# Copy a Discord Channel ID

> Turn on Discord Developer Mode and copy a channel ID so you can point a strategy at that channel.

*Source: https://tradelabs.org/docs/reference/how-to/copying-a-discord-channel-id*

A Discord channel ID is the unique number for one channel. When you build a strategy in TradeLabs, you point it at the channels it should watch. Most of the time you find a channel by name in the picker, but pasting the ID lets you target a channel the picker can't list yet.

## Turn on Developer Mode

Discord hides the copy option until Developer Mode is on.

1. Open Discord and click the **User Settings** gear near your username, at the bottom left.

2. In the left sidebar, scroll down and open **Advanced**.

3. Turn on the **Developer Mode** toggle.

*Developer Mode adds Copy Channel ID to the right-click menu.*

## Copy the channel ID

1. Find the channel in the channel list.

2. Right-click the channel name.

3. Click **Copy Channel ID**. The number is now on your clipboard.

> **Note**
>
> If you don't see **Copy Channel ID**, Developer Mode is still off. Go back and turn it on.

## Use it in a strategy

Open your strategy in the editor. In the Discord channel picker, paste the ID into the search box. The list shows a **Use channel ID** row, and adding it looks up the channel name once it's added.

See [Signals](/docs/using-the-app/signals/) for how sources feed your strategies.