ReferenceFormatting & media

Message formatting

Mentions, emoji, timestamp styles, guild navigation links and markdown syntax.

Mentions and tokens 12

Type	Syntax	Example
User	`<@USER_ID>`	`<@80351110224678912>`
User (legacy)Deprecated; treat like a normal user mention	`<@!USER_ID>`	`<@!80351110224678912>`
Channel	`<#CHANNEL_ID>`	`<#103735883630395392>`
Role	`<@&ROLE_ID>`	`<@&165511591545143296>`
Game profile	`<@$GAME_ID>`	`<@$1402418491272986635>`
Slash command	`</NAME:COMMAND_ID>`	`</airhorn:816437322781949972>`
Slash command with subcommand	`</NAME SUBCOMMAND:ID>`	`</foo bar:123456789012345678>`
Slash command with subcommand group	`</NAME SUBCOMMAND_GROUP SUBCOMMAND:ID>`	`</foo group bar:123456789012345678>`
Custom emoji	`<:NAME:ID>`	`<:mmLol:216154654256398347>`
Animated custom emoji	`<a:NAME:ID>`	`<a:b1nzy:392938283556143104>`
Unix timestamp	`<t:TIMESTAMP>`	`<t:1618953630>`
Styled unix timestamp	`<t:TIMESTAMP:STYLE>`	`<t:1618953630:d>`

<t:UNIX_SECONDS:STYLE> renders in each viewer’s timezone and locale.

Style	Format	Example output	Default
`t`	Short Time	16:20	–
`T`	Medium Time	16:20:30	–
`d`	Short Date	20/04/2021	–
`D`	Long Date	April 20, 2021	–
`f`	Long Date, Short Time	April 20, 2021 at 16:20	Yes
`F`	Full Date, Short Time	Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 16:20	–
`s`	Short Date, Short Time	20/04/2021, 16:20	–
`S`	Short Date, Medium Time	20/04/2021, 16:20:30	–
`R`	Relative Time	4 years ago	–

Syntax	Links to
`<id:customize>`	Channel & Roles tab with Onboarding prompts
`<id:browse>`	Browse Channels tab
`<id:guide>`	Server Guide tab
`<id:linked-roles>`	Linked Roles tab
`<id:linked-roles:id>`	Specific linked role, opening the connection modal on click (the second `id` is the role id)

Style	Syntax
Bold	`text`
Italic`_text_` works too	`text`
Underline	`__text__`
Strikethrough	`~~text~~`
Bold italic	`*text*`
Underline italic	`__text__`
Spoiler	`\|\|text\|\|`
Inline code	`code`
Code blockLanguage hint enables syntax highlighting	```lang code ```
Heading 1	`# Heading`
Heading 2	`## Heading`
Heading 3	`### Heading`
Subtext	`-# small text`
Block quoteSingle line	`> quote`
Multi-line quoteQuotes everything after it	`>>> quote`
Bulleted list`*` also works; indent to nest	`- item`
Numbered list	`1. item`
Masked link	`[label](https://example.com)`
Suppress embedWrapping a URL in angle brackets stops the preview	`<https://example.com>`
EscapeBackslash escapes any markdown character	`\not italic\`