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ce-brainstorm

High-leverage engineering triage and compound productivity workflows.

everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin
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Updated: 2026-07-15

Install Options

Install into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Antigravity with:

$ npx skills add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin@ce-brainstorm

Real Work Situation Solved

Too many things at once - what do you prioritize first?

You've got 5 open tasks and your lead asks "what ships first" - what do you base the answer on?

5-Step Action Framework

  1. 1Write down each task with two numbers: its impact if done, and its cost/time if done.
  2. 2Flag any task with a hard external deadline (customer, legal, an event) - those go first, no impact comparison needed.
  3. 3For the rest, rank by highest impact/effort first - not by "easiest to do".
  4. 4Check dependencies: a task that blocks others moves up even if its own impact looks low.
  5. 5Write one sentence explaining the order to your stakeholder - if you can't explain it in one sentence, the order isn't clear enough yet.
Before

"Do the easy tasks first, save the hard ones for later."

After

"Task A (high impact, blocks 2 others) → Task C (client deadline Friday) → Task B (medium impact, no dependencies) → Task D, E (low impact, push to next week)."

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AI Product ManagementLesson 19

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# Compound Engineering Brainstorm

Triage technical debt, user requests, and feature specs by compounding architectural leverage.