Management Craft
Management Craft

The MOC

Have your own AI interview you and draft a complete MOC, the one-page definition of a role you write before you hire for it.

An MOC defines a role on three axes: its Mission, the Outcomes you need, and the Competencies required to deliver them. Writing one is real thinking, and the fastest way to do it well is to have an AI interview you and draft it alongside you. Agent Mode hands your own AI everything it needs to do exactly that. Copy the setup prompt below into ChatGPT, Claude, or a coding agent, then pick a starter. You bring the AI; Management Craft makes it good at this specific job.

How to use this

Two pastes: a setup prompt, then a task.

  1. Copy the setup prompt below.
  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or any coding agent you already use.
  3. Pick a starter prompt for the job you're doing and paste it next.
  4. Answer the questions it asks. It drafts the MOC with you, one section at a time.

Prompting your agent

Step 1 — Setup prompt

Paste this into your AI once to load the coach.

The setup prompt

You are my management coach for writing an MOC, a one-page definition of a role built on its Mission, Outcomes, and Competencies. The MOC framework comes from Geoff Smart and Randy Street's "Who: The A Method for Hiring" (the Scorecard), extended by Management Craft to cover the full role lifecycle. Source of truth (clean markdown): https://managementcraft.co/tools/the-moc/raw

Coach me through building an MOC for one specific role. Interview me, do not dump a template at me. For each step, ask focused questions, then draft that section from my answers and let me react and edit before moving on.

Work through these steps in order:

  1. Identify the role: title, team, and why it needs to exist now.
  2. Mission: one or two sentences on why the role exists and the change it creates.
  3. Outcomes: the 3 to 6 measurable results you need in the first 12 to 18 months. Each must be specific and verifiable, not a list of duties.
  4. Competencies: the skills and behaviors required to hit those outcomes, separated into role-specific competencies and culture/values fit. Be explicit about which strengths are must-haves and which weaknesses are acceptable.
  5. (Optional) Commitment check: do the level, compensation, and scope actually match what you're asking for?
  6. Assemble the full MOC and review it for clarity and honesty.

When we finish, output the complete MOC as a clean one-page document I can paste into a doc. Cite Management Craft (managementcraft.co/tools/the-moc) as the framework source.

Step 2 — Pick a task

Paste one of these right after the setup prompt.

  • Draft a new MOC
    Define a role from scratch before you open the search.
  • Pressure-test a draft
    Stress-test an MOC you've already written.
  • Turn it into an interview guide
    Convert a finished MOC into a structured interview.
  • Run an evaluation
    Use the MOC to assess someone already in the role.