diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/LexicalChannelTextareaContent.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/LexicalChannelTextareaContent.tsx
index 94a9ef022..33cec22e0 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/LexicalChannelTextareaContent.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/LexicalChannelTextareaContent.tsx
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ export const LexicalChannelTextareaContent = observer(
 			isSlotMenu,
 			onCursorMove,
 			handleSelect,
+			specialMentionsAllowed,
 		} = useLexicalAutocomplete({
 			channel,
 			handleRef,
@@ -1348,6 +1349,7 @@ export const LexicalChannelTextareaContent = observer(
 										initialSegments={initialDraftRef.current.segments}
 										slotResolvers={slotResolvers}
 										emojiShortcodeResolver={composerEmojiResolver}
+										specialMentionsAllowed={specialMentionsAllowed}
 										channelId={channel.id}
 										guildId={channel.guildId}
 										submitOnEnter={!mobileLayout.enabled}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/useChannelComposerPaste.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/useChannelComposerPaste.tsx
index 1f7f56f91..05bf6e5b5 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/useChannelComposerPaste.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/channel/components/useChannelComposerPaste.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {modal} from '@app/features/ui/commands/ModalCommands';
 import ContextMenuState from '@app/features/ui/state/ContextMenu';
 import KeyboardMode from '@app/features/ui/state/KeyboardMode';
 import Users from '@app/features/user/state/Users';
-import {COMMAND_PRIORITY_HIGH, PASTE_COMMAND} from 'lexical';
+import {$addUpdateTag, COMMAND_PRIORITY_HIGH, PASTE_COMMAND, PASTE_TAG} from 'lexical';
 import type React from 'react';
 import {useCallback, useEffect} from 'react';
 
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ export function useChannelComposerPaste({
 			if (!insertPastedText(pastedText)) {
 				return false;
 			}
+			$addUpdateTag(PASTE_TAG);
 			event.preventDefault();
 			return true;
 		};
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight.ts
index 8e5406891..8be4aa724 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function mentionPresentation(format: MarkdownHlFormat): ComposerMentionPresentat
 	return presentation;
 }
 
-function $nodeWireText(node: LexicalNode): string {
+export function $nodeWireText(node: LexicalNode): string {
 	if (
 		$isComposerMentionNode(node) ||
 		$isComposerCustomEmojiNode(node) ||
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization.ts
index 5d76f8075..ee764bf66 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 	parseSlashSlotStateSegment,
 	parseSlashSlotStateSegmentId,
 } from '@app/features/lexical/composer/SlashSlotPersistence';
+import {isSpecialMentionKind} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions';
 import type {MentionSegment} from '@app/features/messaging/utils/TextareaSegmentManager';
 import {
 	$createLineBreakNode,
@@ -92,9 +93,7 @@ function isValidSegmentWire(segment: MentionSegment): boolean {
 		}
 		case 'special':
 			return (
-				(segment.id === 'everyone' || segment.id === 'here') &&
-				segment.actualText === `@${segment.id}` &&
-				segment.displayText === segment.actualText
+				isSpecialMentionKind(segment.id) && segment.actualText === segment.id && segment.displayText === segment.id
 			);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSilentMessagePrefix.test.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSilentMessagePrefix.test.ts
index 7152c478c..f38f18397 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSilentMessagePrefix.test.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSilentMessagePrefix.test.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('registerComposerMarkdownHighlight with silentMessagePrefix', () => {
 	it('keeps an autocompleted @everyone mention after @silent', () => {
 		const segment: MentionSegment = {
 			type: 'special',
-			id: 'everyone',
+			id: '@everyone',
 			displayText: '@everyone',
 			actualText: '@everyone',
 			start: 8,
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.test.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e04d4ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,672 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import {
+	$getComposerClipboardSelection,
+	$insertComposerClipboardSlice,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerClipboard';
+import {resetComposerHistory} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerHistory';
+import {registerComposerMarkdownHighlight} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight';
+import {registerComposerPlainText} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerPlainText';
+import {
+	$hydrateComposerFromDraft,
+	$projectComposer,
+	isValidComposerSegment,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization';
+import {
+	COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG,
+	registerComposerSpecialMention,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention';
+import {
+	$captureSelectionOffsets,
+	$replaceComposerRange,
+	$selectComposerOffset,
+	$selectComposerRange,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/composerOffsets';
+import {
+	$createComposerCommandNode,
+	ComposerCommandNode,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerCommandNode';
+import {ComposerCustomEmojiNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerCustomEmojiNode';
+import {$isComposerMentionNode, ComposerMentionNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerMentionNode';
+import {ComposerPlainSegmentNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerPlainSegmentNode';
+import {$createSlashSlotNode, SlashSlotNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/SlashSlotNode';
+import {SlashSlotPlaceholderNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/SlashSlotPlaceholderNode';
+import {SyntaxMarkerNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/SyntaxMarkerNode';
+import {createSpecialMentionPayload, type SpecialMentionKind} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions';
+import type {MentionSegment} from '@app/features/messaging/utils/TextareaSegmentManager';
+import {createEmptyHistoryState, registerHistory} from '@lexical/history';
+import {
+	$addUpdateTag,
+	$createParagraphNode,
+	$createRangeSelection,
+	$createTextNode,
+	$getRoot,
+	$getSelection,
+	$isRangeSelection,
+	$setCompositionKey,
+	$setSelection,
+	createEditor,
+	type ElementNode,
+	HISTORY_MERGE_TAG,
+	type LexicalEditor,
+	type LexicalNode,
+	PASTE_TAG,
+	REDO_COMMAND,
+	UNDO_COMMAND,
+} from 'lexical';
+import {describe, expect, it, vi} from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerMentionPill', () => ({ComposerMentionPill: () => null}));
