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Compound Engineering Setup

Checks your Compound Engineering health and repo-local config, and can scaffold Compound Packs.

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Repository
EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin
Stars
25,850
Licence
MIT
Files
12 files

What it does

This skill lets an AI coding agent inspect the setup of the Compound Engineering plugin in your project. It runs a bundled health-check script, reports missing or broken pieces, and offers to fix repo-local config files such as a config example, optional config.yaml, and .gitignore entries. When you ask for a pack (pack:<id>), it can scaffold a new Compound Pack and its config entry, but only after you approve.

Great for

  • Developers who have installed the Compound Engineering plugin and want to confirm it is working in a repository
  • Teams setting up shared repo-local configuration for Compound Engineering artifacts
  • Users who want to scaffold a Compound Pack in a repo

Skip it if

  • People who have not installed Compound Engineering: the health check only makes sense inside that plugin's environment
  • Repositories where you do not want the agent writing config or .gitignore changes, since Phase 2 edits repo files after you approve each offer
  • Anyone expecting automatic installation of optional tools: the skill explicitly reports missing tools rather than installing them

Try asking

  • “Check my Compound Engineering setup and tell me what is missing”
  • “Scaffold a Compound Pack called pack:research-notes in this repo”
  • “Fix any invalid docs_root or config problems in this project”
  • “Show me where Compound Engineering artifacts will be written”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Compound Engineering SetupInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 12 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    ce-setup.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip ce-setup.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip ce-setup.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Approve or decline each repo-local change offer individually; the skill is written to ask rather than auto-configure
  • Run it in a repo with a writable checkout, otherwise Phase 2 is skipped
  • Review the scaffold plan before approving a new pack, since git sources in packs config are fetched from the internet

What's inside

  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/compounding-directive.md
  • assets/noslop-directive.md
  • assets/pack-rule-template.md
  • references/acpx-cache-warm.md
  • references/config-template.yaml
  • references/legacy-codex-tool-map.md
  • references/pack-scaffold.md
  • references/project-docs.md
  • references/repo-fixes.md
  • scripts/packs-resolve.py
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.