diff --git a/src/cli/pairing-cli.ts b/src/cli/pairing-cli.ts
index d671dc76c..be6ac1dc3 100644
--- a/src/cli/pairing-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/pairing-cli.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { Command } from "commander";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { sendMessageDiscord } from "../discord/send.js";
 import { sendMessageIMessage } from "../imessage/send.js";
+import { sendMessageMSTeams } from "../msteams/send.js";
 import { PROVIDER_ID_LABELS } from "../pairing/pairing-labels.js";
 import {
   approveProviderPairingCode,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const PROVIDERS: PairingProvider[] = [
   "discord",
   "slack",
   "whatsapp",
+  "msteams",
 ];
 
 function parseProvider(raw: unknown): PairingProvider {
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ async function notifyApproved(provider: PairingProvider, id: string) {
     await sendMessageIMessage(id, message);
     return;
   }
+  if (provider === "msteams") {
+    const cfg = loadConfig();
+    await sendMessageMSTeams({ cfg, to: id, text: message });
+    return;
+  }
   // WhatsApp: approval still works (store); notifying requires an active web session.
 }
 
diff --git a/src/msteams/attachments.test.ts b/src/msteams/attachments.test.ts
index 1c690e580..d1f92a33e 100644
--- a/src/msteams/attachments.test.ts
+++ b/src/msteams/attachments.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import {
   buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder,
+  buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls,
   buildMSTeamsMediaPayload,
+  downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia,
   downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments,
 } from "./attachments.js";
 
@@ -70,6 +72,26 @@ describe("msteams attachments", () => {
         ]),
       ).toBe("<media:document> (2 files)");
     });
+
+    it("counts inline images in text/html attachments", () => {
+      expect(
+        buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder([
+          {
+            contentType: "text/html",
+            content: '<p>hi</p><img src="https://x/a.png" />',
+          },
+        ]),
+      ).toBe("<media:image>");
+      expect(
+        buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder([
+          {
+            contentType: "text/html",
+            content:
+              '<img src="https://x/a.png" /><img src="https://x/b.png" />',
+          },
+        ]),
+      ).toBe("<media:image> (2 images)");
+    });
   });
 
   describe("downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments", () => {
@@ -118,6 +140,45 @@ describe("msteams attachments", () => {
       expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://x/dl");
     });
 
+    it("downloads inline image URLs from html attachments", async () => {
+      const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => {
+        return new Response(Buffer.from("png"), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { "content-type": "image/png" },
+        });
+      });
+
+      const media = await downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments({
+        attachments: [
+          {
+            contentType: "text/html",
+            content: '<img src="https://x/inline.png" />',
+          },
+        ],
+        maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        fetchFn: fetchMock as unknown as typeof fetch,
+      });
+
+      expect(media).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://x/inline.png");
+    });
+
+    it("stores inline data:image base64 payloads", async () => {
+      const base64 = Buffer.from("png").toString("base64");
+      const media = await downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments({
+        attachments: [
+          {
+            contentType: "text/html",
+            content: `<img src="data:image/png;base64,${base64}" />`,
+          },
+        ],
+        maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      });
+
+      expect(media).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(saveMediaBufferMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it("retries with auth when the first request is unauthorized", async () => {
       const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (_url: string, opts?: RequestInit) => {
         const hasAuth = Boolean(
