# How to @ mention in Slack using automation **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [September 13, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633 "2024-09-13T22:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kamkard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/kamkard/32/8274_2.png) [@kamkard](https://community.fibery.io/u/kamkard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/1 "2024-09-13T22:29:06Z")
In Slack Actions and Notifications Guide it has a place stating: User mentions: type an **open angle bracket** , the **at symbol (@)**, the user’s **Slack member ID** (see below how to find the member ID), and a **closing angle bracket**. However there is no where below that mentions how to find the member id. Is there an easy way to find member id? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/2 "2024-09-14T07:33:51Z")
Open a user’s entity, and hover over the public Id in the top left. Press alt to see the UUID, and click to copy. ---
**Author:** ![kamkard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/kamkard/32/8274_2.png) [@kamkard](https://community.fibery.io/u/kamkard)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/3 "2024-09-16T16:40:33Z")
and this uuid can be used for @ messaging people on slack? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/4 "2024-09-16T16:50:28Z")
Sorry, what I wrote is how to get the Fibery user ID, my mistake 🙄 To get the slack member id do this: ```auto Click on a user name within Slack. Click on "View full profile" in the menu that appears. Click the ellipses (three dots). Click on "Copy Member ID" ``` I can see why you think the user guide is confusing. ---
**Author:** ![kamkard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/kamkard/32/8274_2.png) [@kamkard](https://community.fibery.io/u/kamkard)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/5 "2024-09-16T17:03:49Z")
Thanks @Chr1sG. Sounds like I need to add their slack ID’s to my fibery database so I can automate grabbing this info then. Was hoping there was a way to automate this since Fibery has their email address and that can be used for @ messaging. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/6 "2024-09-16T17:08:09Z")
Unfortunately, I don’t think knowing their email address is enough for Fibery to be able to find them in slack. I can see that this is annoying, but yeah, adding a ‘Slack ID’ field to the user database, and doing a one-time population is probably simplest. I haven’t checked if slack’s API allows this process to be automated, so if you had 100s of users, it might be worth looking into. ---
**Author:** ![njyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/njyo/32/923_2.png) [@njyo](https://community.fibery.io/u/njyo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/7 "2024-11-15T08:49:53Z")
Just adding a link to the Fibery user guide about this (as this is the first result in my search): [https://the.fibery.io/@public/User\_Guide/Guide/Slack-Actions-and-Notifications-102/anchor=Send-a-notification-about-new-workspace--c5639ffe-14b4-4906-a96d-3cc4044c6a25](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Slack-Actions-and-Notifications-102/anchor=Send-a-notification-about-new-workspace--c5639ffe-14b4-4906-a96d-3cc4044c6a25) ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-mention-in-slack-using-automation/6633/8 "2025-06-08T09:38:52Z")
And for anyone who wants to get a slack ID programmatically, I believe this is the way to go: > **[users.lookupByEmail API method](https://api.slack.com/methods/users.lookupByEmail)** > > Find a user with an email address.