Discord Mention Syntax: Users, Roles, Channels and More

A user is <@USER_ID>, a role is <@&ROLE_ID>, and a channel is <#CHANNEL_ID>. The older <@!USER_ID> form still works but is deprecated. To get an ID, turn on Developer Mode (User Settings → Advanced), then right-click the user or channel, or the role under Server Settings → Roles, and copy its ID.

The Discord Mention Builder turns an ID into the right code, and the Discord Snowflake Decoder tells you when that user, role, or channel was created.

A command mention, </name:COMMAND_ID>, shows as a clickable command that fills in the message box when tapped. Subcommands go inside with a space, as in </ticket open:COMMAND_ID>. The ID belongs to the command itself; a bot gets it back from Discord when it registers its commands.

A custom emoji is <:name:EMOJI_ID>, or <a:name:EMOJI_ID> when it is animated. To see the code, send a backslash before the emoji, \:name:, and Discord prints the raw code instead of the picture. Paste that code into the Discord Emoji Downloader to save the full-size image.

<id:customize> opens the server’s Channels & Roles tab, <id:browse> opens Browse Channels, and <id:guide> opens the Server Guide. <id:linked-roles> opens Linked Roles, and adding a role ID, as in <id:linked-roles:ROLE_ID>, opens that role’s connection screen.

Writing a mention does not always notify anyone. @everyone and @here only ping when the sender has the Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles permission, and a role only pings if it is set to be mentionable or the sender has that same permission. A mention inside an embed never pings at all.

Bots and webhooks can narrow it further with allowed_mentions. Sending {"parse": []} shows every mention as a name without notifying a single person.