---
title: "me_message message"
summary: "A /me message was sent"
url: "https://docs.slack.dev/reference/events/message/me_message"
type: "reference"
subtype: "event"
---

Source: https://docs.slack.dev/reference/events/message/me_message

# me_message message

### A /me message was sent

## Facts

**Required Scopes**

[`channels:history`](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes/channels.history.md)

[`groups:history`](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes/groups.history.md)

[`im:history`](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes/im.history.md)

[`mpim:history`](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes/mpim.history.md)

**Compatible APIs**

[`Events`](https://docs.slack.dev/apis/events-api.md)

[`RTM`](https://docs.slack.dev/legacy/legacy-rtm-api.md)

## Usage info {#usage-info}

This example includes both the [event wrapper](https://docs.slack.dev/apis/events-api.md#callback-field) and the [event structure](https://docs.slack.dev/apis/events-api.md#event-type-structure) for the `me_message` message subtype event.

```
{    "token": "XXYYZZ",    "team_id": "T123ABC456",    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",    "event": {        "type": "message",        "subtype": "me_message",        "channel": "C123ABC456",        "user": "U123ABC456",        "text": "is doing that thing",        "ts": "1355517523.000005"    },    "type": "event_callback",    "authorizations": [        {            "team_id": "T123ABC456",            "user_id": "U123ABC456",            "is_bot": false,            "is_enterprise_install": false,        }    ],    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",    "event_time": 123456789}
```

A me\_message is sent when a channel member performs an action using the `/me` command.