Teams & Presets

What a team is

A team is a set of bots with assigned roles, connected to a Discord server. The team configuration lives in two files: bots.yaml (infrastructure) and assignment.yaml (roles + Discord).

Team presets

disclaw-team ships with 7 bundled team templates to get you started quickly. Run disclaw-team init and select a template when prompted.

Template	Bots	Use case
executive	4 (Team Lead, Researcher, Validator, Engineer)	Strategic decisions + execution
dev-team	4 (Tech Lead, Frontend Dev, Backend Dev, QA)	Software development
frontend	4 (Creative Director, UI Designer, Frontend Dev, Reviewer)	Design + frontend
product	4 (Product Manager, UX Researcher, Copywriter, Reviewer)	Product development
content	4 (Editor, Writer, Researcher, Fact-Checker)	Content creation
research	5 (Lead Analyst, Researcher A, Researcher B, Data Analyst, Peer Reviewer)	Deep analysis
solo	1 (generalist)	Single-bot setup

How presets work

A preset pre-fills the init wizard with a role assignment configuration. It doesn’t lock you into anything — you can change role assignments at any time with disclaw-team assign.

Saving and loading teams

Use disclaw-team switch to save the current team config as a named profile and load it later.

switch doesn’t persist with new format

In new-format setups, disclaw-team start re-derives team.yaml from bots.yaml + assignment.yaml on every run. Changes loaded via switch load are overwritten the next time you start. Use the overrides block in assignment.yaml for persistent customizations.

Related: assignment.yaml, CLI: switch, Guides: Using Team Presets