Compound Engineering Workflow
Kieran Klaassen
GM of Quora, Every
Four-phase development workflow: Plan → Work → Review → Compound. Separates planning from execution, includes review cycles, and compounds improvements over time by feeding learnings back into the system.
When to Use
Steps (4)
Plan Phase
Define the feature, break it into components, identify risks, and create a detailed implementation plan.
Work Phase
Execute the plan using focused work sessions. Use Ralph Loop or direct coding.
Review Phase
Comprehensive review of code quality, tests, documentation, and user experience.
Compound Phase
Extract learnings, update workflows, improve prompts, and feed improvements back into the system.
Tools
Related Workflows
Ralph Loop (Task JSON Loop)
by Ryan Carson
An autonomous task execution loop using JSON-based task tracking. Agent reads tasks, executes them, marks completion, and continues until all done. Named after Ralph Wiggum.
Compound Product Workflow
by Ryan Carson
Automated product development pipeline: daily cron analyzes data, generates insights, creates PRDs, implements fixes, and opens PRs—all overnight. Wake up to improvements already implemented.