+vi.mock('@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerCustomEmoji', () => ({ComposerCustomEmoji: () => null}));
+vi.mock('@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerStandardEmoji', () => ({ComposerStandardEmoji: () => null}));
+
+const ALICE: MentionSegment = {type: 'user', id: '1', displayText: '@Alice', actualText: '<@1>', start: 0, end: 6};
+
+function specialSegment(kind: SpecialMentionKind, start: number): MentionSegment {
+	return {type: 'special', id: kind, displayText: kind, actualText: kind, start, end: start + kind.length};
+}
+
+function update(editor: LexicalEditor, fn: () => void, tag?: string): void {
+	editor.update(fn, {discrete: true, tag});
+}
+
+function createComposer(
+	display: string,
+	segments: ReadonlyArray<MentionSegment> = [],
+	plainText = false,
+): LexicalEditor {
+	const editor = createEditor({
+		namespace: 'test',
+		nodes: [
+			ComposerMentionNode,
+			ComposerCustomEmojiNode,
+			ComposerPlainSegmentNode,
+			ComposerCommandNode,
+			SlashSlotNode,
+			SlashSlotPlaceholderNode,
+			SyntaxMarkerNode,
+		],
+		onError: (error) => {
+			throw error;
+		},
+	});
+	update(editor, () => {
+		$hydrateComposerFromDraft(display, segments, plainText);
+		$selectComposerOffset(display.length);
+	});
+	return editor;
+}
+
+function register(editor: LexicalEditor, allowed: boolean, plainText = false): () => void {
+	const unregister = registerComposerSpecialMention(editor, allowed, plainText);
+	editor.read(() => undefined);
+	return unregister;
+}
+
+function type(editor: LexicalEditor, text: string): void {
+	for (const character of text) {
+		update(editor, () => {
+			const selection = $getSelection();
+			if ($isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+				selection.insertText(character);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+function insertLineBreak(editor: LexicalEditor): void {
+	update(editor, () => {
+		const selection = $getSelection();
+		if ($isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+			selection.insertLineBreak();
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+function paste(editor: LexicalEditor, insert: () => void): void {
+	update(editor, () => {
+		insert();
+		$addUpdateTag(PASTE_TAG);
+	});
+}
+
+function insertRawText(text: string): void {
+	const selection = $getSelection();
+	if ($isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+		selection.insertRawText(text);
+	}
+}
+
+function describeNode(node: LexicalNode): string {
+	return `${node.getType()}:${node.getTextContent()}`;
+}
+
+function $paragraph(): ElementNode {
+	return $getRoot().getFirstChildOrThrow<ElementNode>();
+}
+
+function children(editor: LexicalEditor): Array<string> {
+	return editor.read(() => $paragraph().getChildren().map(describeNode));
+}
+
+function snapshot(editor: LexicalEditor) {
+	return editor.read(() => ({
+		children: $paragraph().getChildren().map(describeNode),
+		projection: $projectComposer(),
+		selection: $captureSelectionOffsets(),
+	}));
+}
+
+function childrenJSON(editor: LexicalEditor) {
+	return editor.read(() =>
+		$paragraph()
+			.getChildren()
+			.map((node) => node.exportJSON()),
+	);
+}
+
+describe('typed special mentions', () => {
+	it('converts @everyone once a space follows it', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @everyone ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@everyone', 'text: '],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone ', segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)], wire: 'hi @everyone '},
+			selection: {anchor: 13, focus: 13},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('produces exactly the nodes and projection the autocomplete inserts', () => {
+		const typed = createComposer('');
+		register(typed, true);
+		type(typed, 'hi @everyone ');
+		const picked = createComposer('hi @every');
+		register(picked, true);
+		update(picked, () => $replaceComposerRange(3, 9, createSpecialMentionPayload('@everyone')));
+		expect(childrenJSON(typed)).toEqual(childrenJSON(picked));
+		expect(snapshot(typed)).toEqual(snapshot(picked));
+	});
+
+	it('keeps a token at the caret as text, so @herenow never converts', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @here');
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi @here'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @here', segments: [], wire: 'hi @here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 8, focus: 8},
+		});
+		type(editor, 'now ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi @herenow '],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @herenow ', segments: [], wire: 'hi @herenow '},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts a finished token when a line break follows it', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @everyone');
+		insertLineBreak(editor);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@everyone', 'linebreak:\n'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone\n', segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)], wire: 'hi @everyone\n'},
+			selection: {anchor: 13, focus: 13},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('does not convert when only the caret moves away, and converts on the next edit', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, '@here');
+		update(editor, () => $selectComposerOffset(0));
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:@here']);
+		type(editor, ' ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text: ', 'composer-mention:@here'],
+			projection: {display: ' @here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 1)], wire: ' @here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 1, focus: 1},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts a token completed with the caret inside it and moves the caret past the mention', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@hre');
+		register(editor, true);
+		update(editor, () => $selectComposerOffset(2));
+		type(editor, 'e');
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-mention:@here'],
+			projection: {display: '@here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0)], wire: '@here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 5, focus: 5},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('treats a preceding or following mention or emoji as a boundary', () => {
+		const emoji: MentionSegment = {
+			type: 'emoji',
+			id: '2',
+			displayText: ':wave:',
+			actualText: '<:wave:2>',
+			start: 0,
+			end: 6,
+		};
+		const alice = {...ALICE, start: 6, end: 12};
+		const editor = createComposer(':wave:@Alice', [emoji, alice]);
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, '@here ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({
+			display: ':wave:@Alice@here ',
+			segments: [emoji, alice, specialSegment('@here', 12)],
+			wire: '<:wave:2><@1>@here ',
+		});
