# microsoft/botframework-solutions

Welcome to the Bot Framework Solutions repository which is the home for a set of templates and solutions to help build advanced conversational experiences using Azure Bot Service and Bot Framework. Microsoft Bot Framework is a comprehensive framework for building enterprise-grade conversational AI experiences.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-solutions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/botframework-solutions
Homepage: https://aka.ms/bfsolutionsdocs
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bot, bot-framework, azure-bot-service, assistant, conversation-experiences, virtual-assistant, conversation, conversational-ui, conversational-agents, conversational-bots, conversational-ai, conversational-interfaces, virtualassistant, virtual, va, skills, microsoft
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-06-29T19:22:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2931, "days_push": 1526, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1056, forks 516 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.667379+00:00)

## What it is
A Microsoft repository of templates, solutions, and sample skills for building enterprise conversational AI experiences with Azure Bot Service and Bot Framework, including a Virtual Assistant template and analytics dashboards. It was archived on March 31, 2022 and replaced by the Enterprise Assistant Template in Bot Framework Composer.

## Use cases
- build a branded virtual assistant bot
- create conversational AI experiences on Azure Bot Service
- add reusable skills like calendar and email to a bot
- set up QnA Maker and dispatch for a chatbot
- build analytics dashboards for bot health
- bootstrap an enterprise chatbot project

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy project already built on this repo
- referencing archived Virtual Assistant template assets

## When to avoid
- starting a new conversational AI project (use Bot Framework Composer's Enterprise Assistant Template)
- needing actively supported skills or templates
- expecting updates or marketplace availability

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chatbot, agent-framework, sdk, analytics, templating
- domain: chatbots, artificial-intelligence, developer-tools
- platform: cloud, cross-platform
- tags: bot-framework, virtual-assistant, conversational-ai, azure-bot-service, skills, microsoft, typescript, deprecated, natural-language-processing, nodejs

## Member repositories
- microsoft/botframework-solutions (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.667379+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:58:24.918445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-solutions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.667379+00:00, sha 7e27f740aeff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.