diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index bb06656..2267539 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL="https://matrix.dgov.io"
 MATRIX_USER="forum-api"
 MATRIX_PASSWORD=
 BOT_STORAGE_PATH="./data/bot-storage.json"
-BOT_CRYPTO_STORAGE_PATH="./data/bot-crypto"
\ No newline at end of file
+BOT_CRYPTO_STORAGE_PATH="./data/bot-crypto"
+BOT_INSTANCE_ID=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/db.js b/backend/src/db.js
index c0877c5..8d0cad1 100644
--- a/backend/src/db.js
+++ b/backend/src/db.js
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
   forum: new Level(`${dataDir}/forum`, { valueEncoding: 'json' }),
   authorAddresses: new Level(`${dataDir}/authorAddresses`, { valueEncoding: 'utf8' }),
   authorPrivKeys: new Level(`${dataDir}/authorPrivKeys`, { valueEncoding: 'utf8' }),
+  appState: new Level(`${dataDir}/appState`, { valueEncoding: 'json' }),
+  proposalEventIds: new Level(`${dataDir}/proposalEventIds`, { keyEncoding: 'json', valueEncoding: 'utf8' }),
+  referendumEventIds: new Level(`${dataDir}/referendumEventIds`, { keyEncoding: 'json', valueEncoding: 'utf8' }),
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/matrix.js b/backend/src/matrix.js
index 53ccda2..f5c225a 100644
--- a/backend/src/matrix.js
+++ b/backend/src/matrix.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const {
   SimpleFsStorageProvider,
 } = require('matrix-bot-sdk');
 const fastq = require('fastq');
-const Promise = require('bluebird');
+
+const { appState, proposalEventIds } = require('./db');
 
 const {
   MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL,
@@ -14,18 +15,36 @@ const {
   MATRIX_PASSWORD,
   BOT_STORAGE_PATH,
   BOT_CRYPTO_STORAGE_PATH,
+  BOT_INSTANCE_ID,
+  ETH_NETWORK,
 } = process.env;
 
 const storageProvider = new SimpleFsStorageProvider(BOT_STORAGE_PATH);
 const cryptoProvider = new RustSdkCryptoStorageProvider(BOT_CRYPTO_STORAGE_PATH);
 let client;
 let joinedRooms;
-const processOutboundQueue = async ({ text }) => {
-  console.log('broadcasting', { text });
-  await Promise.each(joinedRooms, async (roomId) => {
-    await client.sendText(roomId, text);
-  });
+let targetRoomId;
+
+const processOutboundQueue = async ({ type, ...args }) => {
+  if (!targetRoomId) return;
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'NewProposal': {
+      const { proposalIndex, text } = args;
+      try {
+        await proposalEventIds.get(Number(proposalIndex));
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e.status === 404) {
+          console.log('sending to room', targetRoomId, { text });
+          const eventId = await client.sendText(targetRoomId, text);
+          await proposalEventIds.put(Number(proposalIndex), eventId);
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+  }
 };
+
 const outboundQueue = fastq(processOutboundQueue, 1);
 outboundQueue.pause();
 
@@ -46,18 +65,46 @@ const start = async () => {
   joinedRooms = await client.getJoinedRooms();
   console.log('joined rooms:', joinedRooms);
 
+  try {
+    targetRoomId = await appState.get('targetRoomId');
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Leave targetRoomId uninitialized for now
+  }
+
   async function handleCommand(roomId, event) {
     // Don't handle unhelpful events (ones that aren't text messages, are redacted, or sent by us)
     if (event.content?.msgtype !== 'm.text') return;
     if (event.sender === await client.getUserId()) return;
 
-    // Check to ensure that the `!hello` command is being run
-    const { body } = event.content;
-    if (!body?.startsWith('!hello')) return;
+    const helloRegex = /^!hello\b/i;
+    const targetRegex = /^!target (.*)\b/i;
+    const proposalRegex = /\bprop(|osal) ([0-9]+)\b/i;
 
-    // Now that we've passed all the checks, we can actually act upon the command
-    console.log(`!hello roomId ${roomId}`);
-    await client.replyNotice(roomId, event, 'Hello world!');
+    const { body } = event.content;
+
+    if (helloRegex.test(body)) {
+      console.log(`!hello roomId ${roomId}`);
+      await client.replyNotice(roomId, event, 'Hello world!');
+    } else if (targetRegex.test(body)) {
+      const [, instanceId] = targetRegex.exec(body);
+      console.log(`!target roomId ${roomId} instanceId ${instanceId}`);
+      if (instanceId === BOT_INSTANCE_ID) {
+        targetRoomId = roomId;
+        await appState.put('targetRoomId', targetRoomId);
+        await client.replyNotice(roomId, event, `Proposal events will be sent to this room for network ${ETH_NETWORK}`);
+      }
+    } else if (proposalRegex.test(body)) {
+      const [, , proposalIndexStr] = proposalRegex.exec(body);
+      const proposalIndex = parseInt(proposalIndexStr, 10);
+      console.log(`mention of proposal ${proposalIndex} in roomId ${roomId}`);
+      try {
+        const proposalEventId = await proposalEventIds.get(proposalIndex);
+        const proposalEventUri = `https://matrix.to/#/${roomId}/${proposalEventId}`;
+        await client.sendText(roomId, `Proposal ${proposalIndex}: ${proposalEventUri}`);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Not found
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Before we start the bot, register our command handler
@@ -69,11 +116,11 @@ const start = async () => {
   });
 };
 
-const broadcastMessage = (text) => {
-  outboundQueue.push({ text });
+const sendNewProposalEvent = (proposalIndex, text) => {
+  outboundQueue.push({ type: 'NewProposal', proposalIndex, text });
 };
 
 module.exports = {
   start,
-  broadcastMessage,
+  sendNewProposalEvent,
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/proposals.js b/backend/src/proposals.js
index 70866b4..89d4ff4 100644
--- a/backend/src/proposals.js
+++ b/backend/src/proposals.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { proposals } = require('./contracts');
 const read = require('./read');
-const { broadcastMessage } = require('./matrix');
+const { sendNewProposalEvent } = require('./matrix');
 
 // Subscribe to proposal events
 const start = () => {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const start = () => {
     if (post.embeddedData && Object.entries(post.embeddedData).length) {
       message += `\n\n${JSON.stringify(post.embeddedData, null, 2)}`;
     }
-    broadcastMessage(message);
+    sendNewProposalEvent(proposalIndex, message);
   });
 };