# Marketplace

Browse skills and project templates, add one to a bot or start a new bot from it, and switch on more marketplaces.

Canonical page: https://themachine.myapps.ai/docs/desktop/bots/marketplace

The **Marketplace** has skills and project templates your bots can add to
themselves. A skill teaches a bot how to do a type of task. A project
template sets a bot up for a whole job, sometimes with its own automations.

## Open the Marketplace

At the bottom of the sidebar, open **Tools → Marketplace**.

## Find something

![The Marketplace, with skills and project templates](/images/docs/desktop/marketplace.webp)

- Type in **Search skills and projects**.
- Use the **All marketplaces** filter to see items from one marketplace.
- Click the refresh button to update the list.

Click an item to see what it includes:

| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| **Agents** | The agents it sets up. |
| **Automations** | Any scheduled jobs that come with it. |
| **Also installs** | Other items it brings along. |
| **Files** | The files it adds. |
| **Readme** | A description of what it does and how to use it. |

The item also lists what it **needs** to work: a **Secret** (like an API
key), a **Connector** (a connected app), or a **Tool**.

## Add an item to a bot

### Choose Add to bot

On the item, click **Add to bot**.
### Pick a bot

Choose one of your bots, or **＋ New bot** to start a new bot from this item.
### Let the bot install it

Machine opens a new thread in which the bot sets the item up. Follow along
there, and answer any questions it asks.
### Provide what it needs

If the item needs a secret or a connected app, add it:

- secrets in **Bot settings → Secrets** (see [Secrets and
webhooks](/docs/desktop/integrations/secrets-and-webhooks)),
- apps in **Tools → Connected apps** (see [Connected
apps](/docs/desktop/integrations/connected-apps)).

## More marketplaces

Under **More marketplaces**, you can switch on extra public catalogs. Their
items then appear in the Marketplace for everyone on your Machine account.

## Marketplace or recipes?

| | Marketplace | [Recipes](/docs/desktop/bots/recipes) |
|---|---|---|
| **Adds** | One skill or template to one bot | A whole team of bots, with group chats |
| **Use it to** | Teach an existing bot something new | Get a complete setup for a job |