# groove-work-compound

This skill documents lessons after a review or planning session, updates project rules and templates, and traces root causes of mistakes.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 540 installs · ★ 6
- Author: andreadellacorte
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove/tree/HEAD/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/groove-work-compound

## What it does

The skill reads the whole chat thread, not just the last message. It looks at what was done or decided earlier in the same conversation: other skill runs, file edits, review and planning discussion. If no other work is visible, it asks which session to compound on instead of concluding there is nothing to capture.

The output is documented lessons with root cause analysis plus a checklist of compound actions marked done or pending. Existing project files get updated: rules, templates, docs, task bodies. New files are created only when necessary. Before the checklist, the skill checks open mistake incidents with `/groove-utilities-memory-mistakes --list` and runs each through the log → fix → audit → resolve cycle.

Lessons about AI workflow, agent behaviour or tooling are offered for `.groove/memory/learned/<topic>.md`, pending your confirmation. This needs a `.groove/` structure in the project: the memory path is always `.groove/memory/`, and `tasks.backend` is read from `.groove/index.md`. Without `.groove/.cache/pending-capture.md`, the skill relies on the current chat alone, so a forgotten or compacted session never makes it into the lessons.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-work-compound -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/groove-work-compound/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-work-compound -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-work-compound -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install andreadellacorte/groove groove-work-compound
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-work-compound -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove --path skills/groove-work-compound
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-work-compound -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove/tree/HEAD/skills/groove-work-compound/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- capture review takeaways before they get lost
- trace the root cause of repeated mistakes, not just the symptom
- update project rules and templates after a work session
- produce an action checklist with done and pending status
- move an agent workflow lesson into a memory file

## Example prompts
- compound the lessons from the review of this epic
- run compound on this session and update the project rules
- capture the takeaways from the discussion above into learned/patterns.md

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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  author: andreadellacorte
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# groove-work-compound

## Scope

**"This conversation" means the full chat thread** (all messages in the same chat where the user invoked compound). Lessons and compound actions come from work done or decided anywhere in that thread.

**In scope:**
- Work done earlier in the same chat: other skill runs (e.g. /ppp-weekly-report, /groove-work-plan), file or bean edits, decisions, review or planning discussion.
- Any bean or work item the user or the thread refers to as part of the workflow (e.g. the epic or task this compound stage belongs to). Use those to ground lessons and actions.

**Not in scope unless the user asks:** Daily memory, weekly summaries, or other docs (e.g. "compound on the whole day").

**If no other work is visible** in the context when compound runs (e.g. the turn only shows the compound request): **ask** which session or work to compound on (e.g. "I only see the compound request. Which session should I compound on — e.g. the PPP run above, or something else?") instead of concluding "no work discussed."

## Outcome

Lessons, root causes, and fixes are documented. Relevant project files are updated (rules, templates, docs, task bodies). A checklist of compound actions with done/pending status is produced.

## Acceptance Criteria

- Lessons are documented with root cause analysis (not just what went wrong, but why)
- Relevant project files are updated: rules files, templates, docs, task bodies
- Checklist is produced with each action marked done or pending
- If user frustration patterns were detected, they are specifically captured
- "No new lessons" is an explicit acceptable outcome — capture it rather than skipping

## Constraints

- Read `tasks.backend` from `.groove/index.md`; memory path is always `.groove/memory/`
- **Pending capture**: if `.groove/.cache/pending-capture.md` exists (staged by the `session-capture` Stop hook), read it first and use its commits/working-changes as ground-truth source material for the lessons and the git context — so a forgotten or compacted session is not lost. After the compound stage is recorded, delete `.groove/.cache/pending-capture.md`.
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