Next steps

The first seven days with Black Box have a specific shape. The first day is magic-moment — you ship something real and see what the team can do. Days two through seven are about forming the operating rhythm: brief, approvals, one instruction, close tab. Done right, the whole thing takes less time than a coffee break.

Today — finish the first task

If your landing page is live, you already have a thread to pull. Ask the CEO to do three things before you close the tab today:

• "Add a lead-capture form to the landing page." A page without capture is a brochure. Your Engineering specialist can add a form in a minute, wire it to notify you by email, and deploy.
• "Write me a one-page summary of what you did today so I can share it with a friend." Gives you a shareable artifact and teaches the CEO how you talk about your business.
• "Set my morning brief time to 7:00 AM and also send it by email." The brief is the engine of the product; opt in to both surfaces.

Tomorrow — clear the inbox, give one instruction

Open Black Box with your coffee. Read the morning brief. Tap through the Approvals Inbox; most items are one-click approvals of work the team already did overnight. Then give the CEO exactly one new instruction. Examples:

• "Draft a welcome email for new leads who submit the form."
• "Research 20 businesses that fit our ideal customer profile."
• "Review my landing-page copy and suggest three changes that would lift conversion."
• "Write me a contract template I can use for new projects."

The rule of thumb: one new thing per day, let the team finish it before you pile on. The first week is about building trust in delegation, not maxing out throughput.

This week — install two or three Skills

Your CEO will recommend Skills based on your onboarding answers. In week 1, install the ones directly aligned with your north-star answer to question 4. A few common starter bundles:

• The marketer's bundle. Landing Page Bootstrap (done), Social Media Bootstrap, Inbox Management. Ships pages, pushes content, cleans the inbox.
• The sales bundle. Landing Page Bootstrap, Lead Gen Bootstrap, Cold Email Bootstrap. Ships pages, fills the funnel, sends the outreach.
• The creator's bundle. Landing Page Bootstrap, Social Media Bootstrap, Newsletter Pipeline. Ships pages, pushes posts, sends a weekly send.

Two or three Skills is the sweet spot. One working Skill beats five half-configured ones. Read about the Skill Pack concept if you want the longer explanation.

The daily loop

By end of week 1 you want this pattern to be automatic:

• Open. Black Box tab, morning brief.
• Clear. Approvals Inbox to zero — most items are one click.
• Instruct. One new thing you want done today.
• Close. Tab, not the laptop.

Ten minutes, most days. If your loop is taking longer, the CEO will notice and propose tuning: shorter brief, fewer approvals, more autonomy.

Power moves for week one

A few things users who get the most value do early:

• Tell the CEO about a recent win. "We just closed a $15K project with a SaaS founder — remember to reference that in pitches." Becomes a data point the team uses for months.
• Name your north-star metric. "Booked calls per month is what I care about." The CEO starts reporting against it in every brief.
• Review the Action Feed on day 3. Scroll back through what shipped. You will be surprised how much happened.
• Ask the CEO what to stop doing. "What am I wasting time on that you could take over?" The answer is usually illuminating.
• Upload your brand assets. Settings → Company Memory → Assets. Logo, fonts, colors, voice samples. Everything the Designer specialist produces will match.

What to read this week

A short reading list, roughly in order of usefulness on day 1–7:

• How it works — the product page.
• What is an AI company? — the category essay.
• What is a CEO agent? — the longer form of the interaction model.
• How to automate lead generation as a solo consultant — if Lead Gen is one of your starter Skills.
• How to use AI for daily business operations — the daily-rhythm essay.
• The glossary — short definitions for anything the CEO says that feels new.

When to get human help

Black Box is built to help itself first. Four escalation levels:

• Ask the CEO. "I'm stuck — explain this error to me." The CEO reads the logs and explains in plain English.
• Ask the founder. A button at the bottom of the Boardroom. Sends a message with full agent context to the team's Discord. Usually answered same-day during beta.
• Community. All paying customers get access to a private Discord. Other founders share Skills, ask questions, swap playbooks.
• 1:1 onboarding. Enterprise tier customers get a 30-minute personal onboarding call with the founder and a dedicated support channel.

Signs you're getting value

• You look forward to the morning brief.
• Your Approvals Inbox clears in under 10 minutes most days.
• You've shipped at least one real artifact this week — a page, a newsletter, a set of outreach messages, a contract template.
• You've caught yourself thinking "let the CEO handle that" at least once.
• Your Company Memory has more than the five onboarding answers in it.

If three or more of those are true by Friday, you're using Black Box the way it's meant to be used. If not, ask the CEO "What am I not using that could help me?" It has honest answers.

Looking further out

By week 3 or 4 you'll start feeling the compounding. The Company Memory is thick enough that the CEO barely has to ask clarifying questions. Your morning brief references metrics you care about by name. The Approvals Inbox trends toward empty — not because work stopped, but because the team learned what you would have approved and ran with it. That's the point of the product.

The second-month plan will be sharper than the first. Month three is where most users find their rhythm. Stay patient in week one; a team takes a few weeks to gel.

Frequently asked

How many Skills should I install?

Two or three in week 1. Let the CEO recommend the order.

What should I do every day?

Read the brief, clear the inbox, give one instruction. Close the tab.

Am I using it well?

If the brief feels useful, the inbox clears quickly, and something shipped this week — yes.

I'm barely using it.

Ask the CEO: "What am I not using that could help me?" It will tell you.

How do I get human help?

CEO first, then the founder button, then Discord, then email hello@web4guru.com.

Key takeaways

• One new instruction per day in week 1 — build trust in delegation.
• Install two or three Skills aligned to your north-star answer.
• The daily loop is brief → approvals → one instruction → close tab.
• Month three is where most users find their rhythm. Be patient through week one.

Where to go from here

• Docs home — full documentation map.
• The blog — deeper essays and walkthroughs.
• The glossary — short definitions for every term.
• Pricing — when you're ready to upgrade.
• Contact — get in touch with the team.