compound-engineering

What it is

Compound Engineering is a plugin of 36 AI skills built on the philosophy that each unit of engineering work should make subsequent units easier, not harder. The core loop has six steps: ce-brainstorm (interactive Q&A to think through features before planning), ce-plan (convert ideas into implementation-ready plans), ce-work (execute plans with native or cross-model authors), ce-simplify-code (refine code for clarity before review), ce-code-review (multi-agent review against the plan), and ce-compound (capture learnings into docs/solutions/ for future use). The key differentiator is the compounding mechanism. Each cycle reads prior knowledge stored in artifact folders (docs/solutions/ for learnings, docs/plans/ for implementation plans), making subsequent cycles progressively more informed. The maintainers describe it as "run one teaches it, run two remembers." This creates an institutional memory within the project that grows with each engineering iteration. Beyond the core loop, supporting skills cover autonomy (/lfg runs the entire pipeline hands-off), on-demand tasks (ideation, debugging, optimization, prototyping, document review), git workflow (committing, PR management, CI shepherding), testing and design (browser testing, polish, dogfooding), and collaboration (proof-of-concept, handoff, promotion utilities). The plugin supports 14 platforms including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Kimi Code, Cline, Grok Build, and others.

Who it's for

• software engineers
• engineering teams
• technical leads
• solo developers

Requirements

Setup

1. Step 1

   bashCopy

   /plugin marketplace add EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin

2. Step 2

   bashCopy

   /plugin install compound-engineering

Examples

/ce-brainstorm make background job retries safer

/lfg

Pros & cons