compound-engineering-plugin
Compound Engineering is a plugin of 36 skills that makes each coding task leave notes for the next one, for developers using AI coding agents.
What it is good for
- Planning and reviewing code changes before merging
- Capturing lessons from past coding work for future sessions
- Running a full feature pipeline from idea to pull request
- Keeping notes on decisions so AI agents stop relearning them
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Install a desktop app or browser extension
Level 3 of 5. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Kimi Code CLI, Cline, GitHub Copilot
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 25,850
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is compound-engineering-plugin free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use compound-engineering-plugin?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What does compound-engineering-plugin work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Kimi Code CLI, Cline, and GitHub Copilot.
- What is compound-engineering-plugin good for?
- Planning and reviewing code changes before merging, capturing lessons from past coding work for future sessions, running a full feature pipeline from idea to pull request, and keeping notes on decisions so AI agents stop relearning them.
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