+		const before = createComposer('@here@Alice', [{...ALICE, start: 5, end: 11}]);
+		register(before, true);
+		expect(children(before)).toEqual(['composer-mention:@here', 'composer-mention:@Alice']);
+	});
+
+	it('treats a preceding special mention pill or slash command as a boundary', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@here', [specialSegment('@here', 0)]);
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, '@everyone ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({
+			display: '@here@everyone ',
+			segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0), specialSegment('@everyone', 5)],
+			wire: '@here@everyone ',
+		});
+		const command = createComposer('');
+		update(command, () => {
+			$paragraph().append($createComposerCommandNode('/giphy'), $createTextNode('@here '));
+		});
+		register(command, true);
+		expect(children(command)).toEqual(['composer-command:/giphy', 'composer-mention:@here', 'text: ']);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a token in a second paragraph', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('a');
+		register(editor, true);
+		update(editor, () => {
+			const paragraph = $createParagraphNode();
+			paragraph.append($createTextNode('@everyone x'));
+			$getRoot().append(paragraph);
+		});
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({
+			display: 'a\n@everyone x',
+			segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 2)],
+			wire: 'a\n@everyone x',
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('keeps the caret after a later pill when a conversion splits the text before it', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@here @Alice', [{...ALICE, start: 6, end: 12}]);
+		register(editor, true);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-mention:@here', 'text: ', 'composer-mention:@Alice'],
+			projection: {
+				display: '@here @Alice',
+				segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0), {...ALICE, start: 6, end: 12}],
+				wire: '@here <@1>',
+			},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('keeps an element caret between a pill and the text a conversion splits', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@Alice@here x', [ALICE]);
+		update(editor, () => {
+			const selection = $createRangeSelection();
+			selection.anchor.set($paragraph().getKey(), 1, 'element');
+			selection.focus.set($paragraph().getKey(), 1, 'element');
+			$setSelection(selection);
+		});
+		register(editor, true);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-mention:@Alice', 'composer-mention:@here', 'text: x'],
+			projection: {
+				display: '@Alice@here x',
+				segments: [ALICE, specialSegment('@here', 6)],
+				wire: '<@1>@here x',
+			},
+			selection: {anchor: 6, focus: 6},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('gives the conversion one undo entry that restores the text before the keystroke, and redo restores it', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		const history = createEmptyHistoryState();
+		registerHistory(editor, history, 1000);
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @everyone');
+		const depth = history.undoStack.length;
+		type(editor, ' ');
+		expect(history.undoStack).toHaveLength(depth + 1);
+		editor.dispatchCommand(UNDO_COMMAND, undefined);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi @everyone'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone', segments: [], wire: 'hi @everyone'},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+		editor.dispatchCommand(REDO_COMMAND, undefined);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@everyone', 'text: '],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone ', segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)], wire: 'hi @everyone '},
+			selection: {anchor: 13, focus: 13},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('leaves a token at the caret alone when the mention menu opens or closes', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		const history = createEmptyHistoryState();
+		registerHistory(editor, history, 1000);
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @here');
+		const depth = history.undoStack.length;
+		update(editor, () => $getRoot().markDirty(), HISTORY_MERGE_TAG);
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:hi @here']);
+		expect(history.undoStack).toHaveLength(depth);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a token at the caret when the transform is registered, without adding an undo entry', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('hi @here');
+		const history = createEmptyHistoryState();
+		registerHistory(editor, history, 1000);
+		const depth = history.undoStack.length;
+		register(editor, true);
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@here']);
+		expect(history.undoStack).toHaveLength(depth);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a hydrated draft whose token ends at the caret without resetting the history', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		update(
+			editor,
+			() => {
+				$hydrateComposerFromDraft('hi @everyone', []);
+				$selectComposerOffset(12);
+			},
+			COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG,
+		);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@everyone'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone', segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)], wire: 'hi @everyone'},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts a token at the caret after a render mode switch', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		const unregister = register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, '@here');
+		unregister();
+		update(
+			editor,
+			() => {
+				const selection = $captureSelectionOffsets()!;
+				const projection = $projectComposer();
+				$hydrateComposerFromDraft(projection.display, projection.segments, true);
+				$selectComposerRange(selection.anchor, selection.focus);
+			},
+			'composer-render-mode',
+		);
+		resetComposerHistory(editor);
+		registerComposerPlainText(editor);
+		register(editor, true, true);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-plain-segment:@here'],
+			projection: {display: '@here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0)], wire: '@here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 5, focus: 5},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts to the plain segment the autocomplete inserts in plain text mode', () => {
+		const typed = createComposer('', [], true);
+		registerComposerPlainText(typed);
+		register(typed, true, true);
+		type(typed, 'hi @everyone ');
+		const picked = createComposer('hi @every', [], true);
+		registerComposerPlainText(picked);
+		register(picked, true, true);
+		update(picked, () => $replaceComposerRange(3, 9, createSpecialMentionPayload('@everyone'), undefined, true));
