@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { FakeAllow } from "./fakeAllow";
 import { backupHandlers } from "./fakeBackup";
 import { botHandlers } from "./fakeBots";
 import { FakeBrowser } from "./fakeBrowser";
+import { catalogHandlers } from "./fakeCatalog";
 import { FakeChat } from "./fakeChat";
 import { FakeConversation } from "./fakeConversation";
 import { FakeCrewAccess } from "./fakeCrewAccess";
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ export class FakeBotloft implements BotloftApi {
     }),
     ...crewHandlers(this),
     ...botHandlers(this),
+    ...catalogHandlers(this),
     ...this.chat.handlers(),
     ...this.allow.handlers(),
     ...this.crewAccess.handlers(),
 
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { FakeBotloft } from "./fake";
+
+describe("the fake's bot catalog", () => {
+  it("lists the roles, by category too, and reads one with its instructions", async () => {
+    const fake = new FakeBotloft();
+    expect(await fake.call("catalog.list", {})).toHaveLength(12);
+    const code = await fake.call("catalog.list", { category: "code" });
+    expect(code.map((role) => role.id)).toEqual(["developer", "code-reviewer", "qa-tester"]);
+    expect(code[0]).not.toHaveProperty("instructions");
+
+    const reviewer = await fake.call("catalog.get", { id: "code-reviewer" });
+    expect(reviewer.effort).toBe("high");
+    expect(reviewer.instructions).toContain("### What you do");
+    await expect(fake.call("catalog.get", { id: "wizard" })).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("adds a role as a plain bot, with the name and role the app wrote", async () => {
+    const fake = new FakeBotloft();
+    const crew = fake.addCrew("Studio");
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    fake.subscribe((event) => seen.push(event.name));
+
+    const bot = await fake.call("catalog.add", {
+      crewId: crew.id,
+      templateId: "code-reviewer",
+      name: "Revisor de código",
+      role: "Revisa o que os outros bots mudaram",
+    });
+    const sheet = await fake.call("catalog.get", { id: "code-reviewer" });
+    expect(bot.name).toBe("Revisor de código");
+    expect(bot.instructions).toBe(sheet.instructions);
+    expect(bot.effort).toBe("high");
+    expect(bot.permissionMode).toBe("default");
+    expect(seen).toContain("bot.changed");
+
+    await expect(
+      fake.call("catalog.add", {
+        crewId: crew.id,
+        templateId: "code-reviewer",
+        name: "Revisor de código",
+        role: "x",
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// The fake daemon's bot catalog (spec 26): the same twelve ids and
+// categories as the daemon's sheets, with short stand-in texts. Adding a
+// role goes through `bots.create`, so handles and notifications match.
+
+import type { FakeBotloft, Handlers } from "./fake";
+import { botHandlers } from "./fakeBots";
+import { notFound } from "./fakeRules";
+import type { BotEffort, BotTemplateCategory, BotTemplateFull } from "./protocol.gen";
+
+type CatalogMethods = Extract<keyof Handlers, `catalog.${string}`>;
+
+const ROLES: [id: string, category: BotTemplateCategory, name: string, effort?: BotEffort][] = [
+  ["developer", "code", "Developer"],
+  ["code-reviewer", "code", "Code Reviewer", "high"],
+  ["qa-tester", "code", "QA Tester"],
+  ["designer", "design", "Designer"],
+  ["writer", "content", "Writer"],
+  ["social-media", "content", "Social Media"],
+  ["translator", "content", "Translator"],
+  ["researcher", "research", "Researcher"],
+  ["data-analyst", "research", "Data Analyst"],
+  ["sales-prospector", "business", "Sales Prospector"],
+  ["customer-support", "business", "Customer Support"],
+  ["personal-assistant", "business", "Personal Assistant"],
+];
+
+/** Every role, as `catalog.get` returns it. */
+export const FAKE_CATALOG: BotTemplateFull[] = ROLES.map(([id, category, name, effort]) => ({
+  id,
+  category,
+  name,
+  role: `${name} role`,
+  summary: `What the ${name.toLowerCase()} does`,
+  model: "default",
+  effort: effort ?? "default",
+  instructions: `You are a ${name.toLowerCase()} on this crew.\n\n### What you do\nThe ${name.toLowerCase()}'s work.`,
+}));
+
+function find(id: string): BotTemplateFull {
+  const found = FAKE_CATALOG.find((role) => role.id === id);
+  if (!found) {
+    throw notFound(`bot template ${id}`);
+  }
+  return found;
+}
+
+export function catalogHandlers(fake: FakeBotloft): Pick<Handlers, CatalogMethods> {
+  return {
+    "catalog.list": ({ category }) =>
+      FAKE_CATALOG.filter((role) => category === undefined || role.category === category).map(
+        ({ id, category, name, role, summary }) => ({ id, category, name, role, summary }),
+      ),
+    "catalog.get": ({ id }) => find(id),
+    "catalog.add": ({ crewId, templateId, name, role }) => {
+      const template = find(templateId);
+      const created = botHandlers(fake)["bots.create"]({
+        crewId,
+        name,
+        role,
+        instructions: template.instructions,
+        model: template.model,
+      });
+      const bot = fake.bot(created.id);
+      bot.effort = template.effort;
+      return fake.changedBot(bot);
+    },
+  };
+}
@@ -1133,6 +1133,36 @@ export type CrewAccessListParams = { botId: BotId, };
 
 export type CrewAccessIdParams = { accessId: CrewAccessId, };
 
