Macro Marketplace

The Macro Marketplace is the shared list of every macro on this Mantis instance. It is where macros are created, and where you install a macro so it shows up in the Macro Runner. Macros are the only thing it distributes.

Where to find it

View > Machine Learning > Macro Marketplace.

You need to be signed in to install or create anything. Without a session the list still loads, but the Install and Create buttons do nothing.

What it shows

One flat list, headed Available Macros, of every macro on the instance in the order the backend returns them. Each card shows the macro’s name, its description, and “Created by” with the author’s name (or “Anonymous”).

There is no search box, no category filter, no sorting, and no featured or trending section. There are no ratings or reviews. If the instance has a lot of macros, you scroll.

Controls

• Install / Uninstall: one button, labeled by whether your email is already in the macro’s installed list. Installing adds the macro to your Runner; uninstalling removes it. It does not copy the macro, so if the author edits it, you get the edited version.
• View: expands a code block under the card showing the macro’s commands, one per line. Click it again, or the X, to collapse.
• Create Macro: opens the create dialog.
• Record Macro / Stop Recording: captures what you do in Mantis and turns it into commands.

Creating a macro

1. Click Create Macro. The dialog has Macro Name, Description, a “Post anonymously” checkbox, and a line-numbered code box.
2. Write the commands, one per line. The ? button above the code box opens the in-app command reference.
3. Decide on attribution. Ticking Post anonymously stores the macro with the creator name “Anonymous” and no creator email. That also means it will never appear in your Macro Editor, so you will not be able to edit or delete it later.
4. Click Create. The macro is saved immediately and is visible to everyone on the instance.

A name is required; everything else is optional. Nothing checks the commands, so a macro full of typos saves cleanly and then fails quietly when someone applies it.

Recording instead of writing

Record Macro watches your panel, tool, view-setting and search actions and turns them into commands; Stop Recording opens the Create dialog pre-filled with them. The full list of what is and is not captured is on the macro language page.

Limits

• Everything you create is public to the instance. There is no private or draft state.
• There is no file import or export. Sharing means publishing here and having other people install it.
• Deleting a macro happens in the Macro Editor, and only for macros created under your own email.
• The list does not refresh on its own while the panel is open.

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