compound-engineering

This skill implements Compound Engineering—a development methodology where each unit of work makes subsequent work easier, not harder. Inspired by Every.to's engineering approach.

Core Philosophy

Each unit of engineering work should make subsequent units of work easier—not harder.

Traditional development accumulates technical debt. Every feature adds complexity. Every change increases maintenance burden. Compound engineering inverts this by creating a learning loop where each bug, failed test, or problem-solving insight gets documented and used by future work.

The Compound Engineering Loop

Plan → Work → Review → Compound → (repeat)

1. Plan (40%): Research approaches, synthesize information into detailed implementation plans
2. Work (20%): Execute the plan systematically with continuous validation
3. Review (20%): Evaluate output quality and identify learnings
4. Compound (20%): Feed results back into the system to make the next loop better

80% of compound engineering is in planning and review. 20% is in execution.