@@ -163,6 +224,77 @@ describe("msteams attachments", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls", () => {
+    it("builds channel message urls", () => {
+      const urls = buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls({
+        conversationType: "channel",
+        conversationId: "19:thread@thread.tacv2",
+        messageId: "123",
+        channelData: { team: { id: "team-id" }, channel: { id: "chan-id" } },
+      });
+      expect(urls[0]).toContain("/teams/team-id/channels/chan-id/messages/123");
+    });
+
+    it("builds channel reply urls when replyToId is present", () => {
+      const urls = buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls({
+        conversationType: "channel",
+        messageId: "reply-id",
+        replyToId: "root-id",
+        channelData: { team: { id: "team-id" }, channel: { id: "chan-id" } },
+      });
+      expect(urls[0]).toContain(
+        "/teams/team-id/channels/chan-id/messages/root-id/replies/reply-id",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("builds chat message urls", () => {
+      const urls = buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls({
+        conversationType: "groupChat",
+        conversationId: "19:chat@thread.v2",
+        messageId: "456",
+      });
+      expect(urls[0]).toContain("/chats/19%3Achat%40thread.v2/messages/456");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia", () => {
+    it("downloads hostedContents images", async () => {
+      const base64 = Buffer.from("png").toString("base64");
+      const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (url: string) => {
+        if (url.endsWith("/hostedContents")) {
+          return new Response(
+            JSON.stringify({
+              value: [
+                {
+                  id: "1",
+                  contentType: "image/png",
+                  contentBytes: base64,
+                },
+              ],
+            }),
+            { status: 200 },
+          );
+        }
+        if (url.endsWith("/attachments")) {
+          return new Response(JSON.stringify({ value: [] }), { status: 200 });
+        }
+        return new Response("not found", { status: 404 });
+      });
+
+      const media = await downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia({
+        messageUrl:
+          "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19%3Achat/messages/123",
+        tokenProvider: { getAccessToken: vi.fn(async () => "token") },
+        maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        fetchFn: fetchMock as unknown as typeof fetch,
+      });
+
+      expect(media.media).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(saveMediaBufferMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("buildMSTeamsMediaPayload", () => {
     it("returns single and multi-file fields", () => {
       const payload = buildMSTeamsMediaPayload([
diff --git a/src/msteams/attachments.ts b/src/msteams/attachments.ts
index 6c136b7d3..e426899a9 100644
--- a/src/msteams/attachments.ts
+++ b/src/msteams/attachments.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,63 @@ export type MSTeamsInboundMedia = {
   placeholder: string;
 };
 
+type InlineImageCandidate =
+  | {
+      kind: "data";
+      data: Buffer;
+      contentType?: string;
+      placeholder: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "url";
+      url: string;
+      contentType?: string;
+      fileHint?: string;
+      placeholder: string;
+    };
+
 const IMAGE_EXT_RE = /\.(avif|bmp|gif|heic|heif|jpe?g|png|tiff?|webp)$/i;
 
+const IMG_SRC_RE = /<img[^>]+src=["']([^"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi;
+const ATTACHMENT_TAG_RE = /<attachment[^>]+id=["']([^"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi;
+
+export type MSTeamsHtmlAttachmentSummary = {
+  htmlAttachments: number;
+  imgTags: number;
+  dataImages: number;
+  cidImages: number;
+  srcHosts: string[];
+  attachmentTags: number;
+  attachmentIds: string[];
+};
+
+export type MSTeamsGraphMediaResult = {
+  media: MSTeamsInboundMedia[];
+  hostedCount?: number;
+  attachmentCount?: number;
+  hostedStatus?: number;
+  attachmentStatus?: number;
+  messageUrl?: string;
+  tokenError?: boolean;
+};
+
+type GraphHostedContent = {
+  id?: string | null;
+  contentType?: string | null;
+  contentBytes?: string | null;
+};
+
+type GraphAttachment = {
+  id?: string | null;
+  contentType?: string | null;
