LaunchKit · 2026

Setup & Installation

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill azure-communication-chat-java
or paste the link and ask your coding assistant to install it
https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-java/skills/azure-communication-chat-java
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What This Skill Does

Java SDK for Azure Communication Services Chat. Handles chat threads, messages, participants, read receipts, and typing notifications over Azure's infrastructure.

The SDK handles token-credentialed API calls, pagination, and message type filtering directly, so you avoid writing REST boilerplate against Azure's chat endpoints manually.

When to use it

  • Creating group chat threads with named participants in a Java backend
  • Sending read receipts when a user views messages in a thread
  • Adding new members to an existing thread with partial message history
  • Paginating through large message histories in a support chat system
  • Triggering typing indicators as users compose messages