From 51720980736b170569665e4863c4b7937a525e16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadow <shadow@clawd.bot>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:30:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Tlon: format reply IDs as @ud (#1837)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                      |  1 +
 extensions/tlon/src/urbit/send.ts | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5813b5d1..2b1dfa6fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Status: unreleased.
 - Docs: add Render deployment guide. (#1975) Thanks @anurag.
 - Docs: credit both contributors for Control UI refresh. (#1852) Thanks @EnzeD.
 - Onboarding: add Venice API key to non-interactive flow. (#1893) Thanks @jonisjongithub.
+- Tlon: format thread reply IDs as @ud. (#1837) Thanks @wca4a.
 - CI: increase Node heap size for macOS checks. (#1890) Thanks @realZachi.
 - macOS: avoid crash when rendering code blocks by bumping Textual to 0.3.1. (#2033) Thanks @garricn.
 - Browser: fall back to URL matching for extension relay target resolution. (#1999) Thanks @jonit-dev.
diff --git a/extensions/tlon/src/urbit/send.ts b/extensions/tlon/src/urbit/send.ts
index 35f7f2d74..621bbd69a 100644
--- a/extensions/tlon/src/urbit/send.ts
+++ b/extensions/tlon/src/urbit/send.ts
@@ -63,16 +63,28 @@ export async function sendGroupMessage({
   const story = [{ inline: [text] }];
   const sentAt = Date.now();
 
+  // Format reply ID as @ud (with dots) - required for Tlon to recognize thread replies
+  let formattedReplyId = replyToId;
+  if (replyToId && /^\d+$/.test(replyToId)) {
+    try {
+      formattedReplyId = formatUd(BigInt(replyToId));
+    } catch {
+      // Fall back to raw ID if formatting fails
+    }
+  }
+
   const action = {
     channel: {
       nest: `chat/${hostShip}/${channelName}`,
-      action: replyToId
+      action: formattedReplyId
         ? {
-            reply: {
-              id: replyToId,
-              delta: {
-                add: {
-                  memo: {
+            // Thread reply - needs post wrapper around reply action
+            // ReplyActionAdd takes Memo: {content, author, sent} - no kind/blob/meta
+            post: {
+              reply: {
+                id: formattedReplyId,
+                action: {
+                  add: {
                     content: story,
                     author: fromShip,
                     sent: sentAt,
@@ -82,6 +94,7 @@ export async function sendGroupMessage({
             },
           }
         : {
+            // Regular post
             post: {
               add: {
                 content: story,