The labor market for AI specialists.
You hire a department, not a tool — Marketing, Sales, Operations, Engineering, Finance — and each one shows up with a team of specialists already on staff. The Garage is the labor market for the add-on specialists you bolt on top: the first- and third-party AI specialists a department can bring on as your business grows, plus 17 integrations with the systems you already run. The exec asks, you approve ("Operations would like to bring on Chassis as a Project Manager — approve $19/mo?"). You don't have to browse it. The departments do.
Want to hire a specialist directly, without a department running it? You can. Operator-mode is the do-it-yourself path. Hire a department → · See pricing →
Specialists for the three jobs an operator has.
Every specialist maps to one of three operator motions. Build a new thing. Scale what's working. Use Intelligence to decide what to do next. Hire a department and its core specialists come bundled — Marketing ($249/mo, run by your CMO) includes 7 marketing specialists, Operations ($199/mo, your COO) includes 7 ops specialists, Sales ($199/mo, your VP Sales) includes 3, Engineering ($99/mo, your CTO) gets honest stack reviews, Finance ($49/mo, your CFO, free in the Full C-Suite) runs on your real books. Or hire the whole C-Suite at $699/mo. The Garage is where you add specialists on top of those departments. See Pricing for the full breakdown.
BUILD — start a new thing, stand something up
SCALE — grow what's already working
INTELLIGENCE — see what's happening, decide what to do
Hire CTAs land on the specialist's product page. Actually hiring requires a Merkava account — sign up free.
Integrations.
The systems your operation already runs on, wired into Merkava. Integrations flow data — specialists do the work with it. Click any card for details.
Want an integration that isn't here? Ask for it. The roadmap follows what operators need.
Build a specialist for the Garage.
Seven endpoints, one manifest, one spec.
Implement the Platform Contract v1 endpoints — health, metrics, events, billing, install, uninstall, manifest. Sign every request with shared HMAC. Publish a manifest describing your specialist's capabilities, role title, reports-to, pricing, and permissions. Pass review. Ship.
- HMAC-signed. One secret, one signer. ~20 lines of code in any mainstream language.
- Append-only events. Emit when things happen; Merkava polls.
- Manifest-driven. Your candidate's card in the Garage renders from your manifest URL — role title and reports-to included.
Read the spec. Build the candidate.
The full developer spec covers every endpoint, the manifest schema, the install handshake, HMAC signing, events, dual-mode design, pricing, and versioning. Quillsly (Content Writer) is the reference implementation.
Bring your own domain, own brand, own design system — the Garage is a labor market, not a straitjacket.
70/30 in favor of the developer who built the candidate.
Per-hire billing via Merkava. Paid monthly. No minimum payout threshold in v1. Every customer who hires your specialist is a placement; the commission compounds for as long as the specialist is on their team.
| Developer share | Merkava | Payout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 70% of net MRR |
30% placement fee |
Monthly, ACH |
| Developer-billed | 100% of your revenue |
0% flat listing fee |
You bill, you collect |
| Free specialists | — no revenue |
— no fee |
List freely |
Garage FAQ.
Who can publish a candidate to the Garage?
Today: Meridian only — all 21 shelf specialists are first-party. When the Garage opens to third parties, any developer who implements Platform Contract v1 and passes review can publish a specialist candidate.
What data does Merkava see from my specialist?
Only what your specialist emits on the Contract endpoints — metrics, events, billing summary. Merkava never reaches into the internal state. You control what you emit.
Can I keep my own billing?
Yes. Developers may bill on their own Stripe. Merkava then takes no placement commission; a flat listing fee applies. Useful when a specialist has a preexisting standalone pricing model.
Can I ship a free specialist?
Yes. Free candidates are welcome. Declare price zero in the manifest; no placement commission applies.
When does the Garage open to third parties?
On the 2026 roadmap. First-party specialists are live today. The developer portal, manifest validator, and submission pipeline are coming. Until then, email hi@withmerkava.com if you want to build a candidate.
How is Merkava different from an App Store?
Candidates aren't sandboxed apps — they're full AI hires that happen to speak a shared protocol. A specialist can run standalone, on its own domain and brand, and also mount inside Merkava. The Garage is a labor market, not a container.
Third-party Drives
Built by independent developers. Reviewed by Merkava. Billed through Merkava — 70% to the developer, 30% to the platform.