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Hello,

I have a question about setting up a flow in Power Automate.

I would like to create a flow that retrieves the latest post from a specific channel in Teams whenever a specific command is used in a particular group chat room and shares it in the same group chat where the command was used.

How should I configure this flow? I am currently subscribed to a standard Office 365 for business.

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Gopala_Krishna 1,495 on at

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Kindly follow the shared steps to create a flow that meets your requirement.

Trigger action "When a new channel message is added" will help in identifying messages posted in the channel, here you can select the team and the channel that you want to look at

in the condition you can specify the condition and the keyword that you want to look at

If the condition is true flow will go ahead and repost the same message into the channel, you can configure that in the "Post message in a chat or channel action"

Overall flow structure and setup will be as follows:

Trigger: When a new message is posted in a chat

Set this trigger to detect messages in a group chat.

Condition: If the message contains a specific command (e.g., !latestpost)

Check if the message contains the command using the expression contains(triggerOutputs()?['body']['content'], '!latestpost').

Action: Get the latest message from the specific channel

Add the "Get messages" action and configure it for the specific Team and Channel.

Configure it to return messages, sorted by date (newest first), and take the top message if necessary.

Action: Post a message in the same group chat

Use the "Post a message in a chat" action to send the latest post back to the same group chat where the command was issued.

Include the content of the latest post in the message body.

Flow Logic Example

Trigger: When a new message is posted in a group chat.

Condition: If the message contains !latestpost.

Action 1: Get messages from the target channel.

Filter for the latest post.

Action 2: Post the latest message in the group chat where the command was triggered.

Final Considerations

Permissions: Ensure that the Power Automate app has the necessary permissions to access Microsoft Teams data and to post messages in the appropriate channels and chats.

Message Formatting: Consider formatting the output message from the channel in a clear and concise manner so that the latest post from the channel appears cleanly in the group chat.

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korean_pop_man 8 on at

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Dear Gopala_Krishna,

Thank you for your valuable response.

I have one additional question.

In the initial trigger, "When a new channel message is added," the message I want to detect is a specific message in a Group Chat.

The detailed flow is as follows:

Detect a specific command in a specific Group Chat (ex) !latestpost).

Check for the latest post in a specific channel.

Post the retrieved message back to the Group Chat where the command was used.

I sincerely apologize for the additional question, but could I kindly ask for your response to this query?

Thank you very much.

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