+  contentUrl?: string | null;
+  name?: string | null;
+  thumbnailUrl?: string | null;
+  content?: unknown;
+};
+
+const GRAPH_ROOT = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0";
+
 function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return Boolean(value) && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
@@ -76,14 +131,387 @@ function isLikelyImageAttachment(att: MSTeamsAttachmentLike): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+function isHtmlAttachment(att: MSTeamsAttachmentLike): boolean {
+  const contentType = normalizeContentType(att.contentType) ?? "";
+  return contentType.startsWith("text/html");
+}
+
+function extractHtmlFromAttachment(
+  att: MSTeamsAttachmentLike,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (!isHtmlAttachment(att)) return undefined;
+  if (typeof att.content === "string") return att.content;
+  if (!isRecord(att.content)) return undefined;
+  const text =
+    typeof att.content.text === "string"
+      ? att.content.text
+      : typeof att.content.body === "string"
+        ? att.content.body
+        : typeof att.content.content === "string"
+          ? att.content.content
+          : undefined;
+  return text;
+}
+
+function decodeDataImage(src: string): InlineImageCandidate | null {
+  const match = /^data:(image\/[a-z0-9.+-]+)?(;base64)?,(.*)$/i.exec(src);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  const contentType = match[1]?.toLowerCase();
+  const isBase64 = Boolean(match[2]);
+  if (!isBase64) return null;
+  const payload = match[3] ?? "";
+  if (!payload) return null;
+  try {
+    const data = Buffer.from(payload, "base64");
+    return {
+      kind: "data",
+      data,
+      contentType,
+      placeholder: "<media:image>",
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function fileHintFromUrl(src: string): string | undefined {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(src);
+    const name = url.pathname.split("/").pop();
+    return name || undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+function extractInlineImageCandidates(
+  attachments: MSTeamsAttachmentLike[],
+): InlineImageCandidate[] {
+  const out: InlineImageCandidate[] = [];
+  for (const att of attachments) {
+    const html = extractHtmlFromAttachment(att);
+    if (!html) continue;
+    IMG_SRC_RE.lastIndex = 0;
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null = IMG_SRC_RE.exec(html);
+    while (match) {
+      const src = match[1]?.trim();
+      if (src && !src.startsWith("cid:")) {
+        if (src.startsWith("data:")) {
+          const decoded = decodeDataImage(src);
+          if (decoded) out.push(decoded);
+        } else {
+          out.push({
+            kind: "url",
+            url: src,
+            fileHint: fileHintFromUrl(src),
+            placeholder: "<media:image>",
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      match = IMG_SRC_RE.exec(html);
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+function safeHostForUrl(url: string): string {
+  try {
+    return new URL(url).hostname.toLowerCase();
+  } catch {
+    return "invalid-url";
+  }
+}
+
+export function summarizeMSTeamsHtmlAttachments(
+  attachments: MSTeamsAttachmentLike[] | undefined,
+): MSTeamsHtmlAttachmentSummary | undefined {
+  const list = Array.isArray(attachments) ? attachments : [];
+  if (list.length === 0) return undefined;
+  let htmlAttachments = 0;
+  let imgTags = 0;
+  let dataImages = 0;
+  let cidImages = 0;
+  const srcHosts = new Set<string>();
+  let attachmentTags = 0;
+  const attachmentIds = new Set<string>();
+
+  for (const att of list) {
+    const html = extractHtmlFromAttachment(att);
+    if (!html) continue;
+    htmlAttachments += 1;
+    IMG_SRC_RE.lastIndex = 0;
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null = IMG_SRC_RE.exec(html);
+    while (match) {
+      imgTags += 1;
+      const src = match[1]?.trim();
+      if (src) {
+        if (src.startsWith("data:")) dataImages += 1;
+        else if (src.startsWith("cid:")) cidImages += 1;
+        else srcHosts.add(safeHostForUrl(src));
+      }
+      match = IMG_SRC_RE.exec(html);
+    }
+    ATTACHMENT_TAG_RE.lastIndex = 0;
+    match = ATTACHMENT_TAG_RE.exec(html);
+    while (match) {
+      attachmentTags += 1;
+      const id = match[1]?.trim();
+      if (id) attachmentIds.add(id);
