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title: Create Quip Chat Action
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description: Create a chat room, and send a message to its members.
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  - Flow Builder
  - Salesforce Platform
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# Create Quip Chat Action

Create a chat room, and send a message to its members.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.anywhere_use.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">View supported editions for Quip.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

In Flow Builder, add an Action element to your flow. In the Action field, enter Quip, and select **Create Quip Chat**.

## Set Input Values

Use values from earlier in the flow to set the inputs for the action.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d225920e70">Input Parameter</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d225920e72">Description</th>
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            <td data-label="Input Parameter" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e70 "><strong class="uicontrol">Message</strong></td>
            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e72 ">
              <p>Chat message to get the chat room started. Valid values are:</p>
              <ul>
                <li>String values</li>
                <li><kbd>@[Salesforce user ID]</kbd>–To @mention a Salesforce
                  user in the chat room, enter the Salesforce ID. If the user’s Salesforce email
                  is connected to Quip, the user ID is replaced with a Quip user @mention. If not,
                  the Salesforce ID is replaced with the user’s Salesforce email.</li>
                <li><kbd>@[person1@quip.com]</kbd>–To @mention a user by email,
                  enter this value.</li>
                <li><kbd>@Everyone</kbd>–To send a notification to all chat
                  room members, enter this value.</li>
              </ul>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Input Parameter" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e70 "><strong class="uicontrol">Add Members by Email Address</strong></td>
            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e72 ">
              <p>Optional. A list of user emails separated by commas to add to the new chat
                room. Valid values are:</p>
              <ul>
                <li><kbd>person1@quip.com, person2@quip.com,
                    person3@quip.com</kbd></li>
                <li><kbd>person1@quip.com</kbd></li>
              </ul>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Input Parameter" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e70 "><strong class="uicontrol">Chat Title</strong></td>
            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d225920e72 ">The title of the chat room. Only string values are supported.</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

## Store Output Values

 
| Output Parameter | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Chat ID** | ID of the new chat room |
| **Chat Link** | URL of the new chat room |
| **Chat Title** | Title of the new chat room |

#### See Also

- [Add and Edit Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use elements to define actions that the flow can run. When they’re on the canvas, connect them to create the order in which they run.")