# See which tasks mention a task When another task's own text links here, Bob shows that on this task's generated `🪢 **LINKED FROM:**` line as an inert `💬 mentions` entry. The chip answers which task talked about this one, what it said, and why the row is here. It is not a relation. ## Before you start Install the CLI, open the vault in Obsidian, and enable **Bob Ledger Tools** and **Bob Navigation Hotkeys**. Mentions ride `relations.linked_from_mentions` in `~/.config/bob/config.yml` (default `false`). With the switch off, chips hide and writers mint nothing for mentions. ## 1\. Find a mention on the target Open a task that another task names in its title, a child note, or a Cancel / Schedule / Work / Rotten Log entry, with a block link such as `[[note#^id]]`. Confirm the LINKED FROM row shows a `💬 mentioned in` or `💬 embedded in` pill, then the other task's chip. A quote line appears for prose mentions that still have other letters or digits on the line. Title and sole-link mentions have no quote, because the chip already says it. Without the plugin the stored line still reads as English: `🪢 LINKED FROM: [[other#^s]] (💬 mentions)`. ## 2\. Read the pill, quote, and card The pill is italics on purpose: reported speech, not a label you chose. Hover or focus it for the context card (`Why is this here?`). The card lists up to three occurrences with a live excerpt and a location such as `in its title` or `in its Cancel Log`. Click the chip to jump to the first occurrence in the mentioning task; Mod-click opens a new pane. A trailing `💬` on a labelled relation chip means that source also mentions this task in its text. ## 3\. Edit the source, not the chip A mention chip has no ×. Removal is refused with `💬 This comes from a link in ‹S›'s text · edit it there (↵ opens it)`. Delete or retarget the link in S, then leave the line (nav writes within seconds) or wait for `bob task reconcile`. To make the pair a relation instead, add a LINKS entry from S to this task (`~` / `~~`, or Task Card `l` / `⇧L`). The relation keeps its label; the mention entry goes away. See [Link related tasks](). A Depends-On link between the pair already names the other task, so there is no mention entry. ## If it goes wrong - **No chip, but the link is in S.** Mentions skip edge lines (Depends-On, BLOCKS, Sub-projects, LINKS, LINKED FROM), Pomodoro ledger rows, headings, note prose, code, comments, inline fields, blockquotes, unresolved or non-task targets, self-links, and a task whose whole description is one embed. Details are in [Task relations §19](). - **The chip is dashed.** The stored mention is stale. The next reconcile refreshes the line. - **Mentions vanished after a config edit.** `relations.linked_from_mentions: false` removes only `(💬 mentions)` entries on writable tasks. Flipping it back rebuilds the same bytes. ## Related - [Task relations]() - [Link related tasks]() - [Configuration]()