Compound Engineering: a Claude Code skill by Every
For developers who want Claude to plan, build, review and ship work in fixed stages with saved plans. Skip it if you prefer quick ad hoc edits without a process.
- Score
- 78of 100
- Rank
- #73of 239
- Installs
- 132Kon skills.sh
- Stars
- 26Kon GitHub
- Security
- Clear 3 scanners
- Updated
- 2026
- Context
- ~60tokens always
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin
Run it in your terminal. View the source
Most people install it straight from GitHub, where it has 26K stars, so its skills.sh count understates how widely it is used.
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What does Compound Engineering do?
Compound Engineering is a set of 44 skills from Every that splits agent coding into stages: ce-brainstorm settles what to build, ce-plan works out how, and ce-work carries it out. Around them sit ce-code-review, ce-debug, ce-commit-push-pr, ce-babysit-pr and ce-compound. The ce-plan member never writes production code. It first picks an output size, from a few sentences in chat to a durable plan file, then reads its reference files phase by phase, researches the codebase, and runs a document review before handing off. Each interactive run ends by asking what to do next and then carrying out the chosen action.
It comes as a set of skills that work together:
- agent-only-skill
- ce-babysit-pr (934 installs)
- ce-bakeoff (371 installs)
- ce-brainstorm (4.1K installs)
- ce-code-review (3.9K installs)
- ce-commit (3.5K installs)
- ce-commit-push-pr (3.5K installs)
- ce-compound (3.8K installs)
- ce-compound-refresh (3.4K installs)
- ce-debug (3.6K installs)
- ce-doc-review (3.8K installs)
- ce-dogfood (891 installs)
When should you use Compound Engineering?
Use it when
- A feature needs a written plan before coding
- You want review and PR follow-up in one toolkit
- You want plans you can resume or deepen later
Skip it when
- You make small one-file changes
- You dislike multi-step menus and confirmations
What it needs and what it can touch
What it can do
- Reads project files and researches the codebase
- Writes plan documents
- Runs follow-up skills such as ce-work or ce-doc-review once you choose
From reading its instructions, not from running it.
Why it scores 78
Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (64).
Is Compound Engineering safe to install?
Every scanner that checked it passed it. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.
| Scanner | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Passed | Nov 7, 2026 |
| Socket | Passed | Nov 8, 2026 |
| Snyk | Low risk | Nov 7, 2026 |
Details
- Installs
- 131,670
- Repository stars
- 26,016
- Last repository change
- Tokens always loaded
- about 60
- Tokens when used
- about 1,869
- License
- MIT
- Data confidence
- High
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