diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 220d48e80..b971a6597 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unversioned
 
+- Minor: Add `{channel.name}`, `{channel.id}`, `{stream.game}`, `{stream.title}`, `{my.id}`, `{my.name}` placeholders for commands (#3155)
 - Minor: Remove TwitchEmotes.com attribution and the open/copy options when right-clicking a Twitch Emote. (#2214, #3136)
 - Minor: Strip leading @ and trailing , from username in /user and /usercard commands. (#3143)
 - Minor: Display a system message when reloading subscription emotes to match BTTV/FFZ behavior (#3135)
diff --git a/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.cpp b/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.cpp
index f34ec525a..cf71b3942 100644
--- a/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,72 @@ bool appendWhisperMessageStringLocally(const QString &textNoEmoji)
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+const std::map<QString,
+               std::function<QString(const QString &, const ChannelPtr &)>>
+    COMMAND_VARS{
+        {
+            "channel.name",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                (void)(altText);  //unused
+                return channel->getName();
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "channel.id",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                auto *tc = dynamic_cast<TwitchChannel *>(channel.get());
+                if (tc == nullptr)
+                {
+                    return altText;
+                }
+
+                return tc->roomId();
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "stream.game",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                auto *tc = dynamic_cast<TwitchChannel *>(channel.get());
+                if (tc == nullptr)
+                {
+                    return altText;
+                }
+                const auto &status = tc->accessStreamStatus();
+                return status->live ? status->game : altText;
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "stream.title",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                auto *tc = dynamic_cast<TwitchChannel *>(channel.get());
+                if (tc == nullptr)
+                {
+                    return altText;
+                }
+                const auto &status = tc->accessStreamStatus();
+                return status->live ? status->title : altText;
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "my.id",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                (void)(channel);  //unused
+                auto uid = getApp()->accounts->twitch.getCurrent()->getUserId();
+                return uid.isEmpty() ? altText : uid;
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "my.name",
+            [](const auto &altText, const auto &channel) {
+                (void)(channel);  //unused
+                auto name =
+                    getApp()->accounts->twitch.getCurrent()->getUserName();
+                return name.isEmpty() ? altText : name;
+            },
+        },
+    };
+
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace chatterino {
@@ -855,7 +921,7 @@ QString CommandController::execCommand(const QString &textNoEmoji,
         if (it != this->userCommands_.end())
         {
             text = getApp()->emotes->emojis.replaceShortCodes(
-                this->execCustomCommand(words, it.value(), dryRun));
+                this->execCustomCommand(words, it.value(), dryRun, channel));
 
             words = text.split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
@@ -887,7 +953,7 @@ QString CommandController::execCommand(const QString &textNoEmoji,
         const auto it = this->userCommands_.find(commandName);
         if (it != this->userCommands_.end())
         {
-            return this->execCustomCommand(words, it.value(), dryRun);
+            return this->execCustomCommand(words, it.value(), dryRun, channel);
         }
     }
 
@@ -906,11 +972,13 @@ void CommandController::registerCommand(QString commandName,
 
 QString CommandController::execCustomCommand(const QStringList &words,
                                              const Command &command,
-                                             bool dryRun)
+                                             bool dryRun, ChannelPtr channel,
+                                             std::map<QString, QString> context)
 {
     QString result;
 
-    static QRegularExpression parseCommand("(^|[^{])({{)*{(\\d+\\+?)}");
+    static QRegularExpression parseCommand(
+        R"((^|[^{])({{)*{(\d+\+?|([a-zA-Z.-]+)(?:;(.+?))?)})");
 
     int lastCaptureEnd = 0;
 
@@ -942,7 +1010,27 @@ QString CommandController::execCustomCommand(const QStringList &words,
         int wordIndex = wordIndexMatch.replace("=", "").toInt(&ok);
         if (!ok || wordIndex == 0)
         {
-            result += "{" + match.captured(3) + "}";
+            auto varName = match.captured(4);
+            auto altText = match.captured(5);  // alt text or empty string
+
+            auto var = COMMAND_VARS.find(varName);
+
+            if (var != COMMAND_VARS.end())
+            {
+                result += var->second(altText, channel);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                auto it = context.find(varName);
+                if (it != context.end())
+                {
+                    result += it->second.isEmpty() ? altText : it->second;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    result += "{" + match.captured(3) + "}";
+                }
+            }
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.hpp b/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.hpp
index 1d3c25557..427c146e8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/commands/CommandController.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public:
 
     CommandModel *createModel(QObject *parent);
 
+    QString execCustomCommand(const QStringList &words, const Command &command,
+                              bool dryRun, ChannelPtr channel,
+                              std::map<QString, QString> context = {});
+
 private:
     void load(Paths &paths);
 
@@ -57,9 +61,6 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<pajlada::Settings::Setting<std::vector<Command>>>
         commandsSetting_;
 
-    QString execCustomCommand(const QStringList &words, const Command &command,
-                              bool dryRun);
-
     QStringList commandAutoCompletions_;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
index 064a25cd9..35606508c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
@@ -2101,12 +2101,24 @@ void ChannelView::handleLinkClick(QMouseEvent *event, const Link &link,
                 }
             }
 
-            value.replace("{user}", layout->getMessage()->loginName)
-                .replace("{channel}", this->channel_->getName())
-                .replace("{msg-id}", layout->getMessage()->id)
-                .replace("{message}", layout->getMessage()->messageText);
+            value = getApp()->commands->execCustomCommand(
+                QStringList(), Command{"(modaction)", value}, true, channel,
+                {
+                    {"user.name", layout->getMessage()->loginName},
+                    {"msg.id", layout->getMessage()->id},
+                    {"msg.text", layout->getMessage()->messageText},
+
+                    // old placeholders
+                    {"user", layout->getMessage()->loginName},
+                    {"msg-id", layout->getMessage()->id},
+                    {"message", layout->getMessage()->messageText},
+
+                    // new version of this is inside execCustomCommand
+                    {"channel", this->channel()->getName()},
+                });
 
             value = getApp()->commands->execCommand(value, channel, false);
+
             channel->sendMessage(value);
         }
         break;
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/ModerationPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/ModerationPage.cpp
index 020732b92..2b7e41ab7 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/ModerationPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/ModerationPage.cpp
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ ModerationPage::ModerationPage()
         // clang-format off
         auto label = modMode.emplace<QLabel>(
             "Moderation mode is enabled by clicking <img width='18' height='18' src=':/buttons/modModeDisabled.png'> in a channel that you moderate.<br><br>"
-            "Moderation buttons can be bound to chat commands such as \"/ban {user}\", \"/timeout {user} 1000\", \"/w someusername !report {user} was bad in channel {channel}\" or any other custom text commands.<br>"
-            "For deleting messages use /delete {msg-id}.<br><br>"
+            "Moderation buttons can be bound to chat commands such as \"/ban {user.name}\", \"/timeout {user.name} 1000\", \"/w someusername !report {user.name} was bad in channel {channel.name}\" or any other custom text commands.<br>"
+            "For deleting messages use /delete {msg.id}.<br><br>"
             "More information can be found <a href='https://wiki.chatterino.com/Moderation/#moderation-mode'>here</a>.");
         label->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
         label->setWordWrap(true);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ ModerationPage::ModerationPage()
 
         view->addButtonPressed.connect([] {
             getSettings()->moderationActions.append(
-                ModerationAction("/timeout {user} 300"));
+                ModerationAction("/timeout {user.name} 300"));
         });
     }