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First week · Guide 3 of 6 · 1 min

Choose an expert

Hire the right rung: one expert, a department, or a function.

Before you start

Know the question you want answered this week. The Chief of Staff's referral (Orient) tells you which function it belongs to.

Steps
  1. Open the Marketplace from the sidebar. The bench has three tabs: Single, Department, Function.

    Screenshot 5 · The bench, three tabs

    1 Single, Department, Function: one expert, a department, or a function.2 Hire costs nothing.

    Screenshot 5 · The bench, three tabsOpen this screen →
  2. Single: open a profile, read "what this expert will not take on", click Hire.

  3. Department: open the department, read the Manifest, the Lead and the Members, click Hire the department.

  4. Function: open the function, read the Manifest and the Head, see the org chart, click Stand up the function.

What you should see

Hired experts in your Library under Agents, and available with @ in any composer.

What you should see · The expert answers to @

1 Type @ and the expert's name.2 The composer, with the expert attached.

What you should see · The expert answers to @Open this screen →
If it did not work

If Hire shows an error, reply to any of our emails with the expert's name; we hire for you while the fix ships.

Next

Run your first Brief with that expert.

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Updated October 2026 · Reply to any of our emails if a step does not match your screen