Compound Engineering Setup

Interactive setup for compound-engineering.local.md -- configures which agents run during /workflows:review and /workflows:work, plus the visible Ralph/TDD defaults that planning and execution inherit.

Step 1: Check Existing Config

Read compound-engineering.local.md in the project root. If it exists, display current settings summary (including the TDD contract) and use AskUserQuestion:

question: "Settings file already exists. What would you like to do?"
header: "Config"
options:
  - label: "Reconfigure"
    description: "Run the interactive setup again from scratch"
  - label: "View current"
    description: "Show the file contents, then stop"
  - label: "Cancel"
    description: "Keep current settings"

If "View current": read and display the file, then stop. If "Cancel": stop.

Step 2: Detect and Ask

Auto-detect the project stack by checking for common project indicators:

# Detect project stack from root files
if [ -f "artisan" ] && [ -f "composer.json" ]; then
  echo "laravel"
elif [ -f "Cargo.toml" ]; then
  echo "rust"
elif [ -f "nest-cli.json" ] || grep -q '"@nestjs/core"' package.json 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "nestjs"
elif [ -f "nuxt.config.ts" ] || [ -f "nuxt.config.js" ]; then
  echo "nuxt"
elif [ -f "next.config.ts" ] || [ -f "next.config.js" ] || [ -f "next.config.mjs" ]; then
  echo "nextjs"
elif [ -f "angular.json" ]; then
  echo "angular"
elif [ -f "vite.config.ts" ] && grep -q '"vue"' package.json 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "vue"
elif [ -f "vite.config.ts" ] && grep -q '"react"' package.json 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "react"
elif [ -f "composer.json" ]; then
  echo "php"
elif [ -f "tsconfig.json" ]; then
  echo "typescript"
elif [ -f "package.json" ]; then
  echo "javascript"
elif [ -f "pyproject.toml" ] || [ -f "requirements.txt" ] || [ -f "setup.py" ]; then
  echo "python"
elif [ -f "go.mod" ]; then
  echo "go"
else
  echo "general"
fi

Use AskUserQuestion:

question: "Detected {type} project. How would you like to configure?"
header: "Setup"
options:
  - label: "Auto-configure (Recommended)"
    description: "Use smart defaults for {type}. Done in one click."
  - label: "Customize"
    description: "Choose stack, focus areas, and review depth."

If Auto-configure -> Skip stack/focus/depth and continue with Step 3d and Step 3e using these defaults:

• Laravel: [laravel-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• PHP: [laravel-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• Vue/Nuxt: [vue-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• React/Next.js: [typescript-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• Angular: [typescript-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• NestJS: [nestjs-reviewer, typescript-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• TypeScript: [typescript-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• JavaScript: [typescript-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• Python: [python-reviewer, code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle]
• Rust: [code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle, architecture-strategist]
• Go: [code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle, architecture-strategist]
• General: [code-simplicity-reviewer, security-sentinel, performance-oracle, architecture-strategist]

If Customize -> Step 3 (all questions)

Step 3: Configure Details

a. Stack -- confirm or override:

question: "Which stack should we optimize for?"
header: "Stack"
options:
  - label: "{detected_type} (Recommended)"
    description: "Auto-detected from project files"
  - label: "Laravel"
    description: "Laravel PHP -- adds Laravel convention reviewer"
  - label: "Vue/Nuxt"
    description: "Vue.js / Nuxt -- adds frontend reviewer"
  - label: "React/Next.js"
    description: "React / Next.js -- adds TypeScript reviewer"
  - label: "Angular"
    description: "Angular -- adds TypeScript reviewer"
  - label: "NestJS"
    description: "NestJS -- adds NestJS and TypeScript reviewers"
  - label: "Python"
    description: "Python -- adds Pythonic pattern reviewer"
  - label: "Rust"
    description: "Rust -- adds architecture reviewer"
  - label: "Go"
    description: "Go -- adds architecture reviewer"

Only show options that differ from the detected type.

