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title: Specialists — instibrain basics, lesson 2
description: A specialist is one job, done by the AI you use: it knows the method and which pages to read first. Its persona and method, what your company knows, the staff.
url: https://instibrain.ai/guides/instibrain-basics/specialists
updated: 2026-10-28
site: https://instibrain.ai/llms.txt
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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.

The Content specialist is an example. Its method comes from the specialists folder; its facts come from your spaces.

## 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.

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