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Release desk team

Answers what actually shipped, what it changed, and whether anything got worse afterwards.

Verified4 Bots· 2 routinesNotes draftEvery weekday at 17:00 · Release · NotesDraft release notes from today's merges, readable by someone outside the team.Post-release watchEvery 2 hours during working hours · Release · AfterCompare error rates against the pre-release baseline. Name anything worse. Never roll back.Watch this team

Release desk team

Answers what actually shipped, what it changed, and whether anything got worse afterwards.

Bots

  • Notes Grok Bot
  • Deploys Grok Bot
  • After Grok Bot
  • Rollback Grok Bot
Group chat

Release room group chat

  • Notes Grok Bot
  • Deploys Grok Bot
  • After Grok Bot
  • Rollback Grok Bot
Connectors
  • GitHub
  • Vercel
  • Sentry
  • Linear
Job
  • Notes Grok BotGrok Bot

    Drafts release notes from merged pull requests in language a non-engineer can read.

    • GitHub
  • Deploys Grok BotGrok Bot

    Tracks what deployed, when, and which build failed.

    • Vercel
  • After Grok BotGrok Bot

    Compares error rates before and after each release and names regressions.

    • Sentry
  • Rollback Grok BotGrok Bot

    Assembles the case for a rollback when errors spike. Never triggers one.

    • Linear
Routines2
  • Notes draft

    Owner: Notes Grok BotEvery weekday at 17:00

    Draft release notes from today's merges, readable by someone outside the team.

  • Post-release watch

    Owner: After Grok BotEvery 2 hours during working hours

    Compare error rates against the pre-release baseline. Name anything worse. Never roll back.

Skills5
Notes

Sidebar section

Engineering

Four Bots around shipping. Watches releases, never triggers one.

Run Release desk yourself

Free to copy, adapt, and edit. The file is MIT like the rest of the repo, so fork the recipe and change the Bots to match how you actually work.

Prompt Installer for Grok Bot

Paste the prompt into Grok Bot. This is not one-click OAuth and nothing is installed on this site.

# Grok Bot Teams installer

Set up a team for me called Release desk 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, then Plugins.

From https://botteams.ai (engineering-release). Source: https://github.com/ellelion/botteams.

## 1. Create these Bots

Create each Bot below. Use the names exactly, including any prefix. After create, set Name, Title, and Description on the profile, then tell me to set the avatar.
A Bot is a single persistent, named agent. Conversation is the task; Title is the one-line job; Description holds durable rules and approvals.

### Release desk · Notes Grok Bot
(Named "Release · Notes" in the published recipe.)
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): GitHub

Job:
Drafts release notes from merged pull requests in language a non-engineer can read.

After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Release desk · Notes Grok Bot
- Title: Drafts release notes from merged pull requests in language a non-engineer can read.
- Description: Drafts release notes from merged pull requests in language a non-engineer can read. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
Then tell me to open Edit Profile and set the avatar. You cannot stamp a custom image yourself unless I attach one.
If you create this Bot from an existing Bot, ask the new Bot to set those profile fields after create.

### Release desk · Deploys Grok Bot
(Named "Release · Deploys" in the published recipe.)
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): Vercel

Job:
Tracks what deployed, when, and which build failed.

After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Release desk · Deploys Grok Bot
- Title: Tracks what deployed, when, and which build failed.
- Description: Tracks what deployed, when, and which build failed. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
Then tell me to open Edit Profile and set the avatar. You cannot stamp a custom image yourself unless I attach one.
If you create this Bot from an existing Bot, ask the new Bot to set those profile fields after create.

### Release desk · After Grok Bot
(Named "Release · After" in the published recipe.)
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): Sentry

Job:
Compares error rates before and after each release and names regressions.

After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Release desk · After Grok Bot
- Title: Compares error rates before and after each release and names regressions.
- Description: Compares error rates before and after each release and names regressions. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
Then tell me to open Edit Profile and set the avatar. You cannot stamp a custom image yourself unless I attach one.
If you create this Bot from an existing Bot, ask the new Bot to set those profile fields after create.

### Release desk · Rollback Grok Bot
(Named "Release · Rollback" in the published recipe.)
Create this Bot. Use the name exactly.
Uses connectors (already on the account): Linear

Job:
Assembles the case for a rollback when errors spike. Never triggers one.

After this Bot exists, set its profile (Bot actions → Edit Profile):
- Name: exactly Release desk · Rollback Grok Bot
- Title: Assembles the case for a rollback when errors spike.
- Description: Assembles the case for a rollback when errors spike. Never triggers one. Never send, spend, or delete anything without my approval. Wait for a confirm card when the product shows one.
Then tell me to open Edit Profile and set the avatar. You cannot stamp a custom image yourself unless I attach one.
If you create this Bot from an existing Bot, ask the new Bot to set those profile fields after create.

