You might consider looking again. Check out this post (http://blog.iron.io/2012/05/new-ironworker-command-line-inte...) about new .worker files and ng gem (https://github.com/iron-io/iron_worker_ruby_ng). Docs are really improving rapidly too. Finally, don't hesitate to stop by the support channel (http://get.iron.io/chat) with any questions.