Nine roster hacks: Grill Me, chief of staff, memory, and Composio
Once the first bots work, the next jump is roster discipline: how you teach context, who you talk to, what is shared memory, and how you reach tools the built-in catalog does not list yet.
This Advanced how-to compresses a dense public walkthrough into nine practical moves. Assume you already know install, plugins, and basic routines.
1. Grill Me for shared understanding
Import or paste a "grill me" style interview skill (relentless questions until you and the bot share the same picture). Run it before a quarter plan, a new automation, or a new product idea. Save it as a reusable skill so any specialist can call it.
2. One chief of staff
Pin a single coordinator. Write in its description: check whether another bot owns the job and delegate first; only do the work if no specialist fits; bring results back here. You talk to one bot; it fans out.
3. Let the CoS propose seats
After Grill Me, ask the coordinator what bots to add next. Prefer outcome-based seats over "another general helper." Refuse duplicate chiefs.
4. Shared memory vs bot-only memory
Plugins are shared. Facts are not always. Put company-wide context (who you are, funnels, which bridge tools you use) in shared knowledge. Keep personal preferences and one-off project noise in bot-only memory. Say which bucket you mean when you correct a fact.
5. Threads for double-taps
When a reply deserves a side conversation, start a thread instead of polluting the main session. Jump back when you are done.
6. Composio (or similar) for missing plugins
If YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, or another app is missing from the native catalog, a bridge connector such as Composio can expose hundreds of tools through one plugin. Put "how we reach X" in shared knowledge so every bot uses the same path. Soft-hedge: catalogs and pricing move, check the live plugin list.
7. Log work to your board
Add a skill that writes agent tasks to ClickUp (or your board of record): owner, status, link, started time. When the CoS delegates research, you can see progress without opening every bot chat.
8. Teach-by-demo for visual paths
For click-paths that are hard to narrate, open the bot computer, record teach-a-task, stop, and save the skill. Reuse it from routines. Remember: bots share one computer under the hood even when desktops look separate, a login is available to the roster.
9. Routines that survive sleep
Create schedule or event routines with explicit instructions (which skill, which specialist to message). Listed triggers today include Slack, Git, Teams, and similar event sources, confirm the live list in the routine panel. Cloud runs continue when your devices are off.
Standing farm note
These hacks improve orchestration. They do not replace Desk Hermes / local OpenAI-compatible / Cloud Agents for heavy coding. Keep that split.
Sources: 2+ public walkthroughs (general knowledge; no cite required). Soft-hedge third-party bridges; verify connectors.
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