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title: "Slack Markdown Guide"
canonical_url: "https://docs.getdx.com/slack-markdown/"
md_url: "https://docs.getdx.com/slack-markdown.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-18"
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# Slack Markdown Guide
Slack has an extensive and vast list of `mrkdwn` capabilities which can be extremely useful when sending out your week before, day of, and at the close of snapshot **Custom messages**. Below you'll find a list of the more useful `mrkdwn` options for communicating with your teams and ensuring participation in your snapshot surveys!
- Using `_italic_` will produce _italicized_ text
```
This is an _italic word_
```
- Using `*bold*` will produce **bolded** text
```
This is a *bold word*
```
- To adjust text so that it appears as the link from the URL, you can do:
```
```
- You can link to a specific channel in your message like this:
```
Why not join <#C024BE7LR>
```
You can get a channel’s ID from its settings screen:
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- Similar to linking to a channel, you can mention a specific user with their member ID:
```
Hey <@U06HZ8TGXMH>, thanks for submitting your report!
```
You can get a user's ID from their Slack profile:
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- If you have [user groups](https://slack.com/help/articles/212906697-Create-a-user-group), you can mention them using this syntax:
```
Hey , there's a new task in your queue.
```
You can get the sub-team’s group ID like this:
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To add even more such as a date, strikethroughs, emojis, and more, check out this [Slack article](https://api.slack.com/reference/surfaces/formatting#date-formatting).
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