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reply-to-comment

Add a reply to an existing comment thread on a design.

Use reply-to-comment to answer a reviewer's question, acknowledge or clarify feedback, or continue a discussion on a specific comment. The reply is visible to everyone with access to the design. To start a new thread instead, use comment-on-design.

Example prompt

"Reply to Sam's comment on the launch deck and let them know the pricing is updated."

Pass the design_id, the comment_id of the thread to reply to (from list-comments), and the message_plaintext (1 to 2,048 characters).

Example response

IDs below are placeholders; field names and structure are exactly as returned.

{
"reply": {
"id": "REPLY_EXAMPLE",
"design_id": "DAF_EXAMPLE",
"thread_id": "COMMENT_EXAMPLE",
"author": { "id": "USER_EXAMPLE", "display_name": "Example User" },
"content": { "plaintext": "Thanks, the pricing slide is updated now." },
"mentions": {},
"created_at": 1758000000,
"updated_at": 1758000000
}
}
JSON

The new reply has its own id, and its thread_id matches the comment_id you passed. The reply text is in content.plaintext.

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