Guides

Everything you need to install Boss Man, set up your first company and run it day to day, in the order a new owner needs it.

Start here

• How Boss Man worksThe parts of Boss Man and how they fit together: companies, agents, the runner, projects, tickets, Decisions, reviews and the merge queue.
• Install Boss ManTake an empty Linux machine to the Boss Man web page: the folders, the master key, the settings file, and your owner account.
• Your first company and ticketUse the setup wizard to create a company, connect your accounts, start a first ticket and hire your first agent.

Everyday use

• The board and DecisionsRead the board's columns and review lanes, use the ticket page, and answer the cards on the Decisions page.
• Reviews and the merge queueHow a change is reviewed by risk level, what the merge queue shows, what happens when a check fails, and how checks after the merge work.
• Phone notificationsHow Boss Man tells you about things, and how to send the urgent ones to your phone through your own ntfy server.

Set it up your way

• Agents and modelsChoose an agent program, add an AI account, hire an agent, and pick its model and thinking level.
• Permissions and the CEO-first ruleSee who Boss Man asks when an agent wants to run a command, how to answer a permission card, and how to add a rule.
• Add-onsThe optional extras for Boss Man: Tailscale, ntfy, Penpot and runner add-ons, and how to turn each one on.
• Updating and backupsUpdate the server and the runners, find your backups, check that one restores, and bring the database back if an update damaged it.

Questions

• TroubleshootingFixes for the things that most often go wrong when you install, run and update Boss Man, each with the guide it comes from.
• GlossaryWhat each Boss Man word means, in a sentence or two, with a link to the guide that explains it.
• FAQShort answers about what Boss Man is, what it costs, what you need to run it, and how safe it is.