Can you use @mentions for 3rd party software?

[Gaurang_Tandon]

Additionally, this post outlines some common tricks regarding hashtags and mentions:

Tip: Hashtags and Mentions

Some sites support special handling of hashtags (e.g. #important or #support) or mentions (e.g. @john or @sally). When typed into the site's text editor, they may replace these with special markup or automatically notify a relevant person or channel. Unfortunately, when using these hashtags or mentions in your snippets, some sites might not detect them the same way as if you had typed them out directly. If this happens on a site, there are few techniques you can try to get the sites editor to…

Let us know if none of them work for you