diff --git a/apps/chat/components/ui/multiplayer-actions.tsx b/apps/chat/components/ui/multiplayer-actions.tsx
index d51b32a37..ce3200765 100644
--- a/apps/chat/components/ui/multiplayer-actions.tsx
+++ b/apps/chat/components/ui/multiplayer-actions.tsx
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export function MultiplayerActionsProvider({ children }: MultiplayerActionsProvi
 
         const timestamp = new Date();
         const message: ActionMessage = {
+          messageId: crypto.randomUUID(),
           method,
           userId,
           name,
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/chats-manager.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/chats-manager.ts
index 607af52ac..aec12088e 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/chats-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/chats-manager.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,15 @@ export class ChatsManager {
       multiplayerConnection.addEventListener('chat', async (e) => {
         const { playerId, message } = e.data;
         if (playerId !== agent.id) {
-          await conversation.addLocalMessage(message);
+          const playerSpec = conversation.agentsMap.get(playerId);
+          const agent = {
+            id: playerId,
+            name: playerSpec.name,
+          };
+          const formattedMessage = formatConversationMessage(message, {
+            agent,
+          });
+          await conversation.addLocalMessage(formattedMessage);
         // } else {
         //   // XXX fix this
         //   console.warn('received own message from realms "chat" event; this should not happen', message);
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/conversation-object.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/conversation-object.ts
index 240749580..36c2b0792 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/conversation-object.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/conversation-object.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   PlayableAudioStream,
   GetHashFn,
   MessageCache,
+  ReplyFn,
 } from '../types'
 import { SceneObject } from '../classes/scene-object';
 import { Player } from 'react-agents-client/util/player.mjs';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class ConversationObject extends EventTarget {
   getHash: GetHashFn; // XXX this can be a string, since conversation hashes do not change (?)
   messageCache: MessageCache;
   numTyping: number = 0;
+  replyFn: ReplyFn | null;
   mentionsRegex: RegExp | null = null;
 
   constructor({
@@ -31,12 +33,14 @@ export class ConversationObject extends EventTarget {
     agentsMap = new Map(),
     scene = null,
     getHash = () => '',
+    replyFn = null,
     mentionsRegex = null,
   }: {
     agent: ActiveAgentObject | null;
     agentsMap?: Map<string, Player>;
     scene?: SceneObject | null;
     getHash?: GetHashFn;
+    replyFn?: ReplyFn;
     mentionsRegex?: RegExp | null;
   }) {
     super();
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ export class ConversationObject extends EventTarget {
     this.agentsMap = agentsMap;
     this.scene = scene;
     this.getHash = getHash;
+    this.replyFn = replyFn;
     this.mentionsRegex = mentionsRegex;
     this.messageCache = new MessageCacheConstructor({
       loader: async () => {
@@ -142,6 +147,10 @@ export class ConversationObject extends EventTarget {
     ].join('\n');
   }
 
+  getMessageById(messageId: string) {
+    return this.messageCache.getMessageById(messageId);
+  }
+  
   getCachedMessages(filter?: MessageFilter) {
     const agent = filter?.agent;
     const idMatches = agent?.idMatches;
@@ -303,6 +312,13 @@ export class ConversationObject extends EventTarget {
     return [] as ActionMessage[];
   } */
 
+  async reply(message: ActionMessage, replyToMessageId: string) {
+    if (!this.replyFn) {
+      throw new Error('No reply function configured for this conversation');
+    }
+    await this.replyFn(message, replyToMessageId);
+  }
+
   // handle a message from the network
   async addLocalMessage(message: ActionMessage) {
     const {
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/discord-manager.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/discord-manager.ts
index f461bf701..26f62a783 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/discord-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/discord-manager.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   ExtendableMessageEvent,
   ActionMessageEventData,
   PlayableAudioStream,
+  ActionMessage,
 } from '../types';
 import {
   ConversationObject,
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ const bindOutgoing = ({
     if (method === 'say') {
       let {
         text,
-      } = args as { text: string };
+        replyToMessageId,
+      } = args as { text: string, replyToMessageId?: string };
       
       if (attachments && Object.keys(attachments).length > 0) {
         text += '\n' + Object.values(attachments)
@@ -93,6 +95,13 @@ const bindOutgoing = ({
         text = conversation.formatOutgoingMessageMentions(text);
       }
 
+
+      if (replyToMessageId) {
+        message.args.text = text;
+        conversation.reply(message, replyToMessageId);
+        return;
+      }
+
       discordBotClient.input.writeText(text, {
         channelId,
         userId,
@@ -122,6 +131,36 @@ const bindOutgoing = ({
   // });
 };
 
+const bindReply = ({
+  conversation,
+  discordBotClient,
+  channelId,
+  userId,
+}: {
+  conversation: ConversationObject,
+  discordBotClient: DiscordBotClient,
+  channelId?: string,
+  userId?: string,
+}) => {
+  conversation.replyFn = async (message: ActionMessage, replyToMessageId: string) => {
+    const replyMessage = conversation.getMessageById(replyToMessageId);
+    const { discordMessageId } = replyMessage?.args;
+    const { text } = message.args;
+
+    const replyObject = {
+      content: text,
+      reply: {
+        messageReference: discordMessageId,
+      },
+    };
+
+    discordBotClient.input.writeText(replyObject, {
+      channelId,
+      userId,
+    });
+  };
+};
+
 //
 
 export class DiscordBot extends EventTarget {
@@ -260,6 +299,11 @@ export class DiscordBot extends EventTarget {
             discordBotClient,
             channelId,
           });
+          bindReply({
+            conversation,
+            discordBotClient,
+            channelId,
+          });
 