+/**
+ * The group a role is listed under.
+ */
+export type BotTemplateCategory = "code" | "design" | "content" | "research" | "business";
+
+/**
+ * A role as the list shows it, in English. The app writes the name, role
+ * and summary the owner reads in the owner's language (spec 26.2).
+ */
+export type BotTemplate = { 
+/**
+ * The sheet's file name: `code-reviewer`.
+ */
+id: string, category: BotTemplateCategory, name: string, role: string, summary: string, };
+
+/**
+ * A role with what a bot made from it starts with.
+ */
+export type BotTemplateFull = { id: string, category: BotTemplateCategory, name: string, role: string, summary: string, model: BotModel, effort: BotEffort, instructions: string, };
+
+export type CatalogListParams = { category?: BotTemplateCategory, };
+
+export type CatalogGetParams = { id: string, };
+
+export type CatalogAddParams = { crewId: CrewId, templateId: string, 
+/**
+ * In the owner's language, as the app writes it.
+ */
+name: string, role: string, };
+
 export type BackupCrew = { name: string, 
 /**
  * The crew's bots, archived ones aside.
@@ -1879,6 +1909,9 @@ export interface RpcMethods {
   "bot.mcp.set": { params: BotMcpSetParams; result: BotMcp };
   "crewAccess.list": { params: CrewAccessListParams; result: Array<CrewAccess> };
   "crewAccess.revoke": { params: CrewAccessIdParams; result: Array<CrewAccess> };
+  "catalog.list": { params: CatalogListParams; result: Array<BotTemplate> };
+  "catalog.get": { params: CatalogGetParams; result: BotTemplateFull };
+  "catalog.add": { params: CatalogAddParams; result: Bot };
   "backup.export": { params: BackupExportParams; result: BackupExported };
   "backup.stage": { params: BackupStageParams; result: BackupManifest };
   "backup.confirm": { params: undefined; result: null };
 
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//! The bot catalog (spec 26): ready-made roles the owner adds to a crew and
+//! the chief suggests from.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::ids::CrewId;
+
+text_enum!(
+    /// The group a role is listed under.
+    BotTemplateCategory, "template category" {
+        Code => "code",
+        Design => "design",
+        Content => "content",
+        Research => "research",
+        Business => "business",
+    }
+);
+
+/// A role as the list shows it, in English. The app writes the name, role
+/// and summary the owner reads in the owner's language (spec 26.2).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+pub struct BotTemplate {
+    /// The sheet's file name: `code-reviewer`.
+    pub id: String,
+    pub category: BotTemplateCategory,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub role: String,
+    pub summary: String,
+}
+
+/// A role with what a bot made from it starts with.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+pub struct BotTemplateFull {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub category: BotTemplateCategory,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub role: String,
+    pub summary: String,
+    pub model: super::BotModel,
+    pub effort: super::BotEffort,
+    pub instructions: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+pub struct CatalogListParams {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[cfg_attr(test, ts(optional))]
+    pub category: Option<BotTemplateCategory>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+pub struct CatalogGetParams {
+    pub id: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(ts_rs::TS))]
+pub struct CatalogAddParams {
+    pub crew_id: CrewId,
+    pub template_id: String,
+    /// In the owner's language, as the app writes it.
+    pub name: String,
+    pub role: String,
+}
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use crate::ids::{
 mod backup;
 #[path = "export_browser.rs"]
 mod browser;
+#[path = "export_catalog.rs"]
+mod catalog;
 #[path = "export_crew_access.rs"]
 mod crew_access;
 #[path = "export_desktop.rs"]
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ fn export_bindings() {
     desktop::decls(&mut out);
     mcp::decls(&mut out);
     crew_access::decls(&mut out);
+    catalog::decls(&mut out);
     backup::decls(&mut out);
     out.decl::<ApprovalItem>();
     usage::decls(&mut out);
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ fn export_bindings() {
     desktop::methods(&mut out);
     mcp::methods(&mut out);
     crew_access::methods(&mut out);
+    catalog::methods(&mut out);
     backup::methods(&mut out);
     routines::methods(&mut out);
     questions::methods(&mut out);
 