+      match = ATTACHMENT_TAG_RE.exec(html);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (htmlAttachments === 0) return undefined;
+  return {
+    htmlAttachments,
+    imgTags,
+    dataImages,
+    cidImages,
+    srcHosts: Array.from(srcHosts).slice(0, 5),
+    attachmentTags,
+    attachmentIds: Array.from(attachmentIds).slice(0, 5),
+  };
+}
+
+function readNestedString(
+  value: unknown,
+  keys: Array<string | number>,
+): string | undefined {
+  let current: unknown = value;
+  for (const key of keys) {
+    if (!isRecord(current)) return undefined;
+    current = current[key as keyof typeof current];
+  }
+  return typeof current === "string" && current.trim()
+    ? current.trim()
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+export function buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls(params: {
+  conversationType?: string | null;
+  conversationId?: string | null;
+  messageId?: string | null;
+  replyToId?: string | null;
+  conversationMessageId?: string | null;
+  channelData?: unknown;
+}): string[] {
+  const conversationType = params.conversationType?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "";
+  const messageIdCandidates = new Set<string>();
+  const pushCandidate = (value: string | null | undefined) => {
+    const trimmed = typeof value === "string" ? value.trim() : "";
+    if (trimmed) messageIdCandidates.add(trimmed);
+  };
+
+  pushCandidate(params.messageId);
+  pushCandidate(params.conversationMessageId);
+  pushCandidate(readNestedString(params.channelData, ["messageId"]));
+  pushCandidate(readNestedString(params.channelData, ["teamsMessageId"]));
+
+  const replyToId =
+    typeof params.replyToId === "string" ? params.replyToId.trim() : "";
+
+  if (conversationType === "channel") {
+    const teamId =
+      readNestedString(params.channelData, ["team", "id"]) ??
+      readNestedString(params.channelData, ["teamId"]);
+    const channelId =
+      readNestedString(params.channelData, ["channel", "id"]) ??
+      readNestedString(params.channelData, ["channelId"]) ??
+      readNestedString(params.channelData, ["teamsChannelId"]);
+    if (!teamId || !channelId) return [];
+    const urls: string[] = [];
+    if (replyToId) {
+      for (const candidate of messageIdCandidates) {
+        if (candidate === replyToId) continue;
+        urls.push(
+          `${GRAPH_ROOT}/teams/${encodeURIComponent(
+            teamId,
+          )}/channels/${encodeURIComponent(
+            channelId,
+          )}/messages/${encodeURIComponent(
+            replyToId,
+          )}/replies/${encodeURIComponent(candidate)}`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    if (messageIdCandidates.size === 0 && replyToId) {
+      messageIdCandidates.add(replyToId);
+    }
+    for (const candidate of messageIdCandidates) {
+      urls.push(
+        `${GRAPH_ROOT}/teams/${encodeURIComponent(
+          teamId,
+        )}/channels/${encodeURIComponent(
+          channelId,
+        )}/messages/${encodeURIComponent(candidate)}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return Array.from(new Set(urls));
+  }
+
+  const chatId =
+    params.conversationId?.trim() ||
+    readNestedString(params.channelData, ["chatId"]);
+  if (!chatId) return [];
+  if (messageIdCandidates.size === 0 && replyToId) {
+    messageIdCandidates.add(replyToId);
+  }
+  const urls = Array.from(messageIdCandidates).map(
+    (candidate) =>
+      `${GRAPH_ROOT}/chats/${encodeURIComponent(chatId)}/messages/${encodeURIComponent(candidate)}`,
+  );
+  return Array.from(new Set(urls));
+}
+
+async function fetchGraphCollection<T>(params: {
+  url: string;
+  accessToken: string;
+  fetchFn?: typeof fetch;
+}): Promise<{ status: number; items: T[] }> {
+  const fetchFn = params.fetchFn ?? fetch;
+  const res = await fetchFn(params.url, {
+    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${params.accessToken}` },
+  });
+  const status = res.status;
+  if (!res.ok) return { status, items: [] };
+  try {
+    const data = (await res.json()) as { value?: T[] };
+    return { status, items: Array.isArray(data.value) ? data.value : [] };
+  } catch {
+    return { status, items: [] };
+  }
+}
+
+function normalizeGraphAttachment(att: GraphAttachment): MSTeamsAttachmentLike {
+  let content: unknown = att.content;
+  if (typeof content === "string") {
+    try {
+      content = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch {
+      // Keep as raw string if it's not JSON.
