Run Your First Directive

What is a directive?

A directive is a bounded work instruction issued to the consigliere. It has a scope, an owner (a capo role), and optionally a requiresApproval flag. The consigliere reads your standing orders, picks the right capo, and executes within the rules you’ve set.

Step 1 — Get your context

Before issuing directives, pull the full operational context. This is the single call that returns everything:

curl -sH "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN" \
  https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/context | jq

Response shape:

{
  "generatedAt": "2026-04-13T09:00:00Z",
  "sessionId": "ses_••••••",
  "operator": { "handle": "you", "tier": "pro" },
  "signals": [],
  "workPackets": [],
  "standingOrders": [],
  "metrics": { "revenue24h": 0, "signalsScored": 0 },
  "auditFeed": [],
  "guardian": { "mode": "guardrailed", "pending": 0 },
  "buyerContext": {}
}

Step 2 — Issue your first directive

curl -sX POST https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/directives \
  -H "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "directive": "Draft a follow-up email sequence for leads who downloaded the free training but did not book a call.",
    "capo": "capo_marketing",
    "priority": "high",
    "requiresApproval": true
  }'

The requiresApproval: true flag means the consigliere will queue the output for your review before sending anything. Start with approval on everything — remove it later for work you trust.

Step 3 — Check the approval queue

curl -sH "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN" \
  https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/approvals | jq

You’ll see the drafted email sequence ready for review. Approve it:

curl -sX POST https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/approvals/{approval_id}/approve \
  -H "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN"

Or reject with feedback:

curl -sX POST https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/approvals/{approval_id}/reject \
  -H "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "feedback": "Too formal. Match the voice in buyer profile 1." }'

Step 4 — Read the Daily Report

After the consigliere executes, every move is logged. Your Daily Report surfaces the receipts:

curl -sH "x-bossmode-token: $BOSSMODE_API_TOKEN" \
  https://bossmode.ing/api/pro/reports/daily | jq

Using BossMode in Claude Code

If you have the BossMode Claude Code skill installed:

bossmode:get-context

This returns the same full context blob, formatted for Claude to consume directly. Issue a directive via Claude Code:

bossmode:directive "Draft a follow-up sequence for cold leads" --capo capo_marketing --requiresApproval

Using the MCP server

In any MCP-compatible runtime:

bossmode/get-context
bossmode/directive
bossmode/approvals/list
bossmode/approvals/approve

What happens under the hood

The consigliere reads your standing orders to understand the rules
The directive is routed to the appropriate capo role
The capo executes within the engine scope (marketing, revenue, ops, etc.)
If requiresApproval: true, output is queued for your review
Every move is logged to the audit feed with a receipt
The Daily Report surfaces outcomes the next morning

Write standing orders

Standing orders are the rules the consigliere follows when the boss is away. Without them, autonomous moves stop at review. With them, delegated work stays bounded by policy.

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Run Your First Directive

What is a directive?

Step 1 — Get your context

Step 2 — Issue your first directive

Step 3 — Check the approval queue

Step 4 — Read the Daily Report

Using BossMode in Claude Code

Using the MCP server

What happens under the hood

Next

Write standing orders

​What is a directive?

​Step 1 — Get your context

​Step 2 — Issue your first directive

​Step 3 — Check the approval queue

​Step 4 — Read the Daily Report

​Using BossMode in Claude Code

​Using the MCP server

​What happens under the hood

​Next

Write standing orders

What is a directive?

Step 1 — Get your context

Step 2 — Issue your first directive

Step 3 — Check the approval queue

Step 4 — Read the Daily Report

Using BossMode in Claude Code

Using the MCP server

What happens under the hood

Next