# My AI bot does not reply to DMs but does reply to mentions in topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-ai-bot-does-not-reply-to-dms-but-does-reply-to-mentions-in-topics/407403
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [12 juli 2026 om 16:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-ai-bot-does-not-reply-to-dms-but-does-reply-to-mentions-in-topics/407403 "2026-07-12T16:14:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![kgreed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kgreed/32/168602_2.png) [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [12 juli 2026 om 16:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-ai-bot-does-not-reply-to-dms-but-does-reply-to-mentions-in-topics/407403/1 "2026-07-12T16:14:10Z")

</div>

I enabled the AI Plugin with Claude Sonnet 5  
When I @Mention it in a topic it responds but there is no DM response.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-ai-bot-does-not-reply-to-dms-but-does-reply-to-mentions-in-topics/407403)._