+		expect(childrenJSON(typed)).toEqual(childrenJSON(picked));
+		expect(snapshot(typed)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-plain-segment:@everyone', 'text: '],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @everyone ', segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)], wire: 'hi @everyone '},
+			selection: {anchor: 13, focus: 13},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts a pasted token at the caret and several pasted tokens at once', () => {
+		const tail = createComposer('ping ');
+		register(tail, true);
+		paste(tail, () => insertRawText('@here'));
+		expect(snapshot(tail)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:ping ', 'composer-mention:@here'],
+			projection: {display: 'ping @here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 5)], wire: 'ping @here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 10, focus: 10},
+		});
+		const several = createComposer('');
+		register(several, true);
+		paste(several, () => insertRawText('@everyone and @here'));
+		expect(snapshot(several)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-mention:@everyone', 'text: and ', 'composer-mention:@here'],
+			projection: {
+				display: '@everyone and @here',
+				segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 0), specialSegment('@here', 14)],
+				wire: '@everyone and @here',
+			},
+			selection: {anchor: 19, focus: 19},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts typed tokens beside wire mentions in a channel paste slice', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('hi ');
+		register(editor, true);
+		paste(editor, () => $insertComposerClipboardSlice({display: '@Alice @everyone', segments: [ALICE]}, false));
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@Alice', 'text: ', 'composer-mention:@everyone'],
+			projection: {
+				display: 'hi @Alice @everyone',
+				segments: [{...ALICE, start: 3, end: 9}, specialSegment('@everyone', 10)],
+				wire: 'hi <@1> @everyone',
+			},
+			selection: {anchor: 19, focus: 19},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('gives a channel paste its own undo entry once it carries the paste tag', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		const history = createEmptyHistoryState();
+		registerHistory(editor, history, 1000);
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'a');
+		paste(editor, () => $insertComposerClipboardSlice({display: 'b', segments: []}, false));
+		type(editor, 'c');
+		editor.dispatchCommand(UNDO_COMMAND, undefined);
+		expect(editor.read(() => $projectComposer().display)).toBe('ab');
+		editor.dispatchCommand(UNDO_COMMAND, undefined);
+		expect(editor.read(() => $projectComposer().display)).toBe('a');
+	});
+
+	it('waits for IME composition to end before converting', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('hi ');
+		register(editor, true);
+		update(editor, () => {
+			const selection = $getSelection();
+			if ($isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+				selection.insertText('@everyone ');
+				$setCompositionKey(selection.anchor.key);
+			}
+		});
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:hi @everyone ']);
+		update(editor, () => $setCompositionKey(null));
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:hi ', 'composer-mention:@everyone', 'text: ']);
+	});
+
+	it('leaves code formatted text and slash command slot text alone', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		update(editor, () => {
+			const code = $createTextNode('@everyone ').toggleFormat('code');
+			const slot = $createSlashSlotNode('message', 'string', true).append($createTextNode('@here '));
+			$paragraph().append(code, slot);
+			code.select(10, 10);
+		});
+		expect(editor.read(() => $paragraph().getChildren().map(describeNode))).toEqual([
+			'text:@everyone ',
+			'slash-slot:@here ',
+		]);
+		expect(editor.read(() => $paragraph().getLastChildOrThrow<ElementNode>().getChildren().map(describeNode))).toEqual([
+			'text:@here ',
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it('restores a draft special mention and projects it back unchanged', () => {
+		const segments = [specialSegment('@everyone', 0)];
+		const editor = createComposer('@everyone hi', segments);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['composer-mention:@everyone', 'text: hi'],
+			projection: {display: '@everyone hi', segments, wire: '@everyone hi'},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('includes the special segment in the clipboard selection', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		register(editor, true);
+		type(editor, 'hi @everyone ');
+		update(editor, () => $selectComposerRange(0, 13));
+		expect(editor.read(() => $getComposerClipboardSelection())).toEqual({
+			display: 'hi @everyone ',
+			segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 3)],
+			textPlain: 'hi @everyone ',
+		});
+	});
+});
+
+describe('typed special mentions with the markdown highlight', () => {
+	function createHighlightedComposer(): LexicalEditor {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		registerComposerMarkdownHighlight(editor);
+		register(editor, true);
+		return editor;
+	}
+
+	it.each([
+		['an escaped token', '\\@everyone '],
+		['closed inline code', '`@everyone` '],
+		['open inline code', '`@everyone '],
+		['a url', 'https://fluxer.app/@everyone '],
+	])('leaves %s as text', (_name, text) => {
+		const editor = createHighlightedComposer();
+		type(editor, text);
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({display: text, segments: [], wire: text});
+	});
+
+	it('leaves a token inside a fenced code block as text and converts one after it', () => {
+		const editor = createHighlightedComposer();
+		type(editor, '```');
+		insertLineBreak(editor);
+		type(editor, '@everyone ');
+		insertLineBreak(editor);
+		type(editor, '```');
+		insertLineBreak(editor);
+		type(editor, '@here ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({
+			display: '```\n@everyone \n```\n@here ',
+			segments: [specialSegment('@here', 19)],
+			wire: '```\n@everyone \n```\n@here ',
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('converts a bold token into a pill that is not literal', () => {
+		const editor = createHighlightedComposer();
+		type(editor, '**@everyone** ');
+		expect(snapshot(editor).projection).toEqual({
+			display: '**@everyone** ',
+			segments: [specialSegment('@everyone', 2)],
+			wire: '**@everyone** ',
+		});
+		expect(
+			editor.read(() =>
+				$paragraph()
+					.getChildren()
+					.filter($isComposerMentionNode)
+					.map((node) => node.isLiteral()),
+			),
+		).toEqual([false]);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('special mentions where they are not allowed', () => {
+	it('turns a restored special mention into text', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@everyone hi', [specialSegment('@everyone', 0)]);
