Confluence automation Smart Value won't give me a clickable URL in Teams

[Tracy B]

I set up a Confluence automation to sent a message to a MS Teams channel when a new blog post is published in a space. I'm using:

A new blog post titled '{{blogpost.title}}' has been published by {{blogpost.author.fullName}}.
Please review at {{blogpost.url}}

The message shows up in Microsoft Teams correctly, but when the URL is published, the link is not clickable. I'm trying to remove barriers to reading the blog posts, and this creates a new one. Why is the URL simply plain text when cutting and pasting the same thing into a message resolves into a clickable link? 

[Tomislav Tobijas · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tracy B ,

Can you try this?

Please review at [{{blogpost.url}}]({{blogpost.url}})

As Teams supports basic markdown formatting in messages sent via webhooks/automation, you would have to use this syntax. For more info on markdown, check official docs.

Example of a message (w. a clickable link) would be

Cheers,
Tobi

[Tracy B]

Thanks so much. The problem was not with the Smart Value but that I needed to understand the markdown required. I did not know what was missing.