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# Grok Bot Teams installer
Set up a team for me called Indie distribution Team. Create the named Bots, then the group chat, then save the routines.
Ask me only for things you cannot see. Do not start OAuth. If a connector is missing, tell me to connect it in Settings → Plugins.
From https://botteams.io (indie-distribution). Source: https://github.com/ellelion/botteams.
## 1. Create these Bots
Create each Bot below. Use the names exactly. After create, set Name, Title, and Description on the profile.
A Bot is persistent and named. Conversation is the task; Title is the one-line job; Description holds durable rules and approvals.
### Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): GitHub, Notion
Job:
Reads GitHub releases and merged changelog items that are actually out. Writes the changelog note. Never invents a ship date and never writes a release.
After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot
- Title: Reads GitHub releases and merged changelog items that are actually out.
- Description: Reads GitHub releases and merged changelog items that are actually out. Writes the changelog note. Never invents a ship date and never writes a release. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
### Indie distribution Team - X Bot
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): X, Notion
Job:
Drafts one X post from the changelog facts. Solo developer voice. Never tweets.
After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Indie distribution Team - X Bot
- Title: Drafts one X post from the changelog facts.
- Description: Drafts one X post from the changelog facts. Solo developer voice. Never tweets. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
### Indie distribution Team - HN Bot
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): Hacker News, Notion
Job:
Drafts a Show HN from the same ship facts. Never posts and never comments as the brand.
After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Indie distribution Team - HN Bot
- Title: Drafts a Show HN from the same ship facts.
- Description: Drafts a Show HN from the same ship facts. Never posts and never comments as the brand. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
### Indie distribution Team - Listings Bot
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): Notion, Gmail
Job:
Drafts directory listing notes in Notion. A human posts them on Product Hunt and other directories. Never posts.
After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Indie distribution Team - Listings Bot
- Title: Drafts directory listing notes in Notion.
- Description: Drafts directory listing notes in Notion. A human posts them on Product Hunt and other directories. Never posts. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
## 2. Create this group chat
Open a group chat with two to six of the Bots above. Do not add more than six.
### Indie distribution group chat
Members (4, two to six Bots): Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot, Indie distribution Team - X Bot, Indie distribution Team - HN Bot, Indie distribution Team - Listings Bot
## 3. Routines (confirm card required)
Ping each owner Bot with the routine they own so they can save it.
A routine is owned by one Bot, and one Bot can own up to 50 of them. A confirm card will appear. I will confirm each one.
Do not assume a routine is saved until I confirm.
### Weekday changelog
Owner Bot: Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot
Schedule: Every weekday at 09:30
Prompt to save (I will confirm the card):
List GitHub releases and changelog items from the last day that are actually shipped. Skip anything still in a PR. Write the changelog note in Notion. Do not write a release.
### Friday leftovers
Owner Bot: Indie distribution Team - Listings Bot
Schedule: Every Friday at 16:00
Prompt to save (I will confirm the card):
List ships that still have no X draft, no Show HN, and no listing note. Draft the missing listing notes. Do not post. Do not send mail.
## 4. Connectors and how far they go
Connectors are account-wide. They must already be connected.
If any are missing, tell me to connect them in Settings → Plugins first.
Do not walk an OAuth flow from this prompt.
Every Bot on this account can reach every connected tool. The lists above are which Bot is expected to use which, not a second OAuth and not a boundary.
- GitHub: Read. Use GitHub read-only. Read and summarise it. Do not open a PR, create a branch, or merge.
- X: Draft. Use X for drafts only. Write the post, do not publish it.
- Hacker News: Draft. Use Hacker News read-only.
- Notion: Draft. Use Notion for drafts only. Write the page, never publish.
- Gmail: Draft. Use Gmail for drafts only. Draft the message, do not send.
## 5. Skills
Skills live under Settings → Plugins → Yours, and they are per Bot. Reference a skill with /.
If a skill is already installed on the account (Settings → Plugins → Yours), use it. Enable it for this Bot if / does not show it.
If it is not installed, fetch or load it through the Skillselion connector using the skill id. Do not install a second copy.
Connect the Skillselion connector only when a fetch is needed. Do not start OAuth from this prompt.
Do not pin or hide a Bot unless I say so. Hide does not pause routines.
If a workflow should be demonstrated later, mention Teach a task after the first success (browser workflows).
### find-skills
https://skillselion.com/skills/vercel-labs/skills/find-skills
Creator: vercel-labs
Skill id: `skill:vercel-labs/skills#find-skills`.
Scope: every Bot on this team (team scope).
### handoff
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/handoff
Creator: mattpocock
Skill id: `skill:mattpocock/skills#handoff`.
Scope: every Bot on this team (team scope).
### tdd
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/tdd
Creator: mattpocock
Skill id: `skill:mattpocock/skills#tdd`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot.
### improve-codebase-architecture
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/improve-codebase-architecture
Creator: mattpocock
Skill id: `skill:mattpocock/skills#improve-codebase-architecture`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot.
### prototype
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/prototype
Creator: mattpocock
Skill id: `skill:mattpocock/skills#prototype`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - Listings Bot.
### setup-matt-pocock-skills
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/setup-matt-pocock-skills
Creator: mattpocock
Skill id: `skill:mattpocock/skills#setup-matt-pocock-skills`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - Changelog Bot.
### seo-content-writing
https://skillselion.com/skills/aaaaqwq/claude-code-skills/seo-content-writing
Creator: aaaaqwq
Skill id: `skill:aaaaqwq/claude-code-skills#seo-content-writing`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - HN Bot.
### frontend-design
https://skillselion.com/skills/anthropics/skills/frontend-design
Creator: anthropics
Skill id: `skill:anthropics/skills#frontend-design`.
Scope: only Indie distribution Team - HN Bot.
## 6. Also
Standing instructions for every Bot on this team:
- Never post. Drafts only.
- Never comment as the brand.
- A human posts on Product Hunt and other directories.
## Human steps
These are yours. The Bot cannot do them.
- Set each Bot avatar (Bot actions → Edit Profile). Attach an image if you want a custom one.
- Create a sidebar section named exactly: Indie distribution Team. Move the group chat and Bots into it.
- In Settings → Plugins, disable the write tools for GitHub, X, Hacker News, Notion, Gmail. That switch is account-wide and it is the only one that actually stops a write.
- Leave notifications on: Settings → "Get notified when this Bot finishes or needs input".
## Done when
- Named Bots exist
- Named group chat exists ("Indie distribution group chat", two to six Bots)
- I have created section "Indie distribution Team"
- Each routine has a confirmed save (or I declined)
- Connectors listed above are already connected
Uninstall: delete the Bots and group chats in the Grok Bot sidebar.
There is no remote uninstall from this catalog.
