# Function: isControlMessage()

```ts
function isControlMessage(type): boolean;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/network/introductions.ts:27](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/network/introductions.ts#L27)

Whether a message belongs to the mesh rather than the application above it

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `type` | `string` |

## Returns

`boolean`