adaptive-cards-authoring

Design

Author Adaptive Cards for the current PiClaw web environment. Use when you need a prompt pattern, supported payload shape, or reusable card templates for structured web interactions.

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Adaptive Cards Authoring

Use this skill when a web-only, structured interaction is materially better as a card than as plain markdown.

Good fits

approval / reject / revise flows
choosing one of a few next actions
short structured data capture
persistent status or completion receipts
link collections where explicit buttons are clearer than inline links

Avoid cards when markdown is clearer, the interaction is long-form, or the action semantics are not supported.

PiClaw payload shape

Emit a normal message with a concise fallback plus one adaptive_card content block:

{
  "type": "adaptive_card",
  "card_id": "approval-123",
  "schema_version": "1.5",
  "state": "active",
  "fallback_text": "Approval requested.",
  "payload": {
    "type": "AdaptiveCard",
    "version": "1.5",
    "body": [
      { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "Approval requested", "weight": "Bolder", "size": "Medium" }
    ],
    "actions": [
      { "type": "Action.Submit", "title": "Approve", "data": { "decision": "approve" } }
    ]
  }
}

Supported today in the PiClaw web runtime:

timeline rendering via content_blocks
actions: Action.Submit, Action.OpenUrl
states: active, completed, cancelled, failed
agent-owned posting via send_adaptive_card

Do not rely on Action.ShowCard, Action.ToggleVisibility, complex refresh/auth flows, or non-web card delivery unless you are explicitly extending core support.

Authoring rules

Keep schema_version / payload.version at 1.5 unless there is a specific reason otherwise.
Keep content and fallback_text short and human-readable.
Prefer simple primitives: TextBlock, FactSet, Input.*, ChoiceSet, Toggle.
Keep button labels short and explicit.
Use Action.Submit for structured decisions and Action.OpenUrl for external links.
Keep submission payloads small, flat, and readable.
Assume cards are web-only unless you also provide a graceful markdown fallback.
Prefer one clear card over a dense wall of controls.
Keep critical meaning visible in the fallback message too.

Prompt pattern

Use an Adaptive Card for this response because the interaction is structured and web-only.

Constraints:
- Target the current PiClaw web runtime
- Emit a concise fallback message plus one adaptive_card content block
- Use schema version 1.5
- Only use supported actions: Action.Submit and/or Action.OpenUrl
- Keep the card compact and readable in a narrow pane
- Keep submission payloads small and explicit
- If a card would be worse than markdown, say so and return markdown instead

Task:
<describe the approval / choice / form interaction>

If you need more determinism, ask for:

a fallback message string
exactly one adaptive_card content block JSON object

Templates and implementation notes

Reuse templates.md for concrete card patterns rather than inventing new classes ad hoc.
If you are implementing card emission in PiClaw itself, prefer send_adaptive_card.
If you need low-level posting, use message content_blocks or messages with action: "post".