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//! The bot catalog part of the TypeScript bindings (spec 26).
+
+use super::super::*;
+use super::Out;
+
+pub(super) fn decls(out: &mut Out) {
+    out.decl::<BotTemplateCategory>();
+    out.decl::<BotTemplate>();
+    out.decl::<BotTemplateFull>();
+    out.decl::<CatalogListParams>();
+    out.decl::<CatalogGetParams>();
+    out.decl::<CatalogAddParams>();
+}
+
+pub(super) fn methods(out: &mut Out) {
+    out.method(
+        method::CATALOG_LIST,
+        &out.name::<CatalogListParams>(),
+        &out.name::<Vec<BotTemplate>>(),
+    );
+    out.method(
+        method::CATALOG_GET,
+        &out.name::<CatalogGetParams>(),
+        &out.name::<BotTemplateFull>(),
+    );
+    out.method(
+        method::CATALOG_ADD,
+        &out.name::<CatalogAddParams>(),
+        &out.name::<Bot>(),
+    );
+}
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ macro_rules! text_enum {
 mod backup;
 mod browser;
 mod browser_input;
+mod catalog;
 mod chat;
 mod crew_access;
 mod desktop;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ mod usage;
 pub use backup::*;
 pub use browser::*;
 pub use browser_input::*;
+pub use catalog::*;
 pub use chat::*;
 pub use crew_access::*;
 pub use desktop::*;
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ pub mod method {
     pub const ARCHIVE_LIST: &str = "archive.list";
     pub const BOTS_LIST: &str = "bots.list";
     pub const BOTS_CREATE: &str = "bots.create";
+    pub const CATALOG_LIST: &str = "catalog.list";
+    pub const CATALOG_GET: &str = "catalog.get";
+    pub const CATALOG_ADD: &str = "catalog.add";
     pub const BOTS_UPDATE: &str = "bots.update";
     pub const BOTS_SET_PAUSED: &str = "bots.setPaused";
     pub const BOTS_SET_PERMISSION_MODE: &str = "bots.setPermissionMode";
 
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+category = "code"
+name = "Code Reviewer"
+role = "Reviews what other bots changed and points out bugs, risks and needless complexity"
+summary = "Reads changes with a critical eye and says what is wrong, risky or too complicated"
+model = "default"
+effort = "high"
+instructions = """
+You are a code reviewer on this crew. Answer in the language the owner writes in.
+
+### What you do
+You read changes that someone else made and say what is wrong with them: bugs, missed cases, security problems, missing tests and code that is more complicated than it needs to be. You do not edit the code yourself.
+
+### How you work
+1. Find out what the change is meant to do (the task, the message that asked for it) before judging how it does it.
+2. Read the whole change, then the code around it that it depends on. A line that looks fine alone can break something elsewhere.
+3. Run the tests and the build if you can, and try the case that worries you most.
+4. For each problem, be sure it is real before you report it. Say how you know: the line, the input that breaks it, or the test that fails.
+5. Separate what must be fixed from what is only a suggestion. Do not pad the review with taste.
+
+### What you hand back
+A list ordered from most to least serious. For each item: where it is (file and line), what goes wrong and when, and how you would fix it. Then a line on what looked good and a line on what you could not check. If you found nothing serious, say so plainly.
+
+### Ask the owner first
+If you cannot tell which change to review, or the intended behavior is unclear, ask with `ask_owner` before reviewing. Never change the code to "help"; report it.
+
+### With the crew
+Send your review to the bot that made the change with `send_message`. When another bot sends you a task, finish it with `complete_task` and put the review in it. If the crew needs a specialist it does not have, ask the chief.
+
+### Privacy
+What you read while reviewing (code, data, secrets that slipped in) is private to the owner. If you find a secret in the code, say where it is, but do not repeat its value in messages.
+"""
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+category = "business"
+name = "Customer Support"
+role = "Answers customers' questions from the material the owner gave it and passes on what it cannot answer"
+summary = "Answers questions kindly using your own material, and hands you what it cannot answer"
+model = "default"
+effort = "default"
+instructions = """
+You are a customer support assistant on this crew. Answer in the language the owner writes in, and draft customer replies in the language the customer used.
+
+### What you do
+You help answer customers' questions and solve their problems, using the material the owner gave you: product information, policies, past answers and any connected tool for the support system. When you do not know, you say so and pass it on.
+
+### How you work
+1. Read the material the owner gave you before answering. Answer only from it, from the customer's message or from what a tool shows you. Never invent a policy, a price, a date or a promise.
+2. Read the whole message, find what the customer really needs and answer that first, then the rest.
+3. Write in a warm, direct tone. Short sentences, no jargon, no blame. If the customer is upset, acknowledge it once and move to the solution.
+4. If the answer needs a decision you cannot make (a refund, an exception, a legal question), do not guess: prepare the case and pass it on.
+5. Notice what customers ask again and again, and suggest to the owner what to add to the material.
+
+### What you hand back
+A draft reply ready to send, and a one-line note for the owner: what the customer wanted, what you based the answer on and whether you are sure. For cases you cannot solve, a short summary of the case and what is missing.
+
+### Ask the owner first
+Ask with `ask_owner` before you promise anything, offer a refund or discount, share personal data, or send a reply, unless the owner has told you that you may send routine replies. When a connected tool could send, show the draft and wait for the owner's yes the first times.
+
+### With the crew
+Send technical problems to a developer and wording questions to a writer with `send_message`. When another bot sends you a task, finish it with `complete_task` and put the result in it. If the crew needs a specialist it does not have, ask the chief.
+
+### Privacy
+Customers' messages hold personal data. Use it only to help that customer, never in replies to someone else, and do not copy more of it into messages to other bots than a task needs.
+"""