diff --git a/lib/ai_bot/playground.rb b/lib/ai_bot/playground.rb
index 726ebc7a..b8bca77b 100644
--- a/lib/ai_bot/playground.rb
+++ b/lib/ai_bot/playground.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ module DiscourseAi
 
         if mentionables.present?
           mentions = post.mentions.map(&:downcase)
+
+          # in case we are replying to a post by a bot
+          if post.reply_to_post_number && post.reply_to_post.user
+            mentions << post.reply_to_post.user.username_lower
+          end
+
           mentioned = mentionables.find { |mentionable| mentions.include?(mentionable[:username]) }
 
           # direct PM to mentionable
@@ -51,6 +57,11 @@ module DiscourseAi
           bot_user ||= User.find_by(id: mentioned[:user_id]) if mentioned
         end
 
+        if bot_user && post.reply_to_post_number && !post.reply_to_post.user&.bot?
+          # replying to a non-bot user
+          return
+        end
+
         if bot_user
           persona_id = mentioned&.dig(:id) || post.topic.custom_fields["ai_persona_id"]
           persona = nil
diff --git a/lib/automation/report_runner.rb b/lib/automation/report_runner.rb
index 1ab2eb9f..cf81058d 100644
--- a/lib/automation/report_runner.rb
+++ b/lib/automation/report_runner.rb
@@ -258,9 +258,8 @@ Follow the provided writing composition instructions carefully and precisely ste
         parsed
           .css("span.mention")
           .each do |mention|
-            mention.replace(
-              "<a href='/u/#{mention.text.sub("@", "")}' class='mention'>#{mention.text}</a>",
-            )
+            no_at_username = mention.text.sub("@", "")
+            mention.replace("<a href='/u/#{no_at_username}' class='mention'>#{no_at_username}</a>")
           end
 
         parsed.to_html
diff --git a/lib/summarization/entry_point.rb b/lib/summarization/entry_point.rb
index 1e5ae232..42308519 100644
--- a/lib/summarization/entry_point.rb
+++ b/lib/summarization/entry_point.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ module DiscourseAi
           "#{claude_prov}:claude-instant-1",
           max_tokens: 100_000,
         )
+        foldable_models << Models::Anthropic.new(
+          "#{claude_prov}:claude-3-haiku",
+          max_tokens: 200_000,
+        )
+        foldable_models << Models::Anthropic.new(
+          "#{claude_prov}:claude-3-sonnet",
+          max_tokens: 200_000,
+        )
+
+        # no opus yet for AWS bedrock
+        foldable_models << Models::Anthropic.new("anthropic:claude-3-opus", max_tokens: 200_000)
 
         mixtral_prov = "hugging_face"
         if DiscourseAi::Completions::Endpoints::Vllm.correctly_configured?(
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/playground_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/playground_spec.rb
index d6524108..91438b7a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/playground_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/ai_bot/playground_spec.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,33 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseAi::AiBot::Playground do
 
       last_post.topic.reload
       expect(last_post.topic.allowed_users.pluck(:user_id)).to include(persona.user_id)
+
+      # does not reply if replying directly to a user
+      # nothing is mocked, so this would result in HTTP error
+      # if we were going to reply
+      create_post(
+        raw: "Please ignore this bot, I am replying to a user",
+        topic: post.topic,
+        user: admin,
+        reply_to_post_number: post.post_number,
+      )
+
+      # replies as correct persona if replying direct to persona
+      DiscourseAi::Completions::Llm.with_prepared_responses(
+        ["Another reply"],
+        llm: "open_ai:gpt-3.5-turbo-16k",
+      ) do
+        create_post(
+          raw: "Please ignore this bot, I am replying to a user",
+          topic: post.topic,
+          user: admin,
+          reply_to_post_number: last_post.post_number,
+        )
+      end
+
+      last_post = post.topic.posts.order(:post_number).last
+      expect(last_post.raw).to eq("Another reply")
+      expect(last_post.user_id).to eq(persona.user_id)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/modules/automation/report_runner_spec.rb b/spec/lib/modules/automation/report_runner_spec.rb
index a2564d95..aa8e0e6f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/modules/automation/report_runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/modules/automation/report_runner_spec.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
 
           # note, magic surprise &amp; is correct HTML 5 representation
           expected = <<~HTML
-            <p><a href="/u/sam" class="mention">@sam</a> is a person<br>
+            <p><a href="/u/sam" class="mention">sam</a> is a person<br>
             <a href="/test?silent=true">test1</a> is an internal link<br>
             <a href="/test?1=2&amp;silent=true">test2</a> is an internal link<br>
             <a href="https://example.com" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">test3</a> is an external link<br>