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    contentType: att.contentType ?? undefined,
+    contentUrl: att.contentUrl ?? undefined,
+    name: att.name ?? undefined,
+    thumbnailUrl: att.thumbnailUrl ?? undefined,
+    content,
+  };
+}
+
+async function downloadGraphHostedImages(params: {
+  accessToken: string;
+  messageUrl: string;
+  maxBytes: number;
+  fetchFn?: typeof fetch;
+}): Promise<{ media: MSTeamsInboundMedia[]; status: number; count: number }> {
+  const hosted = await fetchGraphCollection<GraphHostedContent>({
+    url: `${params.messageUrl}/hostedContents`,
+    accessToken: params.accessToken,
+    fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
+  });
+  if (hosted.items.length === 0) {
+    return { media: [], status: hosted.status, count: 0 };
+  }
+
+  const out: MSTeamsInboundMedia[] = [];
+  for (const item of hosted.items) {
+    const contentBytes =
+      typeof item.contentBytes === "string" ? item.contentBytes : "";
+    if (!contentBytes) continue;
+    let buffer: Buffer;
+    try {
+      buffer = Buffer.from(contentBytes, "base64");
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (buffer.byteLength > params.maxBytes) continue;
+    const mime = await detectMime({
+      buffer,
+      headerMime: item.contentType ?? undefined,
+    });
+    if (mime && !mime.startsWith("image/")) continue;
+    try {
+      const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
+        buffer,
+        mime ?? item.contentType ?? undefined,
+        "inbound",
+        params.maxBytes,
+      );
+      out.push({
+        path: saved.path,
+        contentType: saved.contentType,
+        placeholder: "<media:image>",
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore save failures.
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { media: out, status: hosted.status, count: hosted.items.length };
+}
+
+export async function downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia(params: {
+  messageUrl?: string | null;
+  tokenProvider?: MSTeamsAccessTokenProvider;
+  maxBytes: number;
+  fetchFn?: typeof fetch;
+}): Promise<MSTeamsGraphMediaResult> {
+  if (!params.messageUrl || !params.tokenProvider) {
+    return { media: [] };
+  }
+  const messageUrl = params.messageUrl;
+  let accessToken: string;
+  try {
+    accessToken = await params.tokenProvider.getAccessToken(
+      "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default",
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return { media: [], messageUrl, tokenError: true };
+  }
+
+  const hosted = await downloadGraphHostedImages({
+    accessToken,
+    messageUrl,
+    maxBytes: params.maxBytes,
+    fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
+  });
+
+  const attachments = await fetchGraphCollection<GraphAttachment>({
+    url: `${messageUrl}/attachments`,
+    accessToken,
+    fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
+  });
+
+  const normalizedAttachments = attachments.items.map(normalizeGraphAttachment);
+  const attachmentMedia = await downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments({
+    attachments: normalizedAttachments,
+    maxBytes: params.maxBytes,
+    tokenProvider: params.tokenProvider,
+    fetchFn: params.fetchFn,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    media: [...hosted.media, ...attachmentMedia],
+    hostedCount: hosted.count,
+    attachmentCount: attachments.items.length,
+    hostedStatus: hosted.status,
+    attachmentStatus: attachments.status,
+    messageUrl,
+  };
+}
+
 export function buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder(
   attachments: MSTeamsAttachmentLike[] | undefined,
 ): string {
   const list = Array.isArray(attachments) ? attachments : [];
   if (list.length === 0) return "";
   const imageCount = list.filter(isLikelyImageAttachment).length;
-  if (imageCount > 0) {
-    return `<media:image>${imageCount > 1 ? ` (${imageCount} images)` : ""}`;
+  const inlineCount = extractInlineImageCandidates(list).length;
+  const totalImages = imageCount + inlineCount;
+  if (totalImages > 0) {
+    return `<media:image>${totalImages > 1 ? ` (${totalImages} images)` : ""}`;
   }
   const count = list.length;
   return `<media:document>${count > 1 ? ` (${count} files)` : ""}`;
