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1919| A channel, top-level | Sometimes. [What Claude does with a channel message](#what-claude-does-with-a-channel-message) describes how it decides. Include `@Claude` to guarantee a reply, or [turn unprompted replies off](#quiet-the-whole-channel) |
2020| A message another app or bot posted | No guaranteed reply. Claude reads it as context. `@Claude` in a bot's message doesn't wake a quiet channel; in an active channel Claude may pick it up. See [Messages from other apps and bots](#messages-from-other-apps-and-bots) |
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22When you @-mention Claude in a channel, it reacts to your message with an emoji within a few seconds to show that it picked the message up. It then answers in a thread under your message, or starts a [working session](/docs/claude-tag/concepts/how-it-works) in that thread when the request needs investigation, tools, or a longer exchange. Once a working session starts, Claude shows an "is thinking…" line under your message. A reaction with no line under it means Claude picked your message up and is either still deciding or answering directly in the thread, not that it missed you.
22When you @-mention Claude in a channel, it reacts to your message with an emoji within a few seconds to show that it picked the message up. The message goes to the channel's own [session](/docs/claude-tag/concepts/glossary#session), the session Claude works from at the channel's top level. It then answers in a thread under your message, or starts a [working session](/docs/claude-tag/concepts/how-it-works) in that thread when the request needs investigation, tools, or a longer exchange. Once a working session starts, Claude shows an "is thinking…" line under your message. A reaction with no line under it means Claude picked your message up and is either still deciding or answering directly in the thread, not that it missed you.
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2424You can change how much Claude replies on its own. You can [quiet a single thread](#quiet-one-conversation), [turn unprompted replies off for a whole channel](#turn-automatic-replies-on-or-off), or [tell Claude which kinds of untagged messages to answer](#what-claude-does-with-a-channel-message).
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