Microsoft Teams Notifications MCP server

This MCP server provides a way to send Microsoft Teams chat notifications through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It allows you to integrate Teams notifications directly from your development environment, with support for Markdown-formatted messages.

Getting Started

Installation and Configuration

To use this MCP server, you'll need to set up your environment with the necessary credentials and configuration values. The server requires a Microsoft Teams bot for sending notifications.

Prerequisites

• A Microsoft Teams bot (you can use the TeamsNotificationBotMCP created with Teams Toolkit)
• VS Code Insiders (for MCP support)
• The following information:
  • Bot endpoint URL
  • Azure AD application credentials
  • Your email address registered with Teams

Setting Up in VS Code

1. Install VS Code Insiders if you haven't already
2. Configure the MCP server by adding the following to your VS Code Insiders Settings (JSON):

"mcp": {
  "inputs": [],
  "servers": {
      "MicrosoftTeams": {
          "command": "uv",
          "args": [
              "--directory",
              "<path/to/the/project>/microsoft-teams-mcp",
              "run",
              "microsoft-teams-mcp"
          ],
          "env": {
              "BOT_ENDPOINT": "<endpoint or dev tunnel URL of Teams bot>/api/notification",
              "MICROSOFT_APP_ID": "<microsoft-entra-client-id>",
              "MICROSOFT_APP_PASSWORD": "<microsoft-entra-client-secret>",
              "MICROSOFT_APP_TENANT_ID": "<microsoft-entra-tenant-id>",
              "EMAIL": "<your-email-in-teams>",
          }
      }
  }
}

Replace all placeholders in angle brackets with your actual values:

• <path/to/the/project>: The file path to where you've saved the microsoft-teams-mcp project
• <endpoint or dev tunnel URL of Teams bot>: Your Teams bot's endpoint URL
• <microsoft-entra-client-id>: Your Azure AD application ID
• <microsoft-entra-client-secret>: Your Azure AD client secret
• <microsoft-entra-tenant-id>: Your Azure AD tenant ID
• <your-email-in-teams>: The email address you use with Microsoft Teams

Using the MCP Server

Available Tools

The MCP server implements one tool:

• send-notification: Sends a notification message to Microsoft Teams
  • Required parameters:
    • message: The content of your notification (supports Markdown formatting)
    • project: The project identifier or name

Security

The server uses Azure AD authentication to securely communicate with Teams, ensuring that only authorized requests can send notifications to your Teams environment.

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.