<p>Referencing another channel or thread in a post can be an extremely helpful way to add the context of prior discussions, keep your work organized, or even to provide inspiration.</p>
<p>Luckily, there’s an easy and elegant way that you can link to a channel or thread in Twist:</p>
<p><img src="https://get.twist.help/hc/article_attachments/4408055622674/thread-view-with-comment.png" alt="Referencing a thread" width="1300" height="1092"></p>
<h2>How to link to a channel or thread</h2>
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<li>When formatting your post, you can either type <strong>/</strong> or click the <img src="https://get.twist.help/hc/article_attachments/4402386434066/Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" alt="Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" width="43" height="43" data-inline=""><strong>Quick Actions icon</strong> in the <a href="https://get.twist.help/hc/articles/115003623545">composer</a>.</li>
<li>Choose to <strong>Reference a channel</strong> or <strong>Reference a thread</strong>.</li>
<li>Depending upon what you choose to reference, you’ll now either see a <strong>#</strong> (for channels) or <strong>+</strong> (for threads).</li>
<li>A dropdown menu will appear. Start typing the title of the channel or thread you want to reference to narrow down the results.</li>
<li>Choose the channel or thread you want to link to from the dropdown menu.</li>
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<li>When formatting your post, you can either type <strong>/</strong> or tap the <img src="https://get.twist.help/hc/article_attachments/4402386434066/Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" alt="Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" width="43" height="43" data-inline=""><strong>Quick Actions icon</strong> in the <a href="https://get.twist.help/hc/articles/115003623545">composer</a>.</li>
<li>Tap either <strong>Channel</strong> (to reference a channel) or <strong>Thread</strong> (to reference a thread).</li>
<li>Depending upon what you choose to reference, you’ll now either see a <strong>#</strong> (for channels) or <strong>+</strong> (for threads).</li>
<li>A dropdown menu will appear. Start typing the title of the channel or thread you want to reference to narrow down the results.</li>
<li>Tap the channel or thread you want to link to from the dropdown menu.</li>
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<div class="box-tip wysiwyg-text-align-left">You can skip using the <img src="https://get.twist.help/hc/article_attachments/4402386434066/Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" alt="Web-Format-quick-actions.svg" width="43" height="43" data-inline=""><strong>Quick Actions icon</strong> by typing <strong>#</strong> (for channels) or <strong>+</strong> (for threads) in your post.<img src="https://get.twist.help/hc/article_attachments/360020017240/Slice_-_Composer_-_3.png" alt="Slice_-_Composer_-_3.png" width="478" height="278" data-screenframe="">
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<div class="box-note">To keep private channels private, you aren’t able to link to them.</div>