.Send(
result.Content != null
? new MessageActivity(result.Content)
.AddAiGenerated()
/** Add feedback buttons via this method */
.AddFeedback()
: "I did not generate a response."
);
FeedbackStore.StoredFeedbackByMessageId[sentMessageId.Id] = new FeedbackStore.FeedbackData
{
IncomingMessage = context.Activity.Text,
OutgoingMessage = result.Content ?? string.Empty,
Likes = 0,
Dislikes = 0,
Feedbacks = new List<string>()
};
from microsoft.teams.ai import Agent
from microsoft.teams.api import MessageActivityInput
from microsoft.teams.apps import ActivityContext, MessageActivity
@app.on_message
async def handle_message(ctx: ActivityContext[MessageActivity]):
"""Handle 'feedback demo' command to demonstrate feedback collection"""
agent = Agent(current_model)
chat_result = await agent.send(
input="Tell me a short joke",
instructions="You are a comedian. Keep responses brief and funny."
)
if chat_result.response.content:
message = MessageActivityInput(text=chat_result.response.content)
.add_ai_generated()
# Create message with feedback enabled
.add_feedback()
await ctx.send(message)
import { ChatPrompt, IChatModel } from '@microsoft/teams.ai';
import {
ActivityLike,
IMessageActivity,
MessageActivity,
SentActivity,
} from '@microsoft/teams.api';
// ...
const { id: sentMessageId } = await send(
result.content != null
? new MessageActivity(result.content)
.addAiGenerated()
/** Add feedback buttons via this method */
.addFeedback()
: 'I did not generate a response.'
);
storedFeedbackByMessageId.set(sentMessageId, {
incomingMessage: activity.text,
outgoingMessage: result.content ?? '',
likes: 0,
dislikes: 0,
feedbacks: [],
});
Handling the feedback
Once the user decides to like/dislike the message, you can handle the feedback in a received event. Once received, you can choose to include it in your persistent store.
[Microsoft.Teams.Apps.Activities.Invokes.Message.Feedback]
public Task OnFeedbackReceived([Context] Microsoft.Teams.Api.Activities.Invokes.Messages.SubmitActionActivity activity)
{
var reaction = activity.Value?.ActionValue?.GetType().GetProperty("reaction")?.GetValue(activity.Value?.ActionValue)?.ToString();
var feedbackJson = activity.Value?.ActionValue?.GetType().GetProperty("feedback")?.GetValue(activity.Value?.ActionValue)?.ToString();
if (activity.ReplyToId == null)
{
_log.LogWarning("No replyToId found for messageId {ActivityId}", activity.Id);
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
var existingFeedback = FeedbackStore.StoredFeedbackByMessageId.GetValueOrDefault(activity.ReplyToId);
/**
* feedbackJson looks like:
* {"feedbackText":"Nice!"}
*/
if (existingFeedback == null)
{
_log.LogWarning("No feedback found for messageId {ActivityId}", activity.Id);
}
else
{
var updatedFeedback = new FeedbackStore.FeedbackData
{
IncomingMessage = existingFeedback.IncomingMessage,
OutgoingMessage = existingFeedback.OutgoingMessage,
Likes = existingFeedback.Likes + (reaction == "like" ? 1 : 0),
Dislikes = existingFeedback.Dislikes + (reaction == "dislike" ? 1 : 0),
Feedbacks = existingFeedback.Feedbacks.Concat(new[] { feedbackJson ?? string.Empty }).ToList()
};
FeedbackStore.StoredFeedbackByMessageId[activity.Id] = updatedFeedback;
}
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
import json
from typing import Dict, Any
from microsoft.teams.api import MessageSubmitActionInvokeActivity
from microsoft.teams.apps import ActivityContext
# ...
# Handle feedback submission events
@app.on_message_submit_feedback
async def handle_message_feedback(ctx: ActivityContext[MessageSubmitActionInvokeActivity]):
"""Handle feedback submission events"""
activity = ctx.activity
# Extract feedback data from activity value
if not hasattr(activity, "value") or not activity.value:
logger.warning(f"No value found in activity {activity.id}")
return
# Access feedback data directly from invoke value
invoke_value = activity.value
assert invoke_value.action_name == "feedback"
feedback_str = invoke_value.action_value.feedback
reaction = invoke_value.action_value.reaction
feedback_json: Dict[str, Any] = json.loads(feedback_str)
# { 'feedbackText': 'the ai response was great!' }
if not activity.reply_to_id:
logger.warning(f"No replyToId found for messageId {activity.id}")
return
# Store the feedback (implement your own storage logic)
upsert_feedback_storage(activity.reply_to_id, reaction, feedback_json.get('feedbackText', ''))
# Optionally Send confirmation response
feedback_text: str = feedback_json.get("feedbackText", "")
reaction_text: str = f" and {reaction}" if reaction else ""
text_part: str = f" with comment: '{feedback_text}'" if feedback_text else ""
await ctx.reply(f"✅ Thank you for your feedback{reaction_text}{text_part}!")
import { App } from '@microsoft/teams.apps';
// ...
app.on('message.submit.feedback', async ({ activity, log }) => {
const { reaction, feedback: feedbackJson } = activity.value.actionValue;
if (activity.replyToId == null) {
log.warn(`No replyToId found for messageId ${activity.id}`);
return;
}
const existingFeedback = storedFeedbackByMessageId.get(activity.replyToId);
/**
* feedbackJson looks like:
* {"feedbackText":"Nice!"}
*/
if (!existingFeedback) {
log.warn(`No feedback found for messageId ${activity.id}`);
} else {
storedFeedbackByMessageId.set(activity.id, {
...existingFeedback,
likes: existingFeedback.likes + (reaction === 'like' ? 1 : 0),
dislikes: existingFeedback.dislikes + (reaction === 'dislike' ? 1 : 0),
feedbacks: [...existingFeedback.feedbacks, feedbackJson],
});
}
});