           // console.log('write text to channel', {
           //   channelId,
@@ -307,6 +351,11 @@ export class DiscordBot extends EventTarget {
           discordBotClient,
           userId,
         });
+        bindReply({
+          conversation,
+          discordBotClient,
+          userId,
+        });
 
         // console.log('write text to user', {
         //   userId,
@@ -362,6 +411,7 @@ export class DiscordBot extends EventTarget {
           text,
           channelId, // if there is no channelId, it's a DM
           // XXX discord channel/dm distinction can be made more explicit with a type: string field...
+          messageId,
         } = e.data;
 
         // look up conversation
@@ -382,6 +432,7 @@ export class DiscordBot extends EventTarget {
             method: 'say',
             args: {
               text: formattedMessage,
+              discordMessageId: messageId,
             },
           };
           const id = getIdFromUserId(userId);
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/message-cache.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/message-cache.ts
index 10d5829a0..32e848760 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/message-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/message-cache.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export class MessageCache extends EventTarget {
 
     this.loader = loader;
   }
+  getMessageById(messageId: string) {
+    return this.#messages.find((m) => m.messageId === messageId);
+  }
   getMessages() {
     return this.#messages;
   }
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/core/chat.tsx b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/core/chat.tsx
index 605c40cf4..7b3a46f6d 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/core/chat.tsx
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/core/chat.tsx
@@ -10,17 +10,32 @@ export const ChatActions = () => {
         type="say"
         description={dedent`\
           Say something in the chat.
-
           If you want to mention a player, use the @userId format.
+
+          You should use replyToMessageId to reference a specific previous message, usage guidelines:
+          1. When you are directly tagged or mentioned in a message
+          2. When you need to reference a specific previous message according to the conversation context
+          3. In all other cases, send your message without a reply reference.
+
+          Not every message needs a reply reference so you should only use it when necessary
         `}
         schema={
           z.object({
             text: z.string(),
+            replyToMessageId: z.string().optional(),
           })
         }
         examples={[
           {
             text: 'Hello, there! How are you doing?',
+
+          },
+          {
+            text: 'What are you talking about?',
+          },
+          {
+            text: 'Not much, what about you?',
+            replyToMessageId: '123',
           },
         ]}
         // handler={async (e: PendingActionEvent) => {
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/util/default-components.tsx b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/util/default-components.tsx
index 364df23f2..5f6327073 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/util/default-components.tsx
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/components/util/default-components.tsx
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ const CachedMessagesPrompt = () => {
               '\n' +
               cachedMessages
                 .map((action) => {
-                  const { /*userId,*/ name, method, args, attachments = [], timestamp } = action;
+                  const { /*userId,*/ messageId, name, method, args, attachments = [], timestamp } = action;
                   const j = {
                     // userId,
+                    messageId,
                     name,
                     method,
                     args,
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/types/react-agents.d.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/types/react-agents.d.ts
index fee90b32a..cf0c4b765 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/types/react-agents.d.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/types/react-agents.d.ts
@@ -214,15 +214,18 @@ export type Attachment = FormattedAttachment & {
   url?: string;
 };
 export type ActionMessage = {
+  messageId: string;
   userId: string;
   name: string;
   method: string;
   args: any;
+  replyToMessageId?: string;
   attachments?: Attachment[];
   human: boolean; // XXX can be converted to flags
   hidden: boolean;
   timestamp: Date;
 };
+export type ReplyFn = (message: ActionMessage, replyToMessageId: string) => Promise<void>;
 export type PendingActionMessage = {
   method: string;
   args: any;
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ export type Debouncer = EventTarget & {
 
 export type MessageCache = EventTarget & {
   getMessages(): ActionMessage[];
+  getMessageById(messageId: string): ActionMessage | undefined;
   pushMessage(message: ActionMessage): Promise<void>;
   // prependMessages(messages: ActionMessage[]): Promise<void>;
   trim(): void;
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/loadMessagesFromDatabase.js b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/loadMessagesFromDatabase.js
index 4f8d444fd..1c470f840 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/loadMessagesFromDatabase.js
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/loadMessagesFromDatabase.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ export async function loadMessagesFromDatabase({
   limit,
 }) {
   const { error, data } = await supabase
-    .from( 'agent_messages' )
+    .from('agent_messages')
     .select([
+      'id',
       'method',
       'args',
       'attachments',
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ export async function loadMessagesFromDatabase({
     ].join(','))
     .eq('user_id', agentId)
     .eq('conversation_id', conversationId)
-    .order( 'created_at', { ascending: true })
-    .limit( limit );
+    .order('created_at', { ascending: true })
+    .limit(limit);
   if (!error) {
     return decodeMessages(data);
   } else {
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export async function loadMessagesFromDatabase({
 }
 
 function decodeMessages(messages) {
-  return messages.map( message => ({
+  return messages.map(message => ({
+    messageId: message.id,
     method: message.method,
     args: message.args,
     attachments: message.attachments,
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/message-utils.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/message-utils.ts
index 25c3bb7d6..2f96d69ac 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/message-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/message-utils.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const formatConversationMessage = (rawMessage: PendingActionMessage, {
   const { method, args, attachments } = rawMessage;
   const timestamp = new Date();
   const newMessage = {
+    messageId: crypto.randomUUID(),
     userId,
     name,
     method,
diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/saveMessageToDatabase.js b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/saveMessageToDatabase.js
index 39211d815..7e5932838 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/saveMessageToDatabase.js
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/util/saveMessageToDatabase.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ async function encodeMessage(message, jwt, userId, conversationId) {
     args: message.args,
   }), { jwt });
   return {
+    id: message.messageId,
     method: message.method,
     args: message.args,
     attachments: message.attachments,