b. Focus areas -- multiSelect:

question: "Which review areas matter most?"
header: "Focus"
multiSelect: true
options:
  - label: "Security"
    description: "Vulnerability scanning, auth, input validation (security-sentinel)"
  - label: "Performance"
    description: "N+1 queries, memory leaks, complexity (performance-oracle)"
  - label: "Architecture"
    description: "Design patterns, SOLID, separation of concerns (architecture-strategist)"
  - label: "Code simplicity"
    description: "Over-engineering, YAGNI violations (code-simplicity-reviewer)"

c. Depth:

question: "How thorough should reviews be?"
header: "Depth"
options:
  - label: "Thorough (Recommended)"
    description: "Stack reviewers + all selected focus agents."
  - label: "Fast"
    description: "Stack reviewers + code simplicity only. Less context, quicker."
  - label: "Comprehensive"
    description: "All above + git history, data integrity, agent-native checks."

d. Delivery loop:

question: "What should the default delivery loop be for this repo?"
header: "TDD"
options:
  - label: "Ralph-driven TDD (Recommended)"
    description: "Failing tests first, minimal implementation second, refactor third, rerun until green and clean. Plans default to unit + e2e evidence unless they record a justified exception."
  - label: "Standard implementation"
    description: "Implementation can lead. Plans may still opt into Ralph explicitly, but any weaker test evidence should be recorded in the plan."

e. Review mode:

question: "When should reviews run during /workflows:work?"
header: "Review mode"
options:
  - label: "Bulk (Default)"
    description: "Review runs once at the end of all tasks. Faster, less interruption."
  - label: "Inline"
    description: "Review runs after each task. Slower, but catches issues earlier."
  - label: "Both"
    description: "Inline review per task AND bulk review at the end."

Step 4: Build Agent List and Write File

Stack-specific agents:

• Laravel/PHP -> laravel-reviewer
• Vue/Nuxt -> vue-reviewer
• React/Next.js/Angular/TypeScript/JavaScript -> typescript-reviewer
• NestJS -> nestjs-reviewer, typescript-reviewer
• Python -> python-reviewer
• Rust/Go/General -> (none)

Focus area agents:

• Security -> security-sentinel
• Performance -> performance-oracle
• Architecture -> architecture-strategist
• Code simplicity -> code-simplicity-reviewer

Depth:

• Thorough: stack + selected focus areas
• Fast: stack + code-simplicity-reviewer only
• Comprehensive: all above + git-history-analyzer, data-integrity-guardian, agent-native-reviewer

Plan review agents: stack-specific reviewer + code-simplicity-reviewer.

Execution settings:

• tdd_enabled: compatibility mirror for current execution templates. true when tdd.mode is ralph, otherwise false.
• tdd.precedence: plan_overrides_local (any concrete plan tdd value beats this file; inherit falls back here)
• tdd.mode: ralph or standard
• tdd.loop: red-green-refactor or implementation-first
• tdd.evidence.unit: required or optional
• tdd.evidence.e2e: required or optional
• tdd.exceptions: [] by default. Plans must carry any justified exceptions.
• review_mode: "bulk" (default), "inline", or "both" (controls per-task review in workflows:work)

Write compound-engineering.local.md:

---
review_agents: [{computed agent list}]
plan_review_agents: [{computed plan agent list}]
tdd_enabled: {true|false}
tdd:
  precedence: plan_overrides_local
  mode: {ralph|standard}
  loop: {red-green-refactor|implementation-first}
  evidence:
    unit: {required|optional}
    e2e: {required|optional}
  exceptions: []
review_mode: bulk
---

# Review Context

Add project-specific review instructions here.
These notes are passed to all review agents during /workflows:review and /workflows:work.

## TDD Defaults

- `tdd` is the visible repo-local default contract for planning and execution.
- Plan-level `tdd` values override this file for that plan; `inherit` falls back to these defaults.
- `tdd_enabled` mirrors whether `tdd.mode` is `ralph` until execution templates read the full `tdd` block directly.

Examples:
- "We use Turbo Frames heavily -- check for frame-busting issues"
- "Our API is public -- extra scrutiny on input validation"
- "Performance-critical: we serve 10k req/s on this endpoint"

Step 5: Confirm

Saved to compound-engineering.local.md

Stack:        {type}
Review depth: {depth}
Agents:       {count} configured
              {agent list, one per line}
TDD default:  {ralph|standard}
Loop:         {red-green-refactor|implementation-first}
Evidence:     unit={required|optional}, e2e={required|optional}
Precedence:   plan `tdd` values override local defaults when set

Tip: Edit the "Review Context" section to add project-specific instructions.
     Re-run this setup anytime to reconfigure review agents or TDD defaults.