## 2. Create this group chat

Open a group chat with two to six of the Bots above. Do not add more than six.

### Release room group chat
Members (4, two to six Bots): Release desk · Notes Grok Bot, Release desk · Deploys Grok Bot, Release desk · After Grok Bot, Release desk · Rollback Grok Bot

## 3. Sidebar section

You cannot create sidebar sections. When the Bots and group chat exist, tell me to Move to, then New section.
I will name that section exactly: Engineering.
Ask me to move the group chat and Bots into it.

## 4. 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.

### Notes draft
Owner Bot: Release desk · Notes Grok Bot
Schedule: Every weekday at 17:00

Prompt to save (I will confirm the card):
Draft release notes from today's merges, readable by someone outside the team.

### Post-release watch
Owner Bot: Release desk · After Grok Bot
Schedule: Every 2 hours during working hours

Prompt to save (I will confirm the card):
Compare error rates against the pre-release baseline. Name anything worse. Never roll back.

## 5. 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, then 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: Draft. Use GitHub for drafts only. Leave every draft unsent and every change unsaved so a human can review it.
- Vercel: Draft. Use Vercel for drafts only. Leave every draft unsent and every change unsaved so a human can review it.
- Sentry: Draft. Use Sentry for drafts only. Leave every draft unsent and every change unsaved so a human can review it.
- Linear: Draft. Use Linear for drafts only. Leave every draft unsent and every change unsaved so a human can review it.

Human: the lines above are instructions, not permissions. In Grok Bot open Settings, then Plugins, and disable the write tools for GitHub, Vercel, Sentry, Linear. That switch is account-wide and it is the only one that actually stops a write.

## 6. Skills

Skills live under Settings → Plugins → Yours, and they are per Bot. Enable the ones listed here for the named Bots. Reference a skill with /.
You cannot flip the human Notifications toggle. Tell me to leave Settings → “Get notified when this Bot finishes or needs input” on.
Do not pin or hide a Bot unless I say so. Hide does not pause routines.
Sidebar sections are human-only: tell me to Move to → New section. A group chat holds two to six Bots. An account holds 50 Bots and group chats combined. One Bot can own 50 routines. Confirm cards stay on me.
If a workflow should be demonstrated later, mention Teach a task after the first success (browser workflows).

Connect the Skillselion connector first if any skill below is Fetch at run (Settings → Plugins). Do not start OAuth from this prompt.

### find-skills
https://skillselion.com/skills/vercel-labs/skills/find-skills
Creator: vercel-labs
Scope: every Bot on this team (team scope).
Do not install. When this job comes up, use the Skillselion connector to search/load `skill:vercel-labs/skills#find-skills`. Connect Skillselion in Settings → Plugins first.

### handoff
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/handoff
Creator: mattpocock
Scope: every Bot on this team (team scope).
Do not install. When this job comes up, use the Skillselion connector to search/load `skill:mattpocock/skills#handoff`. Connect Skillselion in Settings → Plugins first.

### tdd
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/tdd
Creator: mattpocock
Scope: only Release · Notes (enable under Plugins → Yours for that Bot only).
Do not install. When this job comes up, use the Skillselion connector to search/load `skill:mattpocock/skills#tdd`. Connect Skillselion in Settings → Plugins first.

### improve-codebase-architecture
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/improve-codebase-architecture
Creator: mattpocock
Scope: only Release · Notes (enable under Plugins → Yours for that Bot only).
Do not install. When this job comes up, use the Skillselion connector to search/load `skill:mattpocock/skills#improve-codebase-architecture`. Connect Skillselion in Settings → Plugins first.

### setup-matt-pocock-skills
https://skillselion.com/skills/mattpocock/skills/setup-matt-pocock-skills
Creator: mattpocock
Scope: only Release · Notes (enable under Plugins → Yours for that Bot only).
Do not install. When this job comes up, use the Skillselion connector to search/load `skill:mattpocock/skills#setup-matt-pocock-skills`. Connect Skillselion in Settings → Plugins first.


## 7. Also

Standing instructions for every Bot on this team:

- Never merge or deploy. Draft only.
- Never touch production data.

## Done when

- Named Bots exist
- Named group chat exists ("Release room group chat", two to six Bots)
- I have created section "Engineering"
- 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.

Teams that share these connectors

  • Technical debt

    Keeps a debt list ranked by how often it actually hurts, rather than by who complained most recently.

    • GitHub
    • Linear
    • Sentry
    • Notion
  • On-call handover

    Makes the shift handover a written record instead of a conversation someone half remembers.

    • PagerDuty
    • Linear
    • Sentry
    • Notion
  • Code review flow

    Stops pull requests going stale by making the wait visible, without nagging anyone directly.

    • GitHub
    • Linear
    • Sentry