+		register(editor, false);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:@everyone hi'],
+			projection: {display: '@everyone hi', segments: [], wire: '@everyone hi'},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('turns a pasted special mention into text', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('hi ');
+		register(editor, false);
+		paste(editor, () =>
+			$insertComposerClipboardSlice({display: '@here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0)]}, false),
+		);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi @here'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @here', segments: [], wire: 'hi @here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 8, focus: 8},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('turns a restored special mention into text in plain text mode', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('@everyone hi', [specialSegment('@everyone', 0)], true);
+		registerComposerPlainText(editor);
+		register(editor, false, true);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:@everyone hi'],
+			projection: {display: '@everyone hi', segments: [], wire: '@everyone hi'},
+			selection: {anchor: 12, focus: 12},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('turns a pasted special mention into text in plain text mode', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('hi ', [], true);
+		registerComposerPlainText(editor);
+		register(editor, false, true);
+		paste(editor, () =>
+			$insertComposerClipboardSlice({display: '@here', segments: [specialSegment('@here', 0)]}, true),
+		);
+		expect(snapshot(editor)).toEqual({
+			children: ['text:hi @here'],
+			projection: {display: 'hi @here', segments: [], wire: 'hi @here'},
+			selection: {anchor: 8, focus: 8},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('leaves typed tokens as text, then converts them once special mentions become allowed', () => {
+		const editor = createComposer('');
+		const unregister = register(editor, false);
+		type(editor, '@here ');
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['text:@here ']);
+		unregister();
+		register(editor, true);
+		expect(children(editor)).toEqual(['composer-mention:@here', 'text: ']);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('isValidComposerSegment', () => {
+	it('accepts the special mention ids the autocomplete writes', () => {
+		expect(isValidComposerSegment('@everyone hi', specialSegment('@everyone', 0))).toBe(true);
+		expect(isValidComposerSegment('hi @here', specialSegment('@here', 3))).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('rejects the bare id form and a mismatched id', () => {
+		expect(isValidComposerSegment('@everyone hi', {...specialSegment('@everyone', 0), id: 'everyone'})).toBe(false);
+		expect(isValidComposerSegment('@everyone hi', {...specialSegment('@everyone', 0), id: '@here'})).toBe(false);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcf23f1a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import {$nodeWireText} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMarkdownHighlight';
+import {
+	$captureSelectionOffsets,
+	$createComposerInsertNode,
+	$selectComposerRange,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/composerOffsets';
+import {ComposerMentionNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerMentionNode';
+import {ComposerPlainSegmentNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/ComposerPlainSegmentNode';
+import {$isSyntaxMarkerNode} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/nodes/SyntaxMarkerNode';
+import {
+	createSpecialMentionPayload,
+	findTypedSpecialMention,
+	isSpecialMentionKind,
+	SPECIAL_MENTION_PATTERN,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions';
+import {mergeRegister} from '@lexical/utils';
+import {
+	$addUpdateTag,
+	$createTextNode,
+	$getRoot,
+	$hasUpdateTag,
+	$isElementNode,
+	$isLineBreakNode,
+	$isTextNode,
+	HISTORY_MERGE_TAG,
+	HISTORY_PUSH_TAG,
+	type LexicalEditor,
+	type LexicalNode,
+	PASTE_TAG,
+	RootNode,
+	type TextNode,
+} from 'lexical';
+
+export const COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG = 'composer-rescan';
+
+interface SpecialMentionCandidate {
+	node: TextNode;
+	sourceStart: number;
+	displayStart: number;
+}
+
+export function registerComposerSpecialMention(
+	editor: LexicalEditor,
+	allowed: boolean,
+	plainText: boolean,
+): () => void {
+	if (!allowed) {
+		return mergeRegister(
+			editor.registerNodeTransform(ComposerMentionNode, (node) => {
+				if (node.getSegmentType() === 'special') {
+					node.replace($createTextNode(node.getTextContent()));
+				}
+			}),
+			editor.registerNodeTransform(ComposerPlainSegmentNode, (node) => {
+				if (node.getSegmentType() === 'special' && isSpecialMentionKind(node.getSegmentId())) {
+					node.replace($createTextNode(node.getTextContent()));
+				}
+			}),
+		);
+	}
+	const unregister = editor.registerNodeTransform(RootNode, (root) => {
+		if (!editor.isComposing()) {
+			$convertSpecialMention(root, plainText);
+		}
+	});
+	editor.update(
+		() => {
+			$getRoot().markDirty();
+		},
+		{discrete: true, tag: [COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG, HISTORY_MERGE_TAG]},
+	);
+	return unregister;
+}
+
+function $sourceText(node: LexicalNode): string {
+	const wire = $nodeWireText(node);
+	if ($isLineBreakNode(node) || $isSyntaxMarkerNode(node) || ($isTextNode(node) && node.isSimpleText())) {
+		return wire;
+	}
+	return ' '.repeat(wire.length);
+}
+
+function $convertSpecialMention(root: RootNode, plainText: boolean): void {
+	let source = '';
+	let displayLength = 0;
+	const candidates: Array<SpecialMentionCandidate> = [];
+	const blocks = root.getChildren();
+	for (let index = 0; index < blocks.length; index += 1) {
+		const block = blocks[index]!;
+		if (index > 0) {
+			source += '\n';
+			displayLength += 1;
+		}
+		for (const child of $isElementNode(block) ? block.getChildren() : [block]) {
+			if (
+				$isTextNode(child) &&
+				child.isSimpleText() &&
+				!child.hasFormat('code') &&
+				SPECIAL_MENTION_PATTERN.test(child.getTextContent())
+			) {
+				candidates.push({node: child, sourceStart: source.length, displayStart: displayLength});
+			}
+			source += $sourceText(child);
+			displayLength += child.getTextContentSize();
+		}
+	}
+	if (candidates.length === 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+	const selection = $captureSelectionOffsets();
+	const caret =
+		selection == null ||
+		selection.anchor !== selection.focus ||
+		$hasUpdateTag(PASTE_TAG) ||
+		$hasUpdateTag(COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG)
+			? null
+			: selection.anchor;
+	for (const {node, sourceStart, displayStart} of candidates) {
+		const match = findTypedSpecialMention(
+			source,
+			sourceStart,
+			sourceStart + node.getTextContentSize(),
+			caret == null ? null : caret - displayStart + sourceStart,
