Auto-archive now requires both the implementation AND the problem
domain to be gone. If referenced files are deleted but the application
still deals with the same problem (auth, payments, migrations), the
learning should be Replace'd not Archive'd — the knowledge gap needs
to be filled. Uses agent reasoning about concepts, not mechanical
keyword searches.
The model was generating findings internally then outputting a
one-line summary. Added explicit instructions that the full report
must be printed as text output — every file, every classification,
every action. In autonomous mode, the report is the sole deliverable
and must be self-contained and complete.
- Restructure Phase 3 with explicit autonomous skip section that says
"do not ask, do not present, do not wait" before any interactive
instructions
- Add autonomous caveats to Core Rules 4, 7, 8 which previously had
unconditional "ask the user" language
- Clarify that missing referenced files is unambiguous Archive evidence,
not a doubt case requiring user input
Instead of requiring write permissions, autonomous mode attempts
writes and gracefully falls back to recommendations when denied.
Report splits into Applied (succeeded) and Recommended (could not
write) sections. Read-only invocations produce a maintenance plan.
Support mode:autonomous argument for unattended/scheduled runs.
In autonomous mode: skip all user questions, apply safe actions
directly, mark ambiguous cases as stale with conservative confidence,
and generate a detailed report for after-the-fact human review.
Documents five skill design patterns discovered during testing:
platform-agnostic tool references, auto-archive consistency,
smart triage for broad scope, replacement subagents over
ce:compound handoff, and file tools over shell commands.
- Broad scope triage: inventory + impact clustering + spot-check drift
for 9+ docs, recommends highest-impact area instead of blind ask
- Drift classification: sharp boundary between Update (fix references
in-skill) and Replace (subagent writes successor learning)
- Replacement subagents: sequential subagents write new learnings using
ce:compound's document format with investigation evidence already
gathered, avoiding redundant research
- Stale fallback: when evidence is insufficient for a confident
replacement, mark as stale and recommend ce:compound later
- Use platform-agnostic interactive question tool phrasing with examples
for Claude Code and Codex instead of hardcoding AskUserQuestion
- Fix contradiction between Phase 2 auto-archive criteria and Phase 3
always-ask-before-archive rule so unambiguous archives proceed without
unnecessary user prompts
Adds a new skill that reviews existing docs/solutions/ learnings against the
current codebase and decides whether to keep, update, replace, or archive them.
Also enhances ce:compound with Phase 2.5 selective refresh checks.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Name specific blocking question tools (AskUserQuestion, request_user_input,
ask_user) so agents actually invoke them instead of printing questions as
text output. Updates skill compliance checklist to match.
Add a highest-leverage-move question to the product pressure test,
a challenger option in approach exploration, and a low-cost change
check to the finalization checklist.
Prevents future agent resolution failures by requiring skills to use
compound-engineering:<category>:<agent-name> instead of short names.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Explains how to test local plugin changes across Claude Code (shell
alias with --plugin-dir) and Codex (local path install) without
disrupting production installs.
Rebased onto main after #251 restructured commands into skills/.
Applied the same namespace fix to the new skill file locations
(ce-brainstorm, ce-plan, ce-review SKILL.md files).
Short agent names like `repo-research-analyst` are replaced with
fully-qualified `compound-engineering:research:repo-research-analyst`
to ensure correct agent resolution across all plugin targets.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Deduplicate colon-separated command name logic across all 4 targets
(opencode, droid, gemini, qwen) into a single resolveCommandPath()
helper in utils/files.ts.
Addresses review feedback on PR #251.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, plugin CLAUDE.md, and versioning docs
to make clear that contributors should not hand-bump plugin versions
or cut changelog entries in normal PRs. The automated release process
decides the next version after choosing which merged changes ship
together.
Anthropic now maintains a better skill-creator at
github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator.
Removes the bundled skill-creator and updates component counts
from 47 to 46 skills.
The /technical_review command was removed in v2.32.0 but references
remained in ce:plan and deepen-plan menus. Remove them entirely -
the existing 'Review and refine' option (document-review) already
covers plan review.
Fixes#244
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
On Windows/NTFS, colons are reserved for alternate data streams, so
filenames like "ce:plan.md" are invalid. Split colon-separated command
names into nested directories (e.g. "ce:plan" -> "ce/plan.md"),
matching the approach already used by the Qwen target.
Applied to opencode, droid, and gemini targets.
Fixes#226
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Move all 27 command .md files from commands/ to skills/*/SKILL.md
format. Claude Code 2.1.3+ merged commands and skills - both create
slash commands and work identically. Skills add optional features
like supporting files and automatic context loading.
- commands/ce/*.md -> skills/ce-*/SKILL.md
- commands/workflows/*.md -> skills/workflows-*/SKILL.md
- commands/*.md -> skills/*/SKILL.md
- Update plugin.json and marketplace.json descriptions
- Update CLAUDE.md directory structure docs
- Update deploy-docs and generate_command references
Fixes#116
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The `create-agent-skills` SKILL.md contained literal `!`command`` dynamic
context injection directives as documentation examples. Claude Code's
preprocessor executes these directives as plain text before the skill
content is sent to the model — it does not parse markdown, so fenced code
blocks and inline code spans offer no protection.
When loading this skill, the preprocessor attempted to run `command`,
`gh pr diff`, and `gh pr diff --name-only` as shell commands, producing:
Bash command failed for pattern "!`command`":
(eval):1: redirection with no command
This caused the skill to fail silently or error on every invocation.
Fix: replace the literal directives with a prose description of the
syntax, add a warning about the preprocessor behavior, and link to
`references/official-spec.md` § "Dynamic Context Injection" for the
concrete example (reference files are loaded on-demand by Claude via the
Read tool and are not preprocessed).
Upstream context:
- anthropics/claude-code#27149 (closed, wontfix): preprocessor correctly
executes bare text; workaround is to describe the syntax in prose
- anthropics/claude-code#28024 (closed as duplicate of #13655)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bump plugin to 2.39.0 with features from Matt Van Horn (@mvanhorn):
context budget precheck, plan sequence numbers, review serial mode,
agent-browser debugging commands, test-browser port detection, lfg
phase gating, and Context7 API key auth.
Also fixes MCP server merge order so plugin servers correctly
overwrite stale entries during sync.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
