Pick a main Bot so it can see and delegate across your team

How this helps you

One Bot keeps track of the others and tells you what needs you, so you check one chat.

✦ Try it

I want to make you my main Bot. Then tell me what each of my other Bots is working on and which ones you would hand work to.

What they did

Alex Finn explains the main Bot feature. His main Bot has a star next to it and, by default, knows what his other Bots are doing. He says that makes it more proactive: one morning it checked his calendar and email and messaged him first with a list of things that needed him, and offered to handle them. It also delegates to the other Bots. If you log in after the update you get a pop-up to choose; otherwise you message a Bot and tell it you want it as your main Bot.

Who it's for: People who prefer one main chat that handles everything.

How to try it

Choose the Bot you talk to most.
Answer the pop-up if it appears, or tell that Bot: I want to make you my main Bot.
Check it has a star next to its name.
Send most requests to it and let it delegate.

What to expect

A star next to the Bot, and proactive messages such as reminders, warnings that something broke, and offers to take tasks.

Common mistakes

Expecting silence. A main Bot is meant to message you more, so set quiet hours or tell it what is worth a ping.

Related tips

Start with a chief of staff Bot: Talk to one coordinator Bot and let it hand work to your specialist Bots.
Start each day with an approvals prompt, end it with a night prompt: Two short daily questions that get your Bot to find work you forgot about.
Put quiet hours inside the routine itself: Have the routine re-check the clock right before it acts, and skip itself if it's too late.
Tag @bot on X: say "send it to my bot": Just tagging @bot won't reach your chat. Ask it to send it to your Bot.
A daily loop: a metrics Bot decides, other Bots change the site: In the official 201 workshop, an orchestrator Bot runs a daily skill: read the analytics, drop the bottom three, design three new, deploy.
Run a daily standup with your Bots in a group chat: Put your main Bots in one group chat and have your primary Bot ask each morning what everyone is doing today, so nothing slips.
Three questions before you create another Bot: Only make a new Bot if the job needs its own memory, different permissions or its own schedule. Otherwise give it to your chief of staff.
Promote a Bot to director and let it build and run its own team: When one Bot has collected a lot of context, promote it: ask it to create three Bots that report to it, keep them away from you, and send you one Monday summary.