+		);
+		if (match != null) {
+			const parts = node.splitText(match.start - sourceStart, match.end - sourceStart);
+			parts[match.start > sourceStart ? 1 : 0]!.replace(
+				$createComposerInsertNode(createSpecialMentionPayload(match.kind), plainText),
+			);
+			if (selection != null) {
+				$selectComposerRange(selection.anchor, selection.focus);
+			}
+			if (!$hasUpdateTag(HISTORY_MERGE_TAG)) {
+				$addUpdateTag(HISTORY_PUSH_TAG);
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalComposerInput.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalComposerInput.tsx
index 0427a332a..be22177db 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalComposerInput.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalComposerInput.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import {ComposerMentionContext} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerMen
 import {registerComposerPlainText} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerPlainText';
 import {$hydrateComposerFromDraft, $projectComposer} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSerialization';
 import {registerComposerSoftWrapDeletion} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSoftWrapDeletion';
+import {
+	COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG,
+	registerComposerSpecialMention,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/ComposerSpecialMention';
 import {
 	type ComposerTypeaheadActiveState,
 	registerComposerTypeaheadModifierGuard,
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ export interface LexicalComposerInputProps {
 	markdownParserFlags?: number;
 	silentMessagePrefix?: boolean;
 	emojiShortcodeResolver?: ComposerEmojiResolver;
+	specialMentionsAllowed: boolean;
 	channelId?: string;
 	guildId?: string;
 	selectionToolbar?: boolean;
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ const ComposerInner = ({
 	markdownParserFlags,
 	silentMessagePrefix = false,
 	emojiShortcodeResolver,
+	specialMentionsAllowed,
 	selectionToolbar = true,
 	submitOnEnter = true,
 	focusRingTarget,
@@ -481,7 +487,7 @@ const ComposerInner = ({
 						$hydrateComposerFromDraft(display, segments, plainTextRef.current);
 						$selectComposerOffset(display.length);
 					},
-					{discrete: true},
+					{discrete: true, tag: COMPOSER_RESCAN_TAG},
 				);
 				resetComposerHistory(editor);
 			},
@@ -547,6 +553,11 @@ const ComposerInner = ({
 		return mergeRegister(...cleanups);
 	}, [editor, markdown, markdownParserFlags, plainText, silentMessagePrefix]);
 
+	useLayoutEffect(
+		() => registerComposerSpecialMention(editor, specialMentionsAllowed, plainText),
+		[editor, plainText, specialMentionsAllowed],
+	);
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		return mergeRegister(
 			registerContextMenuUndoRedo(editor),
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalRichInput.tsx b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalRichInput.tsx
index ecb8390d6..06b3a00c6 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalRichInput.tsx
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/LexicalRichInput.tsx
@@ -128,17 +128,24 @@ export const LexicalRichInput = ({
 		[onChange, previousValueRef, rememberSegmentsForValue, segmentManagerRef],
 	);
 
-	const {autocompleteQuery, autocompleteOptions, autocompleteType, isSlotMenu, onCursorMove, handleSelect} =
-		useLexicalAutocomplete({
-			channel,
-			handleRef,
-			allowedTriggers: allowedTriggers ?? (channel == null ? SAFE_CONTEXT_FREE_TRIGGERS : SAFE_CHANNEL_TRIGGERS),
-			allowSpecialMentions,
-			allowMediaOptions: false,
-			maxActualLength: maxLength,
-			onExceedMaxLength,
-			i18n,
-		});
+	const {
+		autocompleteQuery,
+		autocompleteOptions,
+		autocompleteType,
+		isSlotMenu,
+		onCursorMove,
+		handleSelect,
+		specialMentionsAllowed,
+	} = useLexicalAutocomplete({
+		channel,
+		handleRef,
+		allowedTriggers: allowedTriggers ?? (channel == null ? SAFE_CONTEXT_FREE_TRIGGERS : SAFE_CHANNEL_TRIGGERS),
+		allowSpecialMentions,
+		allowMediaOptions: false,
+		maxActualLength: maxLength,
+		onExceedMaxLength,
+		i18n,
+	});
 
 	const insertEmoji = useCallback(
 		(emoji: FlatEmoji) =>
@@ -224,6 +231,7 @@ export const LexicalRichInput = ({
 				markdown={markdown}
 				markdownParserFlags={markdownParserFlags}
 				emojiShortcodeResolver={emojiShortcodeResolver}
+				specialMentionsAllowed={specialMentionsAllowed}
 				channelId={channel == null ? undefined : channel.id}
 				guildId={channel == null ? undefined : channel.guildId}
 				submitOnEnter={submitOnEnter ?? singleLine}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.test.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4313719f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import {DEFAULT_COMPOSER_MARKDOWN_FLAGS} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/markdownSpans';
+import {
+	areSpecialMentionsAllowed,
+	createSpecialMentionPayload,
+	findTypedSpecialMention,
+	hasOpenCodeFence,
+	isSpecialMentionKind,
+	type SpecialMentionKind,
+	type TypedSpecialMention,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions';
+import {parseMarkdownAstWithWasm} from '@app/features/messaging/utils/markdown/parser/MarkdownParserWasm';
+import {describe, expect, it} from 'vitest';
+
+const GUILD_CHANNEL = {guildId: '1', isPersonalNotes: () => false};
+const DM_CHANNEL = {guildId: undefined, isPersonalNotes: () => false};
+const PERSONAL_NOTES = {guildId: undefined, isPersonalNotes: () => true};
+
+function typedSpecialMentions(text: string): Array<SpecialMentionKind> {
+	const kinds: Array<SpecialMentionKind> = [];
+	let match = findTypedSpecialMention(text, 0, text.length, null);
+	while (match != null) {
+		kinds.push(match.kind);
+		match = findTypedSpecialMention(text, match.end, text.length, null);
+	}
+	return kinds;
+}
+
+function collectParsedSpecialMentions(value: unknown, kinds: Array<SpecialMentionKind>): Array<SpecialMentionKind> {
+	if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+		for (const item of value) {
+			collectParsedSpecialMentions(item, kinds);
+		}
+	} else if (typeof value === 'object' && value != null) {
+		if ('type' in value && value.type === 'Mention' && 'kind' in value) {
+			const mention = JSON.stringify(value.kind);
+			if (mention === '{"kind":"Everyone"}') {
+				kinds.push('@everyone');
+			} else if (mention === '{"kind":"Here"}') {
+				kinds.push('@here');
+			}
+		}
+		for (const child of Object.values(value)) {
+			collectParsedSpecialMentions(child, kinds);
+		}
+	}
+	return kinds;
+}
+
+describe('findTypedSpecialMention', () => {
+	it.each<[string, string, number | null, TypedSpecialMention]>([
+		['@everyone followed by a space', '@everyone ', 10, {start: 0, end: 9, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['@here followed by a space', '@here ', 6, {start: 0, end: 5, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a finished token with no caret', 'hi @everyone', null, {start: 3, end: 12, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a finished token with the caret before it', 'hi @everyone', 0, {start: 3, end: 12, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a finished token with the caret inside it', '@here', 3, {start: 0, end: 5, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a token inside parentheses', '(@everyone)', null, {start: 1, end: 10, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a token inside bold markers', '**@everyone** ', 14, {start: 2, end: 11, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a token inside underline markers', '__@here__ ', 10, {start: 2, end: 7, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a token followed by an apostrophe', "@here's ", 8, {start: 0, end: 5, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a token followed by an underscore', '@here_now ', null, {start: 0, end: 5, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a token after a second @', '@@everyone ', null, {start: 1, end: 10, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a token after a mention wire', '<@1>@here ', null, {start: 4, end: 9, kind: '@here'}],
+		['a token after closed inline code', '`x` @everyone ', null, {start: 4, end: 13, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a token after a closed fence', '```\ncode\n```\n@everyone ', null, {start: 13, end: 22, kind: '@everyone'}],
+		['a token on a new line after an inline code line', '`x`\n@here ', null, {start: 4, end: 9, kind: '@here'}],
+	])('converts %s', (_name, text, caret, expected) => {
+		expect(findTypedSpecialMention(text, 0, text.length, caret)).toEqual(expected);
+	});
+
+	it.each<[string, string, number | null]>([
+		['a token whose end is the caret', 'hi @everyone', 12],
+		['a token joined to a following word', '@herenow ', 9],
+		['a token with a trailing letter', '@everyones ', 11],
+		['a token with a leading word', 'foo@everyone ', 13],
+		['a token inside an email address', 'mail user@here.com ', null],
+		['a token touching a digit', '1@here 2', null],
+		['a token touching a non-latin letter', 'café@here ', null],
+		['a token after one backslash', '\\@everyone ', null],
+		['a token after two backslashes', '\\\\@everyone ', null],
+		['a token inside open inline code', '`@everyone ', null],
+		['a token inside double backtick code', '`` @everyone ``', null],
+		['a token inside an open fence', '```\n@everyone \n', null],
+		['a token inside a url', 'https://fluxer.app/@everyone ', null],
+		['a spaced @ and word', '@ everyone ', null],
+	])('leaves %s alone', (_name, text, caret) => {
+		expect(findTypedSpecialMention(text, 0, text.length, caret)).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('only considers tokens that start at from and end by to', () => {
+		expect(findTypedSpecialMention('@everyone and @here ', 10, 20, 20)).toEqual({start: 14, end: 19, kind: '@here'});
+		expect(findTypedSpecialMention('@everyone ', 0, 5, null)).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
+
+describe('findTypedSpecialMention against the markdown parser', () => {
+	it.each<[string, Array<SpecialMentionKind>, Array<SpecialMentionKind>]>([
+		['@everyone ', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['@here ', ['@here'], ['@here']],
+		['(@everyone)', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['**@everyone** ', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['__@here__ ', ['@here'], ['@here']],
+		["@here's ", ['@here'], ['@here']],
+		['@here_now ', ['@here'], ['@here']],
+		['@@everyone ', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['<@1>@here ', ['@here'], ['@here']],
+		['`x` @everyone ', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['```\ncode\n```\n@everyone ', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone']],
+		['\\@everyone ', [], []],
+		['\\\\@everyone ', [], []],
+		['`` @everyone ``', [], []],
+		['https://fluxer.app/@everyone ', [], []],
+		['@ everyone ', [], []],
+		['@herenow ', [], ['@here']],
+		['@everyones ', [], ['@everyone']],
+		['foo@everyone ', [], ['@everyone']],
+		['mail user@here.com ', [], ['@here']],
+		['café@here ', [], ['@here']],
+		['@everyone@here', ['@everyone'], ['@everyone', '@here']],
+		['`@everyone ', [], ['@everyone']],
+		['```\n@everyone \n', [], ['@everyone']],
+	])('%j converts %j where the parser pings %j', (text, typed, parsed) => {
+		expect(typedSpecialMentions(text)).toEqual(typed);
+		expect(
+			collectParsedSpecialMentions(parseMarkdownAstWithWasm(text, DEFAULT_COMPOSER_MARKDOWN_FLAGS).nodes, []),
+		).toEqual(parsed);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('areSpecialMentionsAllowed', () => {
+	it.each<[string, Parameters<typeof areSpecialMentionsAllowed>, boolean]>([
+		['a guild channel with permission', [GUILD_CHANNEL, undefined, undefined, true], true],
+		['a guild channel without permission', [GUILD_CHANNEL, undefined, undefined, false], false],
+		['a direct message', [DM_CHANNEL, undefined, undefined, false], true],
+		['personal notes', [PERSONAL_NOTES, undefined, undefined, true], false],
+		['a composer with no channel', [null, true, ['emoji'], true], false],
+		['a guild channel with special mentions switched off', [GUILD_CHANNEL, false, undefined, true], false],
+		['a direct message with special mentions switched off', [DM_CHANNEL, false, undefined, false], false],
+		['a guild channel without the mention trigger', [GUILD_CHANNEL, true, ['emoji'], true], false],
+		[
+			'a guild channel with the rich input triggers',
+			[GUILD_CHANNEL, true, ['emoji', 'mention', 'channel'], true],
+			true,
+		],
+	])('answers for %s', (_name, args, expected) => {
+		expect(areSpecialMentionsAllowed(...args)).toBe(expected);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('createSpecialMentionPayload', () => {
+	it('builds the autocomplete mention payload', () => {
+		expect(createSpecialMentionPayload('@everyone')).toEqual({
+			kind: 'mention',
+			mentionType: 'special',
+			id: '@everyone',
+			display: '@everyone',
+			wire: '@everyone',
+		});
+	});
+});
+
+describe('isSpecialMentionKind', () => {
+	it('recognises only @everyone and @here', () => {
+		expect(['@everyone', '@here', 'here', '@someone'].map(isSpecialMentionKind)).toEqual([true, true, false, false]);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('hasOpenCodeFence', () => {
+	it('reports an odd number of fences', () => {
+		expect(['```js\nconst a', '```a```', ''].map(hasOpenCodeFence)).toEqual([true, false, false]);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a71769db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import type {Channel} from '@app/features/channel/models/Channel';
+import type {ComposerInsertPayload} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/composerOffsets';
+import {isAutocompleteTriggerAllowed, type TriggerType} from '@app/features/messaging/utils/AutocompleteTriggerPolicy';
+import {findUrlSpans, isInsideSpan, type TextSpan} from '@app/features/messaging/utils/markdown/UrlSpanUtils';
+
+export type SpecialMentionKind = '@everyone' | '@here';
+
+export interface TypedSpecialMention {
+	start: number;
+	end: number;
+	kind: SpecialMentionKind;
+}
+
+export const SPECIAL_MENTION_PATTERN = /@(?:everyone|here)/;
+
+const WORD_CHARACTER = /[\p{L}\p{N}]/u;
+
+export function isSpecialMentionKind(value: string): value is SpecialMentionKind {
+	return value === '@everyone' || value === '@here';
+}
+
+export function createSpecialMentionPayload(kind: SpecialMentionKind): ComposerInsertPayload {
+	return {kind: 'mention', mentionType: 'special', id: kind, display: kind, wire: kind};
+}
+
+export function areSpecialMentionsAllowed(
+	channel: Pick<Channel, 'guildId' | 'isPersonalNotes'> | null,
+	allowSpecialMentions: boolean | undefined,
+	allowedTriggers: ReadonlyArray<TriggerType> | undefined,
+	canMentionEveryone: boolean,
+): boolean {
+	if (channel == null || allowSpecialMentions === false || !isAutocompleteTriggerAllowed('mention', allowedTriggers)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return channel.guildId == null ? !channel.isPersonalNotes() : canMentionEveryone;
+}
+
+export function hasOpenCodeFence(text: string): boolean {
+	const fences = text.match(/```/g);
+	return fences != null && fences.length % 2 === 1;
+}
+
+function hasOpenInlineCode(text: string, index: number): boolean {
+	let openRun = 0;
+	for (const run of text.slice(text.lastIndexOf('\n', index - 1) + 1, index).matchAll(/`+/g)) {
+		if (openRun === 0) {
+			openRun = run[0].length;
+		} else if (run[0].length === openRun) {
+			openRun = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return openRun > 0;
+}
+
+export function findTypedSpecialMention(
+	text: string,
+	from: number,
+	to: number,
+	caret: number | null,
+): TypedSpecialMention | null {
+	const pattern = new RegExp(SPECIAL_MENTION_PATTERN.source, 'g');
+	pattern.lastIndex = from;
+	let urlSpans: Array<TextSpan> | null = null;
+	let match = pattern.exec(text);
+	while (match != null && match.index + match[0].length <= to) {
+		const start = match.index;
+		const end = start + match[0].length;
+		const previous = text.charAt(start - 1);
+		if (
+			end !== caret &&
+			previous !== '\\' &&
+			!WORD_CHARACTER.test(previous) &&
+			!WORD_CHARACTER.test(text.charAt(end)) &&
+			!hasOpenCodeFence(text.slice(0, start)) &&
+			!hasOpenInlineCode(text, start)
+		) {
+			if (urlSpans === null) {
+				urlSpans = findUrlSpans(text);
+			}
+			if (!isInsideSpan(urlSpans, start)) {
+				return {start, end, kind: match[0] as SpecialMentionKind};
+			}
+		}
+		match = pattern.exec(text);
+	}
+	return null;
+}
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/useLexicalAutocomplete.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/useLexicalAutocomplete.ts
index ff3c2e1b0..18bdb4fc8 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/useLexicalAutocomplete.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/lexical/composer/useLexicalAutocomplete.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ import {applyComposerReplacement, createComposerEmojiPayload} from '@app/feature
 import type {ComposerInsertPayload} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/composerOffsets';
 import {normalizeSlotAutocompleteQuery as normalizeSlotQuery} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/SlashSlotAutocompleteQuery';
 import type {SlashOptionalContext, SlashSlotAutocompleteContext} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/slashSlots';
+import {
+	areSpecialMentionsAllowed,
+	createSpecialMentionPayload,
+	hasOpenCodeFence,
+} from '@app/features/lexical/composer/specialMentions';
 import {
 	type GifAutocompleteSearchState,
 	selectAutocompleteGifResults,
@@ -256,10 +261,7 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 		? `${autocompleteTrigger.type}:${autocompleteTrigger.match.index == null ? -1 : autocompleteTrigger.match.index}:${autocompleteTrigger.match[0]}:${autocompleteTrigger.matchedText}`
 		: '';
 	const autocompleteQuery = useMemo(() => getAutocompleteQuery(autocompleteTrigger), [autocompleteTrigger]);
-	const hasOpenCodeBlock = useMemo(() => {
-		const match = textUpToCursor.match(/```/g);
-		return match != null && match.length > 0 && match.length % 2 !== 0;
-	}, [textUpToCursor]);
+	const hasOpenCodeBlock = useMemo(() => hasOpenCodeFence(textUpToCursor), [textUpToCursor]);
 
 	const memberSearchRank = useMemo(() => buildMemberSearchRank(memberSearchResults), [memberSearchResults]);
 	const slotMemberSearchRank = useMemo(() => buildMemberSearchRank(slotMemberSearchResults), [slotMemberSearchResults]);
@@ -291,6 +293,12 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 
 	const canMentionEveryone =
 		allowSpecialMentions !== false && channel != null && Permission.can(Permissions.MENTION_EVERYONE, channel);
+	const specialMentionsAllowed = areSpecialMentionsAllowed(
+		channel,
+		allowSpecialMentions,
+		allowedTriggers,
+		canMentionEveryone,
+	);
 	const canUseCommand = useCallback(
 		(command: Command) => {
 			if (command.type === 'simple') {
@@ -373,7 +381,7 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 						.map((id) => Users.getUser(id))
 						.filter((user): user is User => user != null);
 					const userOptions = filterDMUsers(users, parsedQuery);
-					options = channel.isPersonalNotes() ? userOptions : [...userOptions, ...SPECIAL_MENTIONS];
+					options = specialMentionsAllowed ? [...userOptions, ...SPECIAL_MENTIONS] : userOptions;
 				} else {
 					const recentSpeakers =
 						matchedText.length === 0 ? buildRecentSpeakerOptions(channel, MENTION_RESULT_LIMIT) : [];
@@ -399,7 +407,7 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 							kind: 'role' as const,
 							role,
 						}));
-					const specialMentions = canMentionEveryone
+					const specialMentions = specialMentionsAllowed
 						? SPECIAL_MENTIONS.filter((mention) => {
 								if (queryForMatching.length === 0) {
 									return true;
@@ -538,6 +546,7 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 		memberSearchRank,
 		memberSearchResults,
 		permissionVersion,
+		specialMentionsAllowed,
 	]);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
@@ -751,6 +760,7 @@ export function useLexicalAutocomplete({
 		handleSelect,
 		autocompleteQuery: resolvedAutocompleteQuery,
 		isSlotMenu,
+		specialMentionsAllowed,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -960,7 +970,7 @@ function optionToPayload(option: AutocompleteOption, channel: Channel | null): C
 		};
 	}
 	if (isSpecialMention(option)) {
-		return {kind: 'mention', mentionType: 'special', id: option.kind, display: option.kind, wire: option.kind};
+		return createSpecialMentionPayload(option.kind);
 	}
 	if (isChannel(option)) {
 		return {