This video will cover the details http://youtu.be/RHdxSsCDmNQ Just a few notes though https://github.com/d11wtq/boris is a better place for getting started overall. Borisrc This lives in the root of my application which includes the startup file for the application. <?php #.borisrc $core = require_once(__DIR__.'/bootstrap/start.php'); $boris = new \Boris\Boris('base_app> '); $boris->setLocal(array('core' => $core)); $boris->start(); The start.php file I am using for the core startup needed by index.php, this and later a command line class to run the queue daemon and other things