@@ -206,14 +634,48 @@ export async function downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments(params: {
   const list = Array.isArray(params.attachments) ? params.attachments : [];
   if (list.length === 0) return [];
 
-  const candidates = list
+  const candidates: DownloadCandidate[] = list
     .filter(isLikelyImageAttachment)
     .map(resolveDownloadCandidate)
     .filter(Boolean) as DownloadCandidate[];
 
-  if (candidates.length === 0) return [];
+  const inlineCandidates = extractInlineImageCandidates(list);
+  const seenUrls = new Set<string>();
+  for (const inline of inlineCandidates) {
+    if (inline.kind === "url") {
+      if (seenUrls.has(inline.url)) continue;
+      seenUrls.add(inline.url);
+      candidates.push({
+        url: inline.url,
+        fileHint: inline.fileHint,
+        contentTypeHint: inline.contentType,
+        placeholder: inline.placeholder,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (candidates.length === 0 && inlineCandidates.length === 0) return [];
 
   const out: MSTeamsInboundMedia[] = [];
+  for (const inline of inlineCandidates) {
+    if (inline.kind !== "data") continue;
+    if (inline.data.byteLength > params.maxBytes) continue;
+    try {
+      const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
+        inline.data,
+        inline.contentType,
+        "inbound",
+        params.maxBytes,
+      );
+      out.push({
+        path: saved.path,
+        contentType: saved.contentType,
+        placeholder: inline.placeholder,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore decode failures and continue.
+    }
+  }
   for (const candidate of candidates) {
     try {
       const res = await fetchWithAuthFallback({
diff --git a/src/msteams/inbound.ts b/src/msteams/inbound.ts
index 5c37c68db..9f308deb8 100644
--- a/src/msteams/inbound.ts
+++ b/src/msteams/inbound.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ export function normalizeMSTeamsConversationId(raw: string): string {
   return raw.split(";")[0] ?? raw;
 }
 
+export function extractMSTeamsConversationMessageId(
+  raw: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (!raw) return undefined;
+  const match = /(?:^|;)messageid=([^;]+)/i.exec(raw);
+  const value = match?.[1]?.trim() ?? "";
+  return value || undefined;
+}
+
 export function parseMSTeamsActivityTimestamp(
   value: unknown,
 ): Date | undefined {
diff --git a/src/msteams/monitor.ts b/src/msteams/monitor.ts
index e032f6d2e..7270d63be 100644
--- a/src/msteams/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/msteams/monitor.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ import { resolveAgentRoute } from "../routing/resolve-route.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
 import {
   buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder,
+  buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls,
   buildMSTeamsMediaPayload,
+  downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia,
   downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments,
   type MSTeamsAttachmentLike,
+  summarizeMSTeamsHtmlAttachments,
 } from "./attachments.js";
 import type {
   MSTeamsConversationStore,
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   formatUnknownError,
 } from "./errors.js";
 import {
+  extractMSTeamsConversationMessageId,
   normalizeMSTeamsConversationId,
   parseMSTeamsActivityTimestamp,
   stripMSTeamsMentionTags,
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ export async function monitorMSTeamsProvider(
       )
       .filter(Boolean)
       .slice(0, 3);
+    const htmlSummary = summarizeMSTeamsHtmlAttachments(attachments);
 
     log.info("received message", {
       rawText: rawText.slice(0, 50),
@@ -148,6 +153,9 @@ export async function monitorMSTeamsProvider(
       from: from?.id,
       conversation: conversation?.id,
     });
+    if (htmlSummary) {
+      log.debug("html attachment summary", htmlSummary);
+    }
 
     if (!rawBody) {
       log.debug("skipping empty message after stripping mentions");
@@ -161,6 +169,8 @@ export async function monitorMSTeamsProvider(
     // Teams conversation.id may include ";messageid=..." suffix - strip it for session key
     const rawConversationId = conversation?.id ?? "";
