lesson 2 of 6 · instibrain basics
Specialists.
A specialist is one job, done by the AI you use. It knows how to do the job and which pages to read first.
new words
- Your AI
- The AI that works as you, with tools: Claude Code or Codex on your computer, or Claude on the web and your phone.
- Persona
- Who the specialist is: its role and how it thinks.
- Method
- The steps it follows.
the lesson
A specialist has a persona and a method. It sits beside your spaces, in ~/instibrain/specialists/.
What your company knows for it sits in your spaces, in a folder with its name. A Content specialist reads knowledge/content/ in every space you read. It reads nothing outside your spaces.
Your company shares with you the specialists your work needs. Beside them, every brain has instibrain's own staff, three helpers:
| Staff | Its job |
|---|---|
| insticurator | Keeps the pages clean |
| instiguard | Checks that each page sits where the right people read it |
| instibuilder | Sets up your computer |
Name the specialist in your task. Claude gives the task to it and brings back its answer. For long work, open its own window, as lesson 4 shows.
try it
Type this and press Enter:
Which specialists do I have? One line for each.you should see
- Each specialist shared with you, with one line on what it does.