def mention_person(person):
    """ Creates a "mention" for the specified person.

    :param person: The person to mention (must be CiscoSparkAPI.Person)

    :returns: String with the format "<@personId:[personId]|[firstName]>"
    """

    mention = ''.join(["<@personId:", person.id, "|", person.firstName, ">"])
    return mention