# Automatically copy starred (or pinned) messages to a private channel

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/automatically-copy-starred-or-pinned-messages-to-a-private-channel/6127>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/automatically-copy-starred-or-pinned-messages-to-a-private-channel/6127 "2020-03-18T17:31:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![riccardo\_r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/riccardo_r/32/1573_2.png) [@riccardo\_r](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/riccardo_r)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/automatically-copy-starred-or-pinned-messages-to-a-private-channel/6127/1 "2020-03-18T17:31:28Z")

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I’ve to write a daemon (or script) running inside my RocketChat server that **automatically clone messages** from any direct chat to a private channel **as soon as they went pinned or starred by the user** (I don’t want to integrate any additional button or option on phone apps neither on the web app).

I am a newbie in rocketchat and I’ve read a lot of info (eg. how mongodb works etc.), but I cannot understand **if a bot is the right choice for this task**.

I’ve installed the chat application on a Ubuntu Server via snap.

### Server Setup Information

- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 2.4.11
- Operating System: Ubuntu Server
- Deployment Method: snap
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog:
- NodeJS Version: v8.17.0
- MongoDB Version: 3.6.14
- Proxy: nginx
- Firewalls involved: no