diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 267f3c1..96658c6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ services:
     environment:
       BOT_TOKEN: ""
       CHAT_ID: ""
-      OPENAI_BASE_URL: "http://localhost:8080/v1"
+      CHANNEL_ID: -1003290014225
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: http://localhost:8080/v1
       SYSTEM_PROMPT_PATH: /etc/sysprompt.txt
+    MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: 2
     volumes:
       - ./sysprompt.txt:/etc/sysprompt.txt:ro
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7781981..fcb8cc4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ type OpenAIPrompter struct {
 	cfg *Config
 }
 
-func (p *OpenAIPrompter) Prompt(ctx context.Context, question string) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error) {
+func (p *OpenAIPrompter) Prompt(ctx context.Context, req PromptRequest) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error) {
+	instructions := p.cfg.SystemPrompt
+	if req.OriginalPostContent != nil {
+		instructions += fmt.Sprintf("\nThis is the channel post that user is mentioning: %v", req.OriginalPostContent)
+	}
+
 	resp, err := p.cli.Responses.New(ctx, responses.ResponseNewParams{
 		Instructions: openai.String(p.cfg.SystemPrompt),
 		Input: responses.ResponseNewParamsInputUnion{
-			OfString: openai.String(question),
+			OfString: openai.String(req.Question),
 		},
 		Reasoning: shared.ReasoningParam{
 			Effort: shared.ReasoningEffortXhigh,
@@ -55,8 +60,13 @@ type HighlyTrustedResponse struct {
 	Text string
 }
 
+type PromptRequest struct {
+	Question            string
+	OriginalPostContent *string
+}
+
 type Proompter interface {
-	Prompt(ctx context.Context, question string) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error)
+	Prompt(ctx context.Context, req PromptRequest) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error)
 }
 
 type App struct {
@@ -93,7 +103,16 @@ func (a *App) handleMessage(ctx context.Context, msg *tgbotapi.Message) error {
 		"transformed_text", question,
 	)
 
-	response, err := a.proompter.Prompt(ctx, question)
+	var ogPostContent *string
+	if msg.ReplyToMessage.From.ID == a.config.ChannelID {
+		a.log.Info("message was a reply to channel post")
+		ogPostContent = &msg.ReplyToMessage.Text
+	}
+
+	response, err := a.proompter.Prompt(ctx, PromptRequest{
+		Question:            question,
+		OriginalPostContent: ogPostContent,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("prompting: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -166,6 +185,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BotToken              string
 	MaxConcurrentRequests uint
 	ChatID                int64
+	ChannelID             int64
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(cfg *Config) error {
@@ -197,6 +217,15 @@ func LoadConfig(cfg *Config) error {
 
 	cfg.ChatID = chatID
 
+	channelID, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("CHANNEL_ID"), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if chatID == 0 {
+		slog.Warn("channel id is not set")
+	}
+	cfg.ChannelID = channelID
+
 	sysPromptPath := os.Getenv("SYSTEM_PROMPT_PATH")
 	promptBytes, err := os.ReadFile(sysPromptPath)
 	if err != nil {