Compound Engineering

What it does

Compound Engineering is a set of skills installed into a coding agent you already use. Its six-step loop (brainstorm, plan, work, simplify, review, compound) takes in a feature or change request and produces planned, built, and reviewed code. The compound step writes learnings to docs/solutions/, where later, unrelated plans can find and reuse them.

People use it to run the agent through a full workflow instead of a single prompt, with most effort going to planning and review rather than execution. Skills cover ideation, planning, code review, debugging, Git commits and PR handling, and frontend polish. Each unit of work is meant to make the next one easier, because captured learnings persist in the repository.

It suits engineers and teams already working with a supported coding agent who want structured, repeatable workflows. In Claude Code, installation takes two plugin commands, and other hosts are covered on the install page. It runs inside those host agents rather than as a standalone application.

What it can do

• Six-step loop covering brainstorm, plan, work, simplify, review, and compound
• Planning skills (ce-ideate, ce-brainstorm, ce-plan) to decide what to build before code exists
• Build and review skills (ce-work, ce-code-review, ce-doc-review, ce-simplify-code) with checks against the plan and repo standards
• Compound skill (ce-compound) that writes learnings to docs/solutions/ for later runs
• Git workflow skills (ce-commit, ce-commit-push-pr, ce-babysit-pr, ce-worktree)
• Debugging and testing skills (ce-debug, ce-test-browser, ce-test-xcode)

Works with

• Claude Code
• Cursor
• Codex App
• Codex CLI
• GitHub Copilot
• OpenCode

Before you choose

• Runs inside a host coding agent; the page does not state separate pricing or model costs for the skills themselves.
• Value depends on writing learnings into docs/solutions/ and the repo being used across runs.
• The source lists many skills and hosts but does not detail per-host feature differences.

Listed under

• Coding
• Coding agents

Get started

In Claude Code, run the two plugin commands; other hosts are on the install page

1. Open the install page and choose your coding agent host.
2. In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin.
3. Then run /plugin install compound-engineering to install the skills.

Skills install into a coding agent you already use; verify any cost with your host agent provider.

We couldn’t find published prices for Compound Engineering.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

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Last checked 29 Oct 2026. Every field keeps its source and date; unknown means we couldn’t confirm it.