     const conversationId = normalizeMSTeamsConversationId(rawConversationId);
+    const conversationMessageId =
+      extractMSTeamsConversationMessageId(rawConversationId);
     const conversationType = conversation?.conversationType ?? "personal";
     const isGroupChat =
       conversationType === "groupChat" || conversation?.isGroup === true;
@@ -302,15 +312,81 @@ export async function monitorMSTeamsProvider(
 
     // Format the message body with envelope
     const timestamp = parseMSTeamsActivityTimestamp(activity.timestamp);
-    const mediaList = await downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments({
+    let mediaList = await downloadMSTeamsImageAttachments({
       attachments,
       maxBytes: mediaMaxBytes,
       tokenProvider: {
         getAccessToken: (scope) => tokenProvider.getAccessToken(scope),
       },
     });
+    if (mediaList.length === 0) {
+      const onlyHtmlAttachments =
+        attachments.length > 0 &&
+        attachments.every((att) =>
+          String(att.contentType ?? "").startsWith("text/html"),
+        );
+      if (onlyHtmlAttachments) {
+        const messageUrls = buildMSTeamsGraphMessageUrls({
+          conversationType,
+          conversationId,
+          messageId: activity.id ?? undefined,
+          replyToId: activity.replyToId ?? undefined,
+          conversationMessageId,
+          channelData: activity.channelData,
+        });
+        if (messageUrls.length === 0) {
+          log.debug("graph message url unavailable", {
+            conversationType,
+            hasChannelData: Boolean(activity.channelData),
+            messageId: activity.id ?? undefined,
+            replyToId: activity.replyToId ?? undefined,
+          });
+        } else {
+          const attempts: Array<{
+            url: string;
+            hostedStatus?: number;
+            attachmentStatus?: number;
+            hostedCount?: number;
+            attachmentCount?: number;
+            tokenError?: boolean;
+          }> = [];
+          for (const messageUrl of messageUrls) {
+            const graphMedia = await downloadMSTeamsGraphMedia({
+              messageUrl,
+              tokenProvider: {
+                getAccessToken: (scope) => tokenProvider.getAccessToken(scope),
+              },
+              maxBytes: mediaMaxBytes,
+            });
+            attempts.push({
+              url: messageUrl,
+              hostedStatus: graphMedia.hostedStatus,
+              attachmentStatus: graphMedia.attachmentStatus,
+              hostedCount: graphMedia.hostedCount,
+              attachmentCount: graphMedia.attachmentCount,
+              tokenError: graphMedia.tokenError,
+            });
+            if (graphMedia.media.length > 0) {
+              mediaList = graphMedia.media;
+              break;
+            }
+            if (graphMedia.tokenError) break;
+          }
+          if (mediaList.length === 0) {
+            log.debug("graph media fetch empty", { attempts });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
     if (mediaList.length > 0) {
       log.debug("downloaded image attachments", { count: mediaList.length });
+    } else if (htmlSummary?.imgTags) {
+      log.debug("inline images detected but none downloaded", {
+        imgTags: htmlSummary.imgTags,
+        srcHosts: htmlSummary.srcHosts,
+        dataImages: htmlSummary.dataImages,
+        cidImages: htmlSummary.cidImages,
+      });
     }
     const mediaPayload = buildMSTeamsMediaPayload(mediaList);
     const body = formatAgentEnvelope({
diff --git a/tmp/2026-01-08-msteams-permissions-and-capabilities.md b/tmp/2026-01-08-msteams-permissions-and-capabilities.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2357f1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/2026-01-08-msteams-permissions-and-capabilities.md
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+date: 2026-01-08
+author: Onur <onur@textcortex.com>
+title: MS Teams Permissions vs Capabilities (Clawdbot)
+tags: [msteams, permissions, graph]
+---
+
+## Overview
+This doc explains what Clawdbot can and cannot do in Microsoft Teams depending on **Teams resource-specific consent (RSC)** only versus **RSC + Microsoft Graph permissions**. It also outlines the exact steps needed to unlock each capability.
+
+## Current Teams RSC Permissions (Manifest)
+These are the **existing resourceSpecific permissions** in the Teams app manifest (already in our ZIP):
+
+- `ChannelMessage.Read.Group` (Application)
+- `ChannelMessage.Send.Group` (Application)
+- `Member.Read.Group` (Application)
+- `Owner.Read.Group` (Application)
+- `ChannelSettings.Read.Group` (Application)
+- `TeamMember.Read.Group` (Application)
+- `TeamSettings.Read.Group` (Application)
+
+These only apply **inside the team where the app is installed**.
+
+## Capability Matrix
+
+### With **Teams RSC only** (app installed in a team, no Graph API permissions)
+Works:
+- Read channel message **text** content.
+- Send channel message **text** content.
+- Resolve basic sender identity (AAD/user id) and channel/team context.
+- Use conversation references for proactive messages **only after** a user interacts.
+
+Does NOT work:
+- **Image/file content** from channel or group chat messages (payload only includes HTML stub).
+- Downloading attachments stored in SharePoint/OneDrive (requires Graph).
+- Accessing messages outside the installed team.
+
+### With **Teams RSC + Microsoft Graph Application permissions**
+Adds:
+- Downloading **hosted contents** (images pasted into messages).
+- Downloading **file attachments** stored in SharePoint/OneDrive.
+- Full message/attachment lookup via Graph endpoints.
+
+Still **not** added automatically:
+- 1:1 chat file support (requires separate Bot file flows if we want to support it).
+- Cross-tenant access (blocked by tenant policies).
+
+## Required Steps by Capability
+
+### Phase 1 — Basic text-only channel bot
+Goal: Read/send text messages in installed teams.
+
+Steps:
+1. **Teams app manifest** includes the RSC permissions listed above.
+2. Admin or user installs the app into a specific team.
+3. Bot receives text-only channel message payloads.
+
+Expected behavior:
+- Text is visible to the bot.
+- Image/file attachments are **not** available (only HTML stub).
+
+### Phase 2 — Image and file ingestion (Graph enabled)
+Goal: Download images/files from Teams messages.
+
+Steps:
+1. In **Entra ID (Azure AD)** app registration for the bot, add **Microsoft Graph Application permissions**:
+   - For channel attachments: `ChannelMessage.Read.All`
+   - For chat/group attachments: `Chat.Read.All` (or `ChatMessage.Read.All`)
+2. **Grant admin consent** in the tenant.
+3. Increment Teams app **manifest version** and re-upload.
+4. **Reinstall the app in Teams** (remove + add) and **fully quit/reopen Teams** to clear cached app metadata.
+
+Expected behavior:
+- Bot still receives HTML stubs in the webhook.
+- Bot now fetches hosted contents and attachments via Graph and can access images.
+
+## Why Graph Is Required for Images
+Teams stores images and files in Microsoft 365 storage (SharePoint/OneDrive). The Teams bot webhook **does not send file bytes**, only a message shell. To access the actual file, the app must call **Microsoft Graph** with sufficient permissions.
+
+If Graph tokens are unavailable (permissions missing or no admin consent), image downloads will always fail.
+
+## Validation Checklist
+- [ ] Teams app installed in target team.
+- [ ] Graph permissions added and admin consented.
+- [ ] Teams app version incremented and reinstalled.
+- [ ] Logs show successful Graph token acquisition.
+- [ ] Logs show Graph hostedContent/attachments fetched (non-zero counts).
+
+## References
+- Teams bot file handling (channel/group requires Graph):
+  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/bots-filesv4