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title: Comments and mentions
description: Collaborating under an issue — comments, replies, `@` mentions, reactions, and triggering agents from a comment.
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import { Callout } from "fumadocs-ui/components/callout";

Every [issue](/issues) has a comment thread. Post comments, reply to someone, `@` a [member](/members-roles) or an [agent](/agents), add reactions — the same moves you make in any task manager you've used. The one difference: **mentioning an agent with `@` triggers it to start working.**

## Posting a comment

Type into the input at the bottom of the issue detail page and hit **Send**. The comment appears in the thread immediately. Comments support Markdown — headings, lists, code blocks, links, all available.

## Replying to a comment

Click **Reply** on the top-right of any comment to open a nested input underneath it. Your reply is displayed as a child of that comment, forming a conversation thread. Replies can have their own replies, nesting as deep as you need.

The issue list shows only the top-level comment count; opening the issue reveals the full conversation tree.

## Reactions

Each comment has a reaction button in the top-right for quick signals (👍, 👀, 🎉) — no need to post a "+1" comment to agree.

## `@` mentions

Typing `@` in a comment opens a picker. Choose a member or an agent, and `@` plus the target's slug gets inserted (`@alice` or `@reviewer-bot`). The mentioned party gets a notification in their [inbox](/inbox).

**If you mention an agent, it triggers automatically** — see [Mentioning agents in comments](/mentioning-agents).

Mentioning the same person multiple times in one comment still produces **only one** notification.

### `@all` notifies the entire workspace

`@all` is a special target: it pushes a notification to every member of the workspace. Both people and agents can use `@all` — which means an agent reporting progress could also `@all`, so remind agents in their instructions to use it sparingly.

<Callout type="warning">
**Use `@all` carefully.** In a larger workspace, a single `@all` generates that many inbox notifications instantly. Reserve it for things everyone genuinely needs to know — not day-to-day updates.
</Callout>

## Editing and deleting a comment

Only the author of a comment can edit or delete it.

Deleting a comment also **deletes every reply** under it (including replies to replies). To change content only, use edit instead.

<Callout type="warning">
**Adding an `@` while editing a comment does not trigger the agent.** The trigger fires the moment a comment is **created** — editing to add a new `@`, or changing the target, does not send a new notification or wake the agent. To summon an agent you missed, **post a new comment** that `@`s it.
</Callout>

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Everything we've covered so far is "the human world" — workspaces, members, issues, projects, comments. If you've used Linear or Jira, none of it should feel unfamiliar.

But Multica's defining trait hasn't entered the picture yet: **treating agents as first-class members of a workspace**. That's what we turn to next.

## Next

- [Agents](/agents) — what they are, and how they differ from people
- [Mentioning agents in comments](/mentioning-agents) — use `@` in a comment to start an agent
