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# Forward or Publish a Message

> Forward a message to another channel or publish an announcement.

The **Forward or Publish a Message** block lives in the **Messages** palette category. Forward a message to another channel or publish an announcement.

## What it does

Forwards a message to another channel or publishes an announcement to follower channels.

## Configuration

Open the block in the builder sidebar to configure these fields.

### `action`

**Type:** `string`. Required.

Accepted values: `forward`, `publish`.

### `source_channel_id`

**Type:** `channel`. Required.

Channel containing the source message.

### `message_id`

**Type:** `string`. Required.

Snowflake of the message to forward or publish.

### `target_channel_id`

**Type:** `channel`.

Required for forward action.

## See also

* [Messages](/builder/action-blocks/messages) — Browse all blocks in the Messages category.