> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.melonly.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Shouts

> Post announcements to your department, schedule them for later, and sync them with Discord.

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## What are Shouts?

Shouts are your department's announcement feed, shown on the left of the [Home](/Department/home) page. Leadership can post updates, attach files and resources, mention members or ranks, and schedule posts for later.

If your department is linked to a Discord server, shouts can sync both ways with a Discord channel.

<Frame caption="The shout composer">
  <img className="block" src="https://mintcdn.com/melonly/i1rqxQ5i7_nEi96Y/images/Departments/Home/composer.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=i1rqxQ5i7_nEi96Y&q=85&s=61db1f1dff7674f73f1f924458e431b5" alt="Shout composer at the top of the Home page shouts column" style={{ borderRadius: '0.75rem' }} width="1918" height="989" data-path="images/Departments/Home/composer.png" />
</Frame>

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## 🧭 Quick Navigation

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Posting Shouts" icon="pen-to-square" href="/Department/shouts/writing">
    Write, attach files, limit visibility, schedule, edit and delete.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Permissions

| Ability | Who can do it |
| - | - |
| Read shouts | Every member who can see them |
| Post, schedule, and see all limited shouts | Post Shouts |
| Manage scheduled promotions | Promote |
| Edit a shout | The author only |
| Delete a shout | The author, or Manage Shouts |

Administrators can do everything except edit other people's shouts. Ranks and permissions are set on the [Roster](/Department/roster#roles).

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## Discord Sync

To sync shouts, pick a shouts channel in [Settings → Discord Integration](/Department/settings/discord).

### From Melonly to Discord

Shouts visible to @everyone are posted in the shouts channel by the Melonly bot, with text, images, videos, documents, forms, GIFs, and stickers. A footer credits the author. Attached workflows aren't sent.

### From Discord to Melonly

Messages posted in the shouts channel become shouts, as long as the author has linked their Discord account to Melonly. Text and stickers come across, but images and other attachments don't. Edits and deletes in Discord carry over.

<Note>
  Sync stops while the department is deactivated.
</Note>

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