diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/card.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/card.ts
index b39256c5..949804d1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/card.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/card.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as workspaceRepo from "@kan/db/repository/workspace.repo";
 
 import { createTRPCRouter, protectedProcedure, publicProcedure } from "../trpc";
 import { mergeActivities } from "../utils/activities";
+import { sendMentionEmails } from "../utils/notifications";
 import { assertCanDelete, assertCanEdit, assertPermission } from "../utils/permissions";
 import { generateAttachmentUrl, generateAvatarUrl } from "@kan/shared/utils";
 
@@ -153,6 +154,17 @@ export const cardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
         await cardActivityRepo.bulkCreate(ctx.db, cardActivitesInsert);
       }
 
+      if (input.description) {
+        sendMentionEmails({
+          db: ctx.db,
+          cardPublicId: newCard.publicId,
+          commentHtml: input.description,
+          commenterUserId: userId,
+        }).catch((error) => {
+          console.error("Failed to send mention emails:", error);
+        });
+      }
+
       return newCard;
     }),
   addComment: protectedProcedure
@@ -215,6 +227,16 @@ export const cardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
         createdBy: userId,
       });
 
+      sendMentionEmails({
+        db: ctx.db,
+        cardPublicId: input.cardPublicId,
+        commentHtml: input.comment,
+        commenterUserId: userId,
+        commentId: newComment.id,
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        console.error("Failed to send mention emails:", error);
+      });
+
       return newComment;
     }),
   updateComment: protectedProcedure
@@ -295,6 +317,16 @@ export const cardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
         createdBy: userId,
       });
 
+      sendMentionEmails({
+        db: ctx.db,
+        cardPublicId: input.cardPublicId,
+        commentHtml: input.comment,
+        commenterUserId: userId,
+        commentId: updatedComment.id,
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        console.error("Failed to send mention emails:", error);
+      });
+
       return updatedComment;
     }),
   deleteComment: protectedProcedure
@@ -924,6 +956,15 @@ export const cardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
           fromDescription: existingCard.description ?? undefined,
           toDescription: input.description,
         });
+
+        sendMentionEmails({
+          db: ctx.db,
+          cardPublicId: input.cardPublicId,
+          commentHtml: input.description,
+          commenterUserId: userId,
+        }).catch((error) => {
+          console.error("Failed to send mention emails:", error);
+        });
       }
 
       if (
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
index 0e6ab7d1..28c63eb6 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from "./subscriptions";
 export * from "./email";
 export * from "./dueDateFilters";
 export * from "./s3";
+export * from "./mentions";
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/mentions.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/mentions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f16088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/mentions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Parses mention data-id attributes from HTML content
+ * Mentions are stored as: <span data-type="mention" data-id="..." data-label="...">@label</span>
+ * @param htmlContent - The HTML content to parse
+ * @returns Array of unique mention public IDs
+ */
+export function parseMentionsFromHTML(htmlContent: string): string[] {
+  if (!htmlContent) return [];
+
+  // Match all mention spans with data-id attributes
+  const mentionRegex = /<span[^>]*data-type="mention"[^>]*data-id="([^"]+)"[^>]*>/gi;
+  const matches = Array.from(htmlContent.matchAll(mentionRegex));
+  
+  // Extract unique mention IDs
+  const mentionIds = matches
+    .map((match) => match[1])
+    .filter((id): id is string => !!id && id.length >= 12);
+
+  // Return unique IDs
+  return Array.from(new Set(mentionIds));
+}
+