# Install a specialist bot

A marketplace specialist is a ready-made recipe for one job — ops, SEO, engineering — written by someone who already does that work. Prefer a specialist crew over one mega-bot. Wire agent memory hygiene; keep spend behind a dedicated wallet, caps, and review before place.

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## Answer first

Install one marketplace specialist per job. Connect only the apps that desk needs. Keep desk scratch private and house facts in shared user-memory. Bound the run with goal · folder · schedule · review. Nothing sends, posts, signs, or spends without a human yes. Agent Lane publishes the checklist. We do not host your marketplace installs or run your bots.

## Marketplace vs mega-prompt

- Mega-prompt — long paste into a blank bot; weak for recurring jobs; tempting to keep adding “also do X.”
- Marketplace specialist — role, skills, and defaults packaged for one desk. Import it; connect only what that job needs; keep review before place.

## Checklist before you import

- Pick one job — one lane. Three jobs means three bots later, not one Swiss-army prompt.
- Import from the official [Grok Bot marketplace](https://x.ai/bot/marketplace). Read what the bot does, will not do, and which connectors it asks for.
- Connect only the apps that job needs ([connect-only-what-you-need.md](./connect-only-what-you-need.md)). Extra connectors are extra ways a confused run can touch money or mail. Pair with the shared-box checklist.
- Wire memory on purpose — desk scratch private; house facts and human-yes rules in shared user-memory. See agent-memory.
- Keep review before place / human yes — nothing sends, posts, signs, or spends without you.

## How to install a specialist bot

1. Pick one job — what done looks like; what it must not touch.
2. Import from the marketplace — read the bot’s own page before connecting apps.
3. Connect only the apps that job needs — skip spend, mail, and post paths until you need them with review before place on.
4. Wire private vs shared memory — desk scratch private; house facts shared. Prefer a specialist crew over one mega-bot.
5. Bound the desk: goal · folder · schedule · review — overnight unattended spend is not the default.
6. Keep spend behind the shield stack — dedicated agent wallet, agent spend caps, then review before place.
7. Prove one job before adding another bot — still one clear job each.

## Goal · folder · schedule · review

- Goal — one job in plain words; what done looks like; what it must not touch.
- Folder — a bounded workspace so the bot is not hunting the whole disk.
- Schedule — when it runs; overnight unattended spend is not the default.
- Human review — you read the draft, invoice, or payment plan before anything sends or spends.

Pair with a spend shield and caps. A social story about autopay is not proof it is safe. Process first; money moves only after you tap yes.

## Memory + spend gates

- Private vs shared — https://agentlane.net/guides/agent-memory/
- Dedicated agent wallet — https://agentlane.net/guides/dedicated-agent-wallet/
- Spend caps — https://agentlane.net/guides/agent-spend-caps/
- Review before place — https://agentlane.net/guides/review-before-place/
- Shared box / connectors — https://agentlane.net/guides/shared-box/
- Trading-agent map — https://agentlane.net/guides/trading-agent-map/

## Soft example

[SEO & AEO Desk](https://x.ai/bot/marketplace/bots/seo-aeo-desk) — content-desk helper for search and AI-answer briefs. Not a publisher; not a reason to connect a wallet.

## Agent Lane does not

- Run your bots or host marketplace installs.
- Rank marketplace bots or claim one is “best.”
- Invent tracking for xAI marketplace links — official product URLs only.

## Related

- https://x.ai/bot/marketplace
- https://agentlane.net/guides/agent-memory/
- https://agentlane.net/guides/shared-box/
- https://agentlane.net/guides/review-before-place/
- https://agentlane.net/guides/agent-spend-caps/
- https://agentlane.net/guides/dedicated-agent-wallet/
- https://agentlane.net/guides/trading-agent-map/
- https://agentlane.net/resources/

## FAQ

**Why install a specialist bot instead of a mega-prompt?**
A marketplace specialist is a ready-made recipe for one job — ops, SEO, engineering — packaged by someone who already does that work. A mega-prompt is a long paste into a blank bot: easy to forget a rule, hard to share, and tempting to keep adding “also do X” until one bot tries to run every desk.

**What does one job per bot mean?**
Pick one lane — content briefs, vendor review drafts, engineering cleanup — and install one specialist for it. If you need three jobs, install three bots later. Do not start with a Swiss-army prompt that inherits every desk’s notebook.

**How should I connect apps after import?**
Connect only the apps that job needs. Search Console for an SEO desk is different from a spend path or send-mail path. Extra connectors are extra ways a confused run can touch money or your inbox. Pair with the shared-box and connector checklist.

**How does this pair with agent memory hygiene?**
Keep one-job desk scratch in that specialist’s private memory. Put house facts about you — timezone, brand voice, “never send or place without my yes” — in shared user-memory. Prefer a specialist crew so private notebooks stay local and shared stays thin. See agent memory hygiene.

**Does a specialist replace review before place?**
No. A marketplace install is still not allowed to place, pay, post, or send alone. Keep review before place as the human yes. When money is in play, stack a dedicated agent wallet and agent spend caps before any live spend connector.

**What is goal · folder · schedule · review?**
After install, bound the desk: a goal in plain words, a folder so the bot is not hunting the whole disk, a schedule for when it runs, and human review before anything sends or spends. Steal the process from viral agent-money stories — not the miracle claim.

**Where do I apply this next?**
Memory split: agent-memory. Shared computer and connectors: shared-box. Spend gate: review-before-place. Hard dollar limits: agent-spend-caps. Separate spend path: dedicated-agent-wallet. Trading maps: trading-agent-map. Agent Lane publishes the checklist; we do not host your marketplace installs.

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Related: [connect-only-what-you-need.md](